Quote - There's a comment from Khai in that Punishment Thread, the one where he asks me never to speak to him again.  That comment is still there yet my reply to it was wiped-out and has not been put back.  My reply was simply a light-hearted and humourous post and did not break the ToS (members saw that post).  It's not important for it to be there, but the point is it should not have been removed, and even if it did, then surely the bait needed to be wiped-out as well.

(You asked in the forum so I'll answer you in the forum). 

Because Khai's post was not inflamatory. He was making an observation and wasn't using inflamatory language. He asked you to stop addressing him and he even said please. I don't see any evidence of that being bait. 

Your response, intended as humor or not, was inflamatory and somewhat hostile, along with many others. And I really don't buy that it was intended as humor. Not in the context of that situation. This isn't my first time being a moderator. I'm sharp enough to recognize, at least most of the time, when humor is genuine and when it''s being used as a tool or a cop-out. And I'm also willing to admit when I've made a mistake. I'm sure there are some posts here or there that could have stayed had they not been part of the rest of the mess. 

And that's why I keep saying, it's not your opinions that I or others necessarily have a problem with, it's how you choose to word them and use them to derail threads. I'm not picking on you and I've never intentionally tried to single you out. I've also never been rude to you in my PMs. I try to treat everyone as fairly as possible but that's not always possible when there's a s#!t storm raging. At that point my goal is to stop it and clean up the mess as quickly as possible. In the process, some posts get deleted that may have otherwise been ok on their own. 

 

~Shane