Michael Anderson2 said:I owe a sincere apology for that unverified insinuation I made earlier. It turns out there is only one true Parsifal, and everyone else is just a pale imitation of the real teacher. It seems his teachings got caught up in those less blessed branches of thought... mindlessly, I suppose.
The real issue here is that you and restlessbear9 seem to reflexively mock anyone seeking visions in Lourdes, yet you yourself are dealing with false visions of Parsifal.😉
Your next hurdle—and the hurdle for anyone stuck in a similar "reality tunnel"—is that you assume the visions in Lourdes are fake, while you simply misread the illusory visions of Blessed Parsifal. Now, you’re just offering apologies and acting like the conversation is over.
If you were a true seeker who actually understood the depth of this, your journey would only just be beginning.
But of course, it goes much deeper than that. Both the visions in Lourdes and these forum visions of Blessed Parsifal share a common root in the collective unconscious.
You had your reasons for experiencing Parsifal, just as there are reasons why your peers can't stomach it when a Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry writes that being an atheist is essentially the same as being an idiot. So, instead, they just ban the messenger—in this case, Parsifal.😉
They ban the ideas themselves, all while pretending to be liberals and mocking Lourdes, the Church, and major political institutions.😂 The hypocrisy is staggering. Honestly, it's quite pathetic. --
6. It’s honestly pathetic that the administration allows my writing and my ideas to be censored on a public forum, and that I'm facing a permanent ban for discussing religion just because I happen to rub Nicole James the wrong way.
7. It is equally disgraceful that the administration remains silent and refuses to take any action regarding the two previous incidents I’ve already documented right here.
8. It’s truly low of the forum administration to permit this moderator (a fake liberal at heart), Nicole James, to implement a whole new level of censorship—
accusing innocent users WITHOUT A SHRED OF PROOF of being "clones" (like hiddenpuma75) and then banning both individuals, even though they have absolutely nothing to do with one another (they simply share the same ideas 😉that the forum inquisitors find distasteful).
9. It is pathetic to see a public forum censor and partially ban someone who has been contributing here for ten years and has more open threadscreated 😲 than the religion moderator Nicole James has ever written in the entire section!
10. This really highlights your sense of justice, your intellectual honesty, and the true nature of how this forum's inner circle operates.
Even though you all swear in the local coffee shops that you're liberals and free-thinkers who have nothing to do with the GOP, organized religion, or systemic injustice—claiming you're "above" that kind of stuff...
11. ...all that changes the moment you step onto this forum and turn into little dictators, moderators, and inquisitors, preventing the publication of those IDEAS and silencing the people you personally dislike.😉
12. Oh, how truly pitiful is your intellectual bankruptcy and dishonesty, you moderators and administrators who sit in silence while allowing censorship and false accusations against people and their ideas on a public platform.
1 ) Wandering through the various corners of this forum, I’ve noticed a strange pattern emerging for the third time: a wave of fake sightings of Blessed Parsifal 😲 .
2. Just take a look at these links to see how certain users (specifically restlessbear9 and Michael Anderson2) have been swept up in this hysteria of false visions regarding Blessed Parsifal, where they somehow convinced themselves that someone using the handle ciceipica was actually Blessed Parsifal .
Oh, Parsifal...
It’s truly sad to see what you've become, Parsifal. You went from being a positive force who wrote inspired posts— which, granted, were often a mountain of unprovable nonsense, but at least they had soul— to becoming one of those pathetic fools who can't grasp even basic 7th-grade middle school material.
Personally, I feel bad that you're permanently banned, but that’s hardly an excuse to act this pathetic...
I wonder, what is Eris going to say about all of this? ------------------------------------ And one more thing
3. This time, the moderators haven't (at least 🙄 ) committed the same injustice they've already twice repeated—banning people without justification or proof, including myself and several accounts they assumed were Parsifal. So, let me issue a preemptive warning to the administration: I am not that user ciceipica, nor do I know them.
4. As a precaution, I’ve actually sent a private email to that user while they are still active on the forum and reachable.
5. Perhaps they’ll get back to me; if so, I’d actually appreciate the chance to meet the person who is being falsely accused of being my incompetent shadow.🙂
The partial ban on religious topics is a textbook case of censorship and nothing more than the personal grudge held by the moderator, Nick ego, against my views and philosophies which just don't align with his worldview.
1) The reality is that I was an active contributor here back in 2008 and 2009 without a single issue. Even after 2008, I continued to participate using the exact same style, but since the change in moderation, I’ve faced targeted censorship and a selective ban on discussing religion. The sheer fact that everything was perfectly fine until 2008/2009 proves this is pure discrimination and nothing but an exercise of arbitrary power by Nick ego. This bias feels especially egregious because this very same moderator, Nick ego, openly writes about how if he ever held political office, he would push for such extreme liberalization of the laws that even incestuous marriages between siblings or parents and children would be permitted.😲 🙄
Yet, according to the ultra-liberal moderator Nick ego in the forum lounge, my writing is such a horrific crime that it deserves a permanent ban and strict censorship.
(I loooove it 😂 )
and I cry
while thinking about the other moderators who just sit there watching this happen in silence, probably afraid to offend their little buddy in the lounge.😉
If you ask them, every single moderator claims to be a staunch liberal and a progressive; they all claim to stand for justice and oppose dictators, censorship, the church, corrupt politicians, taxes, recessions, and even slow loading speeds on the forum...
But wouldn't you know it! Those grand principles seem to vanish the moment they step into the very forums they moderate.😉
Give anyone power—whether it's running a country or just managing a web forum—and you quickly see what kind of parent, politician, or leader they truly are, 😉 especially when they face zero consequences for any injustice they commit.😉
2) It is honestly sad to see a public forum discriminate against writers who have contributed to discussions for years (I've started over 300 threads!) simply to censor ideas that a certain moderator finds distasteful. This goes against the entire spirit of this community and flies in the face of those famous Volterov guidelines for moderators:
"I may disagree with your ideas, but I will do everything in my power to ensure you have the freedom to express them."
I’m asking the admin team to take a hard look at the ROOT of this issue. The whole thing falls apart because the very first step taken was flawed. Take my situation, for example—I was unfairly partially banned from the religion sub-forum.
Because that initial mistake was allowed to stand, it paved the way for an even worse, equally unjust action
And now, we’re seeing other users being banned simply because they share similar viewpoints to mine. 😲 It’s essentially an intellectual crime: censoring ideas just because a moderator doesn't personally care for them.
We’ve basically landed in a cycle of personal vendettas, misleading directions, and total silence from the administration.
Kudos to the team for such "creative" work—it feels like a coordinated effort to stifle thought on this forum. 👏
It’s incredibly easy for moderators to be unfair, but it takes a hell of a lot of work to expose that bias and fight back.
I’ve found myself facing this exact same situation for the second time now.😲
At this link, you can see my direct question to the administration—a question they completely ignored, even though it was posted in a thread where they really ought to be providing clear answers to the community.
I am calling on the administration and the site owner—someone who actually values fairness and has the patience to look into this—to step in. We need to put an end to moderator overreach and those biased bans that stem from nothing more than PERSONAL VENDETTAS or some new kind of digital Inquisition based on fabricated accusations.🙄
4. Just another personal observation proving I’m not just some random nobody on this board.
If you take a moment to look back through some of that amateur's posts, you'll notice he's constantly talking about things he watches on TV.
As for me—the one and only hiddenpuma75 🙂—I haven't really followed television for years now.😲(It wasn't an overnight thing; it was a gradual process where TV only happens to me by accident or when I simply can't avoid it.)
Honestly, cutting out TV leads to such mental clarity and a wonderful sense of freedom.🙂
I actually recently read that the famous actor Tim Robbins (the brilliant guy from Shawshank Redemption 🙂) mentioned he hasn't watched TV in three years. He claims it has actually lowered the level of aggressive thoughts in his life.
Avoiding TV is a truly liberating experience, and I can't recommend it enough to anyone.
More evidence of a truly "brilliant" administrator
2. nibabanideda claims I've been posting about politics, but hiddenpuma75 definitely hasn't! 😉
It’s actually quite simple to set the record straight: neither I, nor my handle hiddenpuma75, have ever engaged in political discussions. Not ten years ago, and certainly not today. I firmly believe—and live by this—that obsessing over, analyzing, or even touching politics is just bad for a person's mental and spiritual well-being.
To analyze, comment on, and worry about that stinking swamp filled with shrieking rats and crocodiles is something I actively avoid, and honestly, I’d recommend everyone else do the same.
So, I see this as yet more subtle proof that hiddenpuma75 isn't the incompetent one they claim. It seems EL Ninho and Nick ego are just suffering from delusions about me, likely because my actual ideas are making their lives difficult. 😉
3. Now, I can't provide physical proof of this, but I will say this: I would be absolutely thrilled if I could have churned out 153 posts as fast as nibabanideda did before he was unfairly banned under some baseless, inquisitorial accusation.
I simply don't have the luxury of spending my time rambling all over this forum; my real-life responsibilities take priority. In fact, I've been drafting and putting this response together for days now, ever since I heard about these fraudulent moderator decrees —I just haven't had the bandwidth to get to it sooner.
I’ve put together some suggestions and evidence that should be pretty easy to verify if anyone takes a moment to dig through the previous posts by hiddenpuma75 and nibabanideda.
I’ve spent some time looking over the posts from nibabanideda—the guy who was censored and banned, and who is being falsely and unfairly accused of being me, hiddenpuma75
1. The guy writes using a heavy Midwestern dialect.
Hey everyone, look, I’m a Southerner. That Midwestern slang just feels totally foreign and honestly kind of ridiculous to me. I wouldn't pick up those speech patterns even if I were offered a million bucks. Even their little filler words sound bizarre to me. (Please don't take offense; I know how sensitive people can get about their regional accents, but to me, certain expressions just feel wrong.) 😁
I remember a few years back when a famous actor was criticized because he made a somewhat clumsy comment regarding that specific way of speaking.
But I completely get where he was coming from, and I’d say the exact same thing. Please try to see it this way:
To my ears, that dialect sounds harsh and clunky—kind of like how I might perceive German—whereas something like Spanish sounds melodic and beautiful. There’s really nothing to be angry about when I tell someone that their local accent doesn't have the same lyrical flow as Italian or Spanish. 🙂
By the way, I’ve never used any of those regionalisms myself; I always stick to standard English.
In this situation, Occam's razor works perfectly—the simplest explanation is usually the right one. Just ask yourselves: which scenario is more plausible?
a) That El Niño and Ego simply made a mistake, acting on faulty moderation data, and accidentally swapped my identity with another user who happens to share my views. In that case, two people are being unfairly targeted...
b) Or that I’ve pulled some incredibly convoluted stunt where I'm somehow posting under two different accounts simultaneously. Honestly, why would I bother using a clone account over in the Science forum when I haven't even been banned there?
It's worth noting that the administrator Ego and the moderator El Niño are making accusations without providing any actual proof. I know for a fact they are mistaken and operating on incorrect information; knowing that gives me a real sense of peace and confidence.🙂
My only issue is that I can't prove it unless an administrator takes the time to actually investigate this. A proper review would reveal the true nature of how El Niño and Ego handle moderation.
A quick check of the IP addresses would easily show that it's physically impossible for me to be in two places at once.
I’m going to try to keep this brief here, but I’ll follow up with a much more detailed explanation in my next post regarding this new wave of forum censorship and the blatant unfairness I’ve just run into for the second time.
1. I don't get on the forum as often as I'd like because life in the real world keeps me pretty busy, so I don't always have the time to read or post as much as I want to.
2. While wandering through the various corners of the site today, I stumbled upon an injustice that seems to be becoming a recurring theme for me.
Essentially, my favorite moderator—Ego—has developed a sort of "visionary" delusion 😲 where he thinks he sees hiddenpuma75 everywhere, and he’s actually addressing a user named nibabanideda
p=39010769#post39010769 (post 9890) believing that this user is actually me, hiddenpuma75.
3. Before long, this moderator-driven hysteria spreads through the inner circles of the site, and now El Niño is having his own "visions," claiming that the "demon" hiddenpuma75 is appearing in the science threads.😲
(post 9881)
And both moderators, caught up in their own self-assured delusions, are abusing their positions to ban nibabanideda, purely out of a petty, hypocritical desire to target someone they simply don't like.
5. That user, nibabanideda, actually tried to appeal this on this thread
t=716972 but nobody responded. It seems that censoring users based on personal vendettas has become such a daily occurrence here that everyone just ignores it, which is honestly a sad state of affairs for the intellectual atmosphere of this community.
(By the way—I’m sure 19 out of 20 moderators would swear under oath in a US courtroom that they are staunch liberals and champions of free speech, yet strangely enough, they go silent on the forum whenever their colleagues start censoring ideas and individuals simply because they find them personally distasteful.
6) I’m proposing a very simple solution that will prove my point and show that I am definitely not the user nibabanideda.🙄
7) I’m asking any administrator who has even a shred of sympathy for my situation —and perhaps a little detective curiosity or intelligence—to please try to contact nibabanideda via email. He is the key to debunking these false visions and proving that El Niño and Ego are hallucinating when they accuse innocent users of being hiddenpuma75.
8) If possible, could someone send me nibabanideda's email address so I can reach out? I’m genuinely curious to meet the person who has been falsely accused of sharing my "ignorance" and who is suffering a similar fate of being silenced on this forum.
9). Of course, I also ask that nibabanideda reaches out to me, or if anyone knows him, please put him in touch with me via private message.
10) Please take note of one simple fact: moderators El Niño and Ego have zero actual proof that nibabanideda and hiddenpuma75 are the same person. They have moved to a whole new level of censorship—one based on pure assumption—where they begin banning people simply because they hold similar viewpoints.😲 🙄
5) This partial ban on religious topics is a textbook case of censorship, driven by the personal animosity of the moderator (Nick ego) toward my writing and the perspectives I share that don't align with his specific worldview.
6) The reality is quite simple: I was an active contributor to this forum back in 2008 and 2009 without any issues whatsoever. Even after 2008, I continued to engage and post using the exact same style, but following a change in moderation, I started facing censorship and a selective ban on discussing religion. The fact alone—that everything was perfectly fine until 2008/2009—proves that we are dealing with discrimination and the sheer whims of the moderator (Nick ego). This discrimination feels particularly unjust because this very same moderator, Ego, openly states that if he ever held political power, he would advocate for such extreme liberalization of laws that it would even allow marriage between siblings or parents and their children.😲 🙄
Yet, according to the ultra-liberal moderator Ego in the forum lounge, my writing is such a heinous crime that it deserves a permanent ban and strict censorship.
(I loooove it 😂)
and I cry
as I think about the other moderators who just sit there silently watching this happen, presumably terrified of upsetting their little lounge companion.😉
If you were to ask them, they all claim to be great liberals and progressives. They all swear they are fair-minded and stand against dictators, censorship, the church, corrupt politicians, taxes, recessions, and even slow loading speeds on the forum...
But wouldn't you know it! These grand principles our moderators hold dear seem to vanish the moment they step into the very forums they moderate.😉
Give anyone a shred of authority—whether it’s running a small online community or leading a nation—and you will immediately see what kind of parent, politician, or leader they truly are, 😉 especially when they face absolutely no consequences for the injustices they commit.😉
7) It is honestly sad to see a public forum discriminate against writers who have contributed to discussions for years (I've started over 300 threads!) simply to censor ideas that a certain moderator finds distasteful. This goes against the spirit of the forum and certainly violates those famous Voltairean guidelines for moderators:
"I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
bluemason3 said:hiddenpuma75 has dealt with a few more incidents than I have during my ten years on this forum, so I’m definitely against lifting the ban. If we do, that signature style of his will undoubtedly bring us right back to where we started. 😁
1. You’re making things up and speaking in generalities without any proof! I can say with certainty that prior to 2008 (or maybe 2009?), when the new moderator team took over the spirituality section, I never had a single issue or even a partial ban on this forum. I’m not sure if the forum archives can be checked to prove that you’re just making stuff up and speaking in vague generalities—which seems to be your specialty given your habit of "writing half as a joke and half seriously" (allowing you to cherry-pick whatever suits you whenever an argument breaks out). 🙄?
2) But the past doesn't matter; it's the present reality and these two specific cases that count, so why won't you address them?😉
3) Over in spirituality, both the druid moderator and I received partial bans. Even though the admin personally apologized to me, the druid decided to delete and completely gut my best thread after three or four days of incredible debate, essentially nuking it so it could never be reconstructed while I was right in the middle of a creative flow.
4) So, why was the druid's partial ban lifted in the spirituality section while mine remains?🤷
It’s a textbook example of unfairness and double standards. I didn't insult anyone in that thread, nor do I ever insult people—that's simply not how I operate. Just because some moderators find my writing style provocative 🙄 certainly isn't a valid reason for them to arbitrarily issue a permanent ban against a writer just because they don't like his ideas.
(I would appreciate it if this post remains in this specific thread for the sake of the administration's future records and the forum's history —basically, so it doesn't get lost in a sea of questions; individual inquiries for the admin)
-------------------------------------------- I am requesting answers from the administration regarding the following questions in relation to my recent complaint and more broadly, regarding the unchecked and unfair principle of perpetual CENSORSHIP on this forum
1) Why did the moderator in the religion section (username ego) send me a private message (after banning me) stating "that I am not welcome on this forum"
2) Who, specifically, am I not welcome by? Is it that moderator or the forum itself? And why am I unwelcome? Is it because my worldview clashes with his, and the fate of writers and ideas on this forum is decided behind closed doors?
3) I have been posting on this forum for 10 years. How is it that my contributions across more than 300 open threads up until roughly 2008 were considered good? Then, around 2008 (maybe 2009?), a moderator appeared who dislikes my writing because it conflicts with his own views, and he decided to solve the problem through a permanent ban and the censorship of ideas that don't suit his taste And this is a moderator who hasn't even started a single thread in the religion section himself 🙄
4) How is it possible for a public forum to censor writing and the expression of ideas? 😲 The moderator in question claims that if he ever held political office, he would liberalize laws and allow things like sibling or parent-child marriages, yet in practice, he bans ideas and people on a public forum simply because they aren't his ideas. 😲 Oh, the hypocrisy—and the other moderators support it by staying silent out of friendship or simple indifference
If you were to ask them personally, 99 out of 100 moderators claim to be against all forms of dictatorship, corrupt government, censorship, and for freedom, yet SOME of them act in their moderation exactly like the very authorities they condemn—be it the government, the church, or any political party they dislike 😉
5) Why was the partial ban lifted for the former moderator druid , but mine remains? My partial ban was merely collateral damage because he insulted me, whereas I, IN NO WAY, insulted him. Even back then, I argued that nothing should be done to him because the man just lost his temper; we shouldn't prevent people from expressing ideas or judge them for voicing opinions about VIRTUAL ANONYMOUS CHARACTERS.
In some strange attempt at "balance," my lack of knowledge was banned under the pretext that my writing is provocative. 🙄 But while druid had his partial ban removed from the spirituality section, mine stays. Why are you committing such an obvious injustice?
6) Through sheer ambition and weak regulatory safeguards within the forum (driven by backroom deals and forum connections), you all became moderators. You’ve acquired power that YOU HIMSELF SOUGHT, and you use it without any possibility of accountability when you commit errors or injustices.
Why abuse this "virtual power"? Because of personal animosities, you are unable to act according to the eternal Volterov rule:
"I disagree with your ideas, but I will defend to the death your right to express them!" 🙂
Daniel Ward87 said:So, after sitting down and having a long talk with the moderators, supermods, and the rest of the admin team, we’ve reached a decision: the partial ruling stands.
Finally! And of all days, it actually happens today! 😲 I just happened to catch your response. Since I didn't get a response to my request for three months, I decided to just leave this thread alone.
Please consider this my response to you all, along with a formal request for clemency based on some newly surfaced evidence. Noted for the attention of the forum administration and the jury.
(I'm sending this to all super-moderators and a few randomly selected admins, mostly because I don't really know any of you personally)
(Following some follow-up guidance from admin Zg Sash, I’m opening this thread here on the PŽK so the moderation team can weigh in)
To the esteemed panel, 🙂
I am writing to formally request that you overturn the discriminatory partial ban currently placed on my participation regarding religion and spirituality.😢
Here is the context:
I’ve been a part of this community for about a decade. My contributions include roughly 300 threads and nearly 5,000 posts, many of which involved deep research or translating extensive texts. Unfortunately, following a shift in the moderation structure back around 2008—specifically a clash of worldviews where two out of three moderators became atheists—I was banned simply for expressing my views on religion.
Then last year, I faced restrictions regarding spirituality due to a debate with moderator druid , which resulted in both of us being banned, though he eventually had his moderator status revoked. In the end, druid ban was lifted for him, but mine remains. This feels incredibly unfair given that druid was actually the primary instigator in that specific argument, losing his cool and prompting the admins to step in—an entire situation that can be reviewed via this link.
In what seems to be a strange attempt at "balance," my own access was restricted under the justification that my writing style is provocative.
I truly believe that permanently censoring users for sharing ideas—or due to the personal intolerance of a moderator—goes against everything this forum stands for. I am asking you to lift these partial bans on religion and spirituality, as I feel I have more than served my time. If even violent criminals can receive pardons, then surely "intellectual provocateurs" who happen to rub a certain moderator the wrong way deserve a similar amnesty after some time has passed.
It's not like I went around hurting anyone or breaking rules. I was simply presenting my thoughts and perspectives. I have NEVER personally insulted my interlocutors; that just isn't how I operate, and anyone can verify that by looking through my post history. Censoring people for expressing ideas that a specific moderator dislikes on a specific sub-forum is both unprincipled and undemocratic.
The moderators and this forum as a whole should strive to live by that famous Volterov principle regarding freedom of speech:
"I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"!🙂
(Below is yet another stellar post from hiddenpuma75, written with his signature grace and just the right amount of wit. It’s a shame it was deleted without any explanation or warning, especially when the topic is whether this revival chat 😉 should even be active. -----------------------------
I wanted to share a little "eureka" moment I had regarding how the incomparable St. Augustine, through sheer theological brilliance, actually formulated the first scientifically sound hypothesis about the nature of time. 😲
You see, the rational philosophers of his era—much like the cynical skeptics you find on most internet forums today —used to toss snide questions at St. Augustine:
- "So, what exactly was your God doing before He created the universe?"🙄
Now, St. Augustine didn't give a polite answer like that small-town preacher who once snapped back at a heckler by saying— 'He was busy building Hell for people like you!' 🙂 ( 🤣 )
Instead, St. Augustine gave a truly genius response: he argued that there was no such thing as "BEFORE." Rather, the Lord created time itself along with our good old universe; He essentially "fired" the arrow of time at the very moment of creation. 😲
It turns out modern science, with its Big Bang theory, has arrived at the exact same conclusion as St. Augustine. The current scientific consensus is clear:
Time had a beginning. 😲
In the hopes that you might finally start questioning your own doubts and find the courage to dive into St. Augustine's *Confessions*, 🙏I send you my warmest regards. 👋
1. On May 24th, I shared the following post on the Philosophy board regarding the question: Does time exist?
2. As anyone reading the post will see, it doesn't violate any rules. It discusses the nature of time, using a polished style and a touch of wit to highlight a subtle point: how St. Augustine was actually the first to propose a theological hypothesis about time that modern physics has since validated.
3. To my utter surprise, despite my meaningful contribution to the topic, it was deleted without any explanation whatsoever. Just gone.😲
4. Knowing all too well that this kind of intellectual injustice—this butchering of people's writing—happens far too often, I made sure to save a copy of the text. Now, the forum jury and administration can review it and see for themselves an example of arbitrary and poor moderation over on the Philosophy subforum.
5. But wait, there’s more. Please take a look at the recent posts on that very same thread (Does time exist?) from numbers 302 through 312.
6. You’ll notice that not a single one of those posts even addresses the actual topic of time. Instead, participants are veering off into massive tangents, and nobody even mentions time as the central theme.
7. And yet, my post, which offered an interesting perspective on time,was brutally erased, while everyone else is free to keep chatting in what feels like a casual lounge atmosphere.
8. Now, let me be clear: I wouldn't dream of deleting posts 302-312 myself. Any form of censorship on a public forum is unnecessary and only serves to reveal the character of those who strike down others' work and contributions. My only goal is for the forum jury and administration to recognize this kind of moderator overreach, which undermines the quality of our community. I’d like to suggest that the administration consider implementing a policy where moderators are rotated or replaced every year or two "by law."
9. I truly believe that such a "democratically mandated" reshuffling of moderators after, say, one or two years of "service" in the "civil service" of the forum would significantly improve operations. It would also reduce the number of complaints regarding moderation based on personal biases against certain writers.
2. Some people hold authority for a single day, others for four years, and a lucky few manage to maintain influence for a lifetime—often passing it down through their own family lines.
3. Since we live in a democratic country where leadership changes periodically according to our laws and election cycles, I’d like to propose that the forum administration considers implementing a system of rotation. Perhaps after one or two years, "by the force of forum law," moderators could be cycled out or moved to different subforums if they wish to stay active elsewhere.
4.
I truly believe that introducing this kind of "democratic mandate" for moderators after a set term of service within our "forum government" would significantly improve how things run. It would help reduce complaints about arbitrary moderation stemming from personal biases against certain posters or other subjective issues that sometimes crop up.
(I’ve also set up a poll because I'm genuinely curious to hear what the forum jury thinks about improving moderation quality and fostering a more peaceful exchange of ideas here.)
I’ve received word that my partial ban regarding spirituality is currently being processed. Given the situation, I wanted to share a few thoughts—not just about myself, but regarding the overall health of this forum and everyone who pours their heart into creating it. 🙂
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Thanks for getting back to me. However, I’d like to pose a question for your consideration:
You’re essentially accusing me of being destructive toward religion and/or spirituality, 😲 which honestly caught me completely off guard. If you look at my track record—eight years of writing and roughly 300 open threads—the facts tell a very different story: I have been consistently constructive and dedicated to contributing to this community. 😉 The burden of proof, then, lies with you to demonstrate this alleged destructiveness to both me and the public.
Furthermore, I’d like us to discuss a matter that is vital for the forum's growth: the actual process used to determine if someone is being "destructive."
It seems to me that decisions about my supposed destructiveness are being made behind closed doors in forum corridors. Don't you think it would be much fairer if such matters were handled in the public eye, perhaps even through a vote? It shouldn't feel like a person's fate on this site depends on whether they happen to clash with a specific clique—for instance, if I don't care for your particular sports or philosophy, while another group here supports me because we share an interest in chess or Nisargadatta Maharaj. As it stands, the future of long-term contributors seems to hinge entirely on the whims of a moderator or an admin. 🙄
Honestly, that feels inherently destructive and fundamentally unfair in any democratic setting. I truly urge you to find a way to improve this mechanism. Parsifal's greeting, and please keep up the good work. 👋
P.S. As always, I would prefer to discuss these issues publicly on the forum rather than in the shadows of private messages and backroom deals. I’m genuinely curious what the rest of the community thinks: shouldn't permanent bans be decided by a vote rather than by hallway whispers? If the consensus of the people leans one way, then the admin—acting as the leader—should simply step up and honor that voice. 🙂