# The non-offensive version of soulfrost's "Madam, I must protest" **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 8, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-offensive-version-of-soulfrosts-madam-i-must-protest/591913 "2011-08-08T04:01:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 44
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-offensive-version-of-soulfrosts-madam-i-must-protest/591913/44 "2011-08-08T12:20:45Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Hashing out things behind the scenes is certainly within your rights (and in most cases makes sense), but I think it strains the bounds of logic and credibility to believe that every mod action has been agreed to by every other member of the mod staff… so when the behind-the-scenes sausage making is done, a unified front is presented… dissenters are silenced, and defense of the mod action begins in earnest by the other mods. That’s simply not true. Yes, we try to hash out things behind the scenes for a number of reasons. One of them is: some people here NEVER EVER let go, and public disagreement amongst mods would only fuel those fires. We have disagreed, we have convinced a mod to reverse a decision. Public defense of mod action is usually (like in this case) when we’re unanimous… which, frankly, happens WAY more often than not. Summary: we discuss behind the scenes to be able to reach consensus. Once we’ve reached consensus, we do not challenge it. We have had several occasions in the past of a mod saying, “I didn’t agree with that decision, but once there’s been thorough mod discussion and the decision is made (by massive majority), there’s no point in wasting time by further arguing.” --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-offensive-version-of-soulfrosts-madam-i-must-protest/591913)._