Ah, ok, I hadn’t seen a permanently hidden one yet. I just went back and started to read and it was clear that vige, who has the hat on was already ‘twitchy’, probably personally offended and had clearly raised the stakes from a moderation. He said:
Calling other people “forum police” is not only rude and inappropriate, but also off topic in this thread. If you want to discuss the flagging/moderation policies, please create a topic for it in the site feedback category instead of abusing other topics.
Now, that’s very sensitive. If it were my forum, I wouldn’t have flinched at forum police (as Olf mentions later, it’s current, common, usage). But vige made a clear statement. The very next statement calls vige ‘forum police’. So this has become personal. The rest is bound to be mud flinging. Especially since EVERYONE ignored vige’s request that such an ‘off-topic’ discussion not take place in this thread. He didn’t say, don’t express your opinion. Just not here. And no personal attacks.
And that, for me, is the end of the story. I appreciate that almost everyone was, from my vantage, keeping pretty civil. I really think ‘y’all’ are a pretty civil bunch. But I can’t force my view of civility on vige. Or anyone else.