Personal insults?

[TWDuke]

@leander

Oh come on. I conceded in the oringal thread that my “reading comprehension” comment was the only thing *close *to a personal insult, and even the mods are not sure if it is (see tomndebb’s post above).

And even you have agreed that this is a far cry from “filled with your personal insults to people”.

(Frankly I think I just pissed off TubaDiva by pointing out her ignorance in the Atalaya thread.)

From your first post, it looked like you were soliciting others’ opinions. Then you wanted to argue with them. Now it looks like you want to continue old arguments - and we haven’t even reached post #10!

(see tomndebb’s post above).

What I saw was a mod saying that a behavior might be over the line and admonishing a poster not to do it again. It does not establish that such comments are acceptable - quite the opposite, in fact. It might truly be inconsistent modding. So what? “Everyone else was speeding!” will not get you out of a ticket. But it might be that the mod noted that the poster’s transgression was preceded and followed by posts that did not contain personal insults, which might have earned him some clemency. Compare:

@leander

FinnAgain’s usual frothing at the mouth nasty tone and attitude.

@leander

FinnAgain’s typical spittle flecked rants.

@leander

My “cite” was that entire page of your usual over the top vitriol. As I said, it’s unfortunate that you can’t get that little tick under control, but that’s really your problem, not mine (thank Og).

Comments such as “usual frothing at the mouth nasty tone and attitude” and “typical spittle flecked rants” are personal insults, not related to a specific post or thread. Are you really going to say they weren’t intended to be personally insulting?