The Dude is suspended from MAD. Is this "goading"

[_CaliforniaKid]

In any event, when I call you a damned cowardly hypocrite for posting attacks on the church without revealing your name, I am insulting you but that is not an ad hominem because the insult goes straight to the deficiency of your argument. An insult is not an ad hominem argument, but y'all seem to equate the issue.

Oh snap. The fact that I use my real name as my alias kind of puts the crimp in your little piss-fest.

What do you have to say to that, Kettle?

LOL!

[_why me]

Well, I do believe that I smell bad blood on this thread against the MAD moderators and the MAD board. However, lets be honest here and come clean. Now....isn't it true that many of the banned crowd here would still be on that MAD board if they weren't banned? I do think so.

Nothing could be finer than to give a MAD poster a shiner on MAAAAAAAD. Right? Oh well....such is life.

[_moksha]

Well, I do believe that I smell bad blood on this thread against the MAD moderators and the MAD board. However, lets be honest here and come clean. Now....isn't it true that many of the banned crowd here would still be on that MAD board if they weren't banned? I do think so.

Nothing could be finer than to give a MAD poster a shiner on MAAAAAAAD. Right? Oh well....such is life.

I think you are right. Although it is a relief not to be told you are wasting bandwidth or being put down by the moderators. To bad MAD did not consist of more posters like yourself or Asbestosman. Maybe they all need to spend some time over here. I have noticed that Wade Englund has mellowed immensely through his exchanges here.

[_wenglund]

While it seems nonsensical, I suspect the moderators have been given the word to make sure Dr. Peterson is treated with kid gloves. To be safe, everyone should avoid discussing things with him at MAD, for fear whatever is said could be misinterpreted by the moderators.

I asked Dr. Peterson two questions and he politely answered both. I think you guys are stretching it a bit too far.

Dr. Peterson already answered on that thread. It appears I was right. Dr. Peterson did not intend to do a review in that thread. He only offered information about someone else who had and who he seems to hold some degree of respect for.

In other words, Dr. Peterson didn't just pull down a review from the internet. Dr. Peterson has reason to believe that the reviewer knows what he's talking about.

My faith in humanity is bolstered when I see these kinds of sunrays of empathy and understanding shinning through the billowing clouds and tempests tossed of villification. It tells me that not everyone is bent on unkindness and destruction, but that there are at least some people with good hearts and minds, who evidently have a firm and applied graps of the Golden Rule.

Thanks, -Wade Englund-

[_Dr. Shades]

Is it okay to capitalize "Mods" or "Mod's" when referring to a specific or specialized group of moderators or do I have to say "The MAD Mods" or "The MAD Mod's"?

It depends. If you use the word "the" before the word "mods," then "mods" is not capitalized. (In practice, however, since "mods" is neither a proper noun nor a term of familiarity, 99.9% of the time you wouldn't capitalize the word "mods" anyway, even if you didn't use the word "the" before it.)

Okay, smarty pants. Yes, I am referring to the mental illness of more than one mod. That is the mental illness belonging to more than one mod...thus, the Mod's.

Actually, you're still incorrect. In that case, it would be "the Mods' mental illness," since during a plural possessive construction the apostrophe comes after the "s."

[_moksha]

Okay, smarty pants. Yes, I am referring to the mental illness of more than one mod. That is the mental illness belonging to more than one mod...thus, the Mod's.

Actually, you're still incorrect. In that case, it would be "the Mods' mental illness," since during a plural possessive construction the apostrophe comes after the "s."

Are you two trying to push these moderators further over the edge? I say, "Stomp out the stigma of mental illness".