I am no one's sock puppet either.

I am merely a long time lurker who has formed opinions about some of the posters here.

pepperlandgirl has accused me of being someone else.

I am No Bones. Period.

I didn’t know where to post this, but I thought this would be the place to defend myself.

It’s not necessary to be a sock puppet to realize that some posters are obnoxious twits.

Not that I would name anyone. This is not the pit, after all.

He also said this, just a couple of days earlier

WTF?!
I insist you find an exact thread and exact quote that I ever accused you of being a sock puppet. Pronto. I do not appreciate baseless accusations against my person.
The only thing I have ever said to you or about you was “at the risk of feeding a troll…WTF?” in this thread
And if you didn’t notice, my post was the least flamatory. It was just a statement of confusion.

Let’s see, No Bones, in your nine posts here you’ve posted a list of sock puppets, along with the statement that andros knows something about it. When that thread was closed, you started a nearly identical one that was also closed. You have never explained why andros would be at all involved.

In another thread that also got closed you said:

Another closed thread contains this gem:

Then there were a couple threads where you act normal, then this. Assuming that this thread, as it is almost word for word the same as a thread that was just closed, will be closed, that’s five threads that got closed. Basically, you primarily post here to whine about the alphabet sock puppets getting banned, and have never stated your reasons for linking them to andros. Even if you aren’t a sock puppet, I think you are a nuisance and should be banned on general principle.

Excuse me if I ignore your jibes. You posted to the thread where this appeared, so you know the answers to your “questions”.

pepperlandgirl You also found the correct thread. You called me a troll, not a sock? Isn’t that just added insult?

And as to the ratio of posts on various topics, if one thread had been left open, perhaps Andros could have answered me there, since he seems unable yet to email.

Also, on this same forum today I noticed **Cannon **complaining. His posts are often insults out of the blue, aren’t they?

Re: “Even if you aren’t a sock puppet, I think you are a nuisance and should be banned on general principle.”-waterj2

The feelings are mutual.

No it is not an added insult, it is a different insult. It is not a banning offense to be a troll. It is a banning offense to be/have a sock puppet. And it is a banning offense to be a jerk.

I think if being a jerk were what the criteria were, both pepperlandgirl and waterj2 would have vanished long ago.
Both are quite of the acid-tongued school.

Also, it’s not a different insult if the implication is that you are speaking on behalf of a regular poster.

sigh

Sometimes, it all seems very futile. You explain the situation in one thread, thinking that will suffice. At least for today.

No Bones, you obviously read that other thread I closed earlier on. I think I was pretty clear about sock and troll discussions there.
Why did you think it necessary to open yet another thread?
Do you think you’re special? Can’t you read? Is it too hard for you to follow these simple rules, and mail a moderator?

Kindly explain yourself. We’ll get back to you.

I think I was responding to the same things Cannon; I just don’t like being maligned in public and have to protest in private.

Mu Mu seemed to pinpoint part of the dilemma.

You may close this any time. I’ve said what I felt I had to.

Shall we compare who has contributed more to these boards? If the majority of my posts were on the matter of sock puppets and trolls, you’d have a point (though not a very good one), however, they make up far less than half my posts.

Also, if I read you correctly, you are saying that you were behind all the alphabet posters. As I recall, any request andros made was made to a different screen name (oger, IIRC), so you’ll pardon me if I can’t keep track of these things.

Nope, still an insult.

Don’t bother, waterj2 - it’s no use.

AS per your request, No Bones, this one is closed. Don’t break the rules again. If you copy an entire OP, I assume you understand what the reaction to that OP was.

Whether you like “protesting in private” or not is immaterial. You shall do so. This thread is closed.