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Hi, everyone,

I’ve been pondering how to follow up, here (in my small bits of free time), and my reaction is mixed.

Metmom, we’ve had our tangles, but you’re a decent lady; I wish I had the opportunity to reply point-by-point (though we’ve gone through most of this already, in past threads)... but—and I mean this with all due respect, with no animus toward anyone, and no wish to offend—I don’t think it’s possible to do so on this particular forum.

I have every reason to believe that the RM (again, who seems like a decent fellow) is sincere; but the preponderance of the data suggests that he seriously “sees the necessity” of giving the lion’s share of the disciplinary “boom-lowerings” (warnings, deleted posts, etc.) to Catholics, while being noticeably lighter on the “boom” buttons with Evangelicals. As I mentioned before: it’s his forum and Jim’s, not mine; he’s free to do so as he sees fit, regardless of how anyone feels. I understand that. I guess I’ve just gotten used to forums (such as the Hannity forum) where the RM was much more inclined to say to both sides, “Guys... put on your big-boy pants, work this out like adults, and get some slightly thicker skins; I’m a moderator, not a babysitter!” Neither Protestants nor Catholics nor Mormons nor Jehovah’s Witnesses were disciplined/deleted/banned for any perceived “offenses against particular sensibilities of others”. Call someone a [expletive, expletive, etc.], sure—you’ll get chewed out, and banned if you refuse to apologize. But not for nebulous reasons which could be stretched to mean almost anything, and which (again, probably with no malice, and with all sincerity) are not evenly applied.

That’s the only sort of forum where I think I could do justice to the topic material; these posts take a long time to write (and research), and an uneven playing field isn’t going to make them worthwhile. So I think I need to bid at least the religion forum of FR “adieu”, at least for now. If anyone wants to know my positions and arguments on these points, they can click on my name and “search in forum”; I and others have discussed most of them before.

God bless you all; you’ll be in my prayers... and thanks for the chats (yes, even the exasperating ones)!