I never thought I’d actually witness a flame-out in ATMB. This came close enough. A singing perhaps. 
Since I have nowhere called anyone stupid my opinion that all this is bullshit stands.
And I am discussing with my cat whether I want to continue posting. I will let you know what we decide.
From the linked thread in the OP:
The name Libertarian is not in use and because of this, according to Gfactor, I’m allowed to close that way.
If you’d like to amend the rule to be “you can not close with a name that is in use or has ever been in use” then you should make this clear.
My sign off was goofing around and meant to be a joke. I’m pretty sure most would understand that based on the conversation up-thread.
I’m sorry that sticks are lodged so far up backsides that humour is not allowed. If we are not supposed to make jokes in ATMB please let me know and I will stop.
[sub]Honestly, you mods need to relax a little. You all seem so pissed off and angry. This is just a message board. It isn’t anything important. Lives do not depend on the posts here. War will not break out if someone says the wrong thing. Threads here will not cure cancer. It’s just a message board. One of millions of other boards on the internet (and this one isn’t even that popular).
Please. Relax. Perhaps try taking a deep breath and counting to ten before you reply to posts.[/sub]
That’s cute, but let’s not pretend you were doing this as anything other than a poke at Liberal. Your obsessive need to complain about him and take swipes outside the Pit has crossed the line into you being a jerk and needs to stop. Keep your beef with Liberal confined to the Pit or don’t post about it at all.
Irony is a cruel mistress, isn’t she?
Oh please. It isn’t like I’m following the guy around and threadshitting in his threads. I’m posting in threads where he or his actions have become the topic.
Are you planning on going after everyone who complains or has comments about the guy now?
What the hell does Liberal have on you guys anyway? It must be good.
So are mods who can’t relax and joke around anymore.
And, to be clear, nothing that is said on a messageboard makes me upset. It is just a message board. I understand that. Stupid warning like the one I received just make me roll me eyes. It was a joke. I think everyone else understands it to be a joke. There was no “personal insult”. If anything, one could take it to me insulting the board because of the stupid “libertarian” name rule.
Come on. You know me by now. If I want to insult someone I just insult them.
Perhaps you need to take some time off and center yourself. Just a week or two away. Shut off the computer and go do something else for a while. I think you need it.
Yeah, telling you not to be obsessive and a jerk must mean there’s something underhanded going on. Or, you could follow the rules like everyone else and learn to live with the warnings when you break those rules.
Anyway, your silly handwaving about your behavior and recent actions changes neither your warning or instruction to keep your fights with Lib (or any other poster, for that matter) confined to the Pit. Both still stand.
You know, I could care less about the warning. I wasn’t attempting to have it revoked. Keep it in place, what do I care. It doesn’t really mean anything in the real world - and it doesn’t mean much here either when you guys hand them out like candy (speaking of “silly handwaving”… tweet-tweet)
So, just to be clear, I’m not not allowed to speak about Liberal or have anything to do with the guy outside of the pit? If he starts a thread which I don’t agree with I MUST take it to the pit?
I hope your cat comes back with a negative answer, Sailor!
Just to be clear: if you have a legitimate disagreement with Liberal or any other poster, and if that disagreement pertains to the discussion, feel free to take part. Complaints about a poster belong in the Pit; keep the pokes and the prods and false “jokes” confined to the Pit. If it appears you’re following any poster around to harrass them, or if you’re just posting here to be a jerk, you’ll be looking at additional warnings and an eventual loss of your posting privileges.
Basically, you’re being asked to follow the same rules as everyone else.
Ok.
Just to be clear (because I don’t know if anyone is) am I allowed to call Liberal “Libertarian” in the pit?
Yes. 
Really? Because I was warned about it once.
<homer> WHooohooo! </homer>
Gfactor. You’re a good man. I don’t care what they say about you. 
The rule was changed a couple of times before I took over. See Fenris’s post (#3) for a history.
Heck. Most of that shit is probably true. I just consider it the good part.
That’s the spirit!
Haaa! Crackin’ the hell up over here.
Hot dang! I only did it once and got a full-on wrist-slap Warning!
Seriously, twice by **Sailor **results in a comparitively friendly aside by **Gfactor **(“Let’s make this your last one for a while. No warning issued.”) while once by me and I get snapped at by Lynn Bodoni. Consistent much over there?
Regards,
James Joseph Meager III
Well, just to prove we don’t play favorites, you got another warning four days later from Gfactor for Junior Modding in General Questions. 
Yeah, yeah, yeah…
***(1) ***I think you do play favorites
***(2) ***So? This is irrelevant to the original topic I raised, which was… Sailor and I did the same thing, he did it twice and did not receive a warning, I did it once and did receive a warning.
Seriously. You have two different mods holding the same behavior to two different standards.
**Jimmy Joe Meager **+ offense + **Lynn Bodoni **= warning
**Sailor **+ (2 * offense) + **Gfactor **= no warning
Regardless,
JJM