I would like to take this time to make a small point, if anyone truely does not have the ability to moderate this forum honestly and rightously, then you should withdraw. I am not pointing to anyone in particular, since the depth of which I know people is not enough to tell what needs to be told, but rather making a statement that needs to be read as long as this moderation election is occuring, the canidates should heed the following.
a) Have no prejudice against Newbies, ANJL, NJL, or other member groups.
b) Keep no favorites amoung the members, and assign just punishment for crime committed.
c) Keep no sides in a quarrell unless the perpretrater is plain and visible.
d) Be able to take propper action to prevent or remove topics which have or will break the AUP.
e) Use your moderation tools sparingly, and solve confict by oral reprimention.
Generalized, but works. These are the issues I forsee in this election, that the elected might be so intertwined in the politics of this forum that taking such a position might break their current social status. Mods, in their own way, are publicly elected dictators. You need them to inforce the peace, when you are the offended, but when others take the offense you blame all but yourself. If you persist in being the antagonist, even if you can justly defend your actions, the mods view is the one that holds, and that is unswavering.
Then, if you identify with the antagonist, you have to make the choice of going against your freind, a person you have known for a month or more, asking for disiplenary action. Would you do it? What if it were a complete stranger, not exactally breaking the AUP but steping on the line... what action would you take?
Will you take different action to another just because you believe that they are 'lower' then you, perhaps ignorant of trival riddles. Would you cut short their speech, just because you feel that she can't know what she is talking about. Or even if it were true, would your arrogance step up and reply a spiteful insult telling neither what was wrong or how to correct it. Would you refer a person to a heap without a clue what he is trying to find. Or would you be indifferent, and understanding of the situation, and explain what is wrong and why.
If the user still persited in a different view, would that view be wrong because you believe so, even without reading what has been said? Or would you hold firm your side and force your view upon them?
Being a mod is more then just a sticker next to your name; it has to do with resposibility, maturity, and the ability to do what is needed when it is needed.
With that in mind, I humbly withdraw and turn my vote to Uman.
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