Originally Posted by
Battis
This is one of the best forums I've found, which reflects on the Moderators. But, like it or not, a moderator does have "police" power - you can pull the plug on me right now, but I can't do it to you. If one out of 100 or 1000 moderators abuses their powers because of conflicting views just once, that backs up my point. It's the same with cops. For me or anyone to say that you should have stopped it sooner, or that you should have let it go longer, or you shouldn't have been involved, is wrong, but, as you probably know, it's to be expected with the job.
Contentious threads are like car wrecks - sometimes it's hard to turn away from them, even when you know you should. And no good usually comes from them. What was accomplished from that MJ thread? In regards to the original post - nothing.