Somebody apparently has dog crap as a wallpaper. Someone else, of delicate sensibilities no doubt - and more importantly who felt (wrongly I think) he was being insulted by the dog turd wallpaper - made a complaint. AbsentMinded,....
or to put it in more general terms...personA complained about something personB posted and a mod took action without any proof whatsoever and without any backing of any forum rule
if you cant see that as a problem (and I get the feeling you cant) then there is nothing further to discuss
and the feeling I get is that the other mods do not see anything really wrong with the mods actions I have to assume that it is not a problem and the same action is likely to occur in the future
probably just wanted everyone to stop acting like four year olds over in the screenshot thread, compromised.
now now....it is not polite to tell someone they are acting like a four year old
Your "slippery slope" argument is based on fallacious logic. It is no more reasonable to suggest that removal of an image featuring a close-up of dog feces will lead to enforcement of mandatory politeness on these forums than it would be to suggest that permitting such an image should lead to the forums being inundated with images of child pornography. Your argument presupposes that a transition of any kind necessarily proceeds to (one of) the extremes, failing to recognize that there may exist "middle ground" solutions from which little deviation is necessary to maximize the benefit and satisfaction of the broad membership of these forums.
As it is effectively the duty of the Moderators to promote gravitation towards this "middle ground" (hence the term "moderation"), I see little productive value in the argument you've provided.
and who decides this 'middle ground'?.....it appears any mod that feels it MAY be outside of middle ground will act as they please...
as far as my sliperry slope....you are taking it a bit too specifically...
the broad membership is the point....people need to be less sensitive because debian is all inclusive (or at least it use to be) and the forum should also allow a LOT of latitude in everything because it is diverse....people should realize that on a diverse forum you will run into diverse 'things' and to be offended by them is asinine....
as far as chold pornography that would be a legal matter and is obviously a issue, a dog turd really is not....at least not that I am aware of....although our local park does write citiations for it we aren't really talking about a park
You seem intent upon fabricating staff behavior people would consider outrageous and then proceeding to rail against that hypothetical behavior. Such rhetoric is pretty much nugatory towards the purpose of discussing the actual situation.
just trying to get the ball rolling....
the slippery slope has been tread upon and now there is no reason to waste time getting to the bottom of it....
It is obvious, at least to me, that there must be some degree of staff intervention into the posting that takes place in these forums so they might provide a reasonable environment for Debian users to share their experiences and assist each other in their endeavors.
oh yes...before you mahhhhvalouuus mods came along this place was horrible.....just horrible....damn Lavene was a disgrace and this place was utter chaos with child porn and personal attacks all over the place.......thank geebus for you guys....you guys have solved everything....keep up the good work...