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I would just like to say that as one of the mods on APS I have NEVER been able to read anyone else's pm's. Even if I was able to I would not do so as this is the behaviour of a perverted voyer, and is so morally corrupt and sly it makes my stomach turn.
Has it occured to anyone that a mod forum is essentially a bunch of pm's between moderators? And this being the case, would reading it not put people in the catagory of any mod who read the pm's of site members? Who among you has not had a bit of a whinge about someone else in a pm to one of your friends?
Just because it is on offer, and just because everyone else is doing it does not mean it is right, justified or moral behaviour. To draw a parallel, by reading the mod forum you "took" what was not yours, just like the person who stole Marc's snakes took what was not their's. This thought will no doubt be unpalatable to the majority of you. It is not pleasant to have your behaviour put under the spotlight and exposed for what it is. Is not the person who steals one dollar just as bad as the person who steals one million? From a behavioural point of view, yes. A thief is a thief is a thief.
Has it not also occured to you that whoever gave Marc the link to the site which enabled him to read unpleasant things being said about him is NO FRIEND of his? After all, what friend would note that you are going through one of the hardest moments of your life, then give you even more fodder to make you feel bad? Someone was whinging about Marc... so what! I'm sure many of you have had a bit of a whinge about me in the past. I would not expect any of my friends to tell me all the unpleasant things someone is saying about me during the worst period of my life, as it it was going to help or make me feel any better.
Whoever this person was, he/she is clearly one of the cruelest and most utterly despicable people ever. I most severely condem their actions. Shame shame SHAME on you, whoever you are. Hang your head and never show your face in public again. You are a terrible human being who seeks to spread nothing but pain, disharmony and malcontent among people and communities. Are you proud of the extra pain you have caused Marc? Are you proud of the problems you have caused in the herp world lately? You are BAD person.
This whole entire episode, from Marc's snakes being stolen to the uproar moderators doing their job has caused, has shown human behaviour at it's very worst. I am most unimpressed.
Has it occured to anyone that a mod forum is essentially a bunch of pm's between moderators? And this being the case, would reading it not put people in the catagory of any mod who read the pm's of site members? Who among you has not had a bit of a whinge about someone else in a pm to one of your friends?
Just because it is on offer, and just because everyone else is doing it does not mean it is right, justified or moral behaviour. To draw a parallel, by reading the mod forum you "took" what was not yours, just like the person who stole Marc's snakes took what was not their's. This thought will no doubt be unpalatable to the majority of you. It is not pleasant to have your behaviour put under the spotlight and exposed for what it is. Is not the person who steals one dollar just as bad as the person who steals one million? From a behavioural point of view, yes. A thief is a thief is a thief.
Has it not also occured to you that whoever gave Marc the link to the site which enabled him to read unpleasant things being said about him is NO FRIEND of his? After all, what friend would note that you are going through one of the hardest moments of your life, then give you even more fodder to make you feel bad? Someone was whinging about Marc... so what! I'm sure many of you have had a bit of a whinge about me in the past. I would not expect any of my friends to tell me all the unpleasant things someone is saying about me during the worst period of my life, as it it was going to help or make me feel any better.
Whoever this person was, he/she is clearly one of the cruelest and most utterly despicable people ever. I most severely condem their actions. Shame shame SHAME on you, whoever you are. Hang your head and never show your face in public again. You are a terrible human being who seeks to spread nothing but pain, disharmony and malcontent among people and communities. Are you proud of the extra pain you have caused Marc? Are you proud of the problems you have caused in the herp world lately? You are BAD person.
This whole entire episode, from Marc's snakes being stolen to the uproar moderators doing their job has caused, has shown human behaviour at it's very worst. I am most unimpressed.
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