But he has no authority to order me to stop responding to dale in that thread.
He does have the authority to tell me not to insult dale, and if i go back to the thread an insult dale, then he has every right to give me a warning. But it is outside of his purview to make a blanket rule that i’m not allowed to respond to **dale **outside of the Pit.
There are two components to your instruction. One is a valid order, and the other is not.
The valid order is for me not to throw insults outside of the Pit. I have not, since you gave that order, disobeyed it.
The invalid order is to require that any response i make to dale be in the Pit. It simply is not within your authority to give that instruction. You can tell me not to use insults outside the Pit, but you can’t require that i make even non-insulting posts only in the Pit.
Also, even if we assume (for the sake of argument) that both components of your instruction are valid, i still have not disobeyed it. Here is your instruction in full:
So, you told me to knock of the namecalling. Please point out where i have disobeyed this instruction.
And you told me to only talk to **dale **in the Pit. Please point out where i have disobeyed this instruction. Given that i have not spoken to **dale **at all, inside the Pit or out, since your instruction, it’s a bit hard to argue that i have disobeyed the instruction.
Basically, the point of my post was: I will continue to respond to **dale **in this thread if i see fit (something you have no authority to prevent), and if i break the rules in doing so, you will be within your rights to give me a warning.
I have not ignored your instructions.