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Hanafuridake wrote:Isn't it kind of weird that the mods show more tolerance for sexual predators (Eternal Lotharia, Zeonic States, 1000 Cats, and Cameroi) than they do honest posters. Like maybe they should give Benuty a pass on some heated comments, like how they let Deian Salazar stay on the site for four years after admitting to molesting his cousin.

Washington Resistance Army wrote:

Hanafuridake wrote:Isn't it kind of weird that the mods show more tolerance for sexual predators (Eternal Lotharia, Zeonic States, 1000 Cats, and Cameroi) than they do honest posters. Like maybe they should give Benuty a pass on some heated comments, like how they let Deian Salazar stay on the site for four years after admitting to molesting his cousin.

I think the best part of that whole saga is he was so gung-ho about getting into politics that he regularly linked his twitter and other stuff for campaigning. I hope the stuff he said in that link haunts that fucking freak forever.

Hanafuridake wrote:Isn't it kind of weird that the mods show more tolerance for sexual predators (Eternal Lotharia, Zeonic States, 1000 Cats, and Cameroi) than they do honest posters. Like maybe they should give Benuty a pass on some heated comments, like how they let Deian Salazar stay on the site for four years after admitting to molesting his cousin.

Cekoviu wrote:

Hanafuridake wrote:Isn't it kind of weird that the mods show more tolerance for sexual predators (Eternal Lotharia, Zeonic States, 1000 Cats, and Cameroi) than they do honest posters. Like maybe they should give Benuty a pass on some heated comments, like how they let Deian Salazar stay on the site for four years after admitting to molesting his cousin.

Cameroi? What?

Hanafuridake wrote:

Cekoviu wrote:Cameroi? What?

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Dumb Ideologies wrote:When the right wing is aflame, it's always interesting to see if the mods try to calmly land the plane or embrace their inner biases and blast it from the sky with overwhelming crimson-texted hellfire.

Cekoviu wrote:

Hanafuridake wrote:
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What the fuck.

Washington Resistance Army wrote:

Cekoviu wrote:What the fuck.

Really makes ya think, doesn't it.

Albrenia wrote:

Dumb Ideologies wrote:When the right wing is aflame, it's always interesting to see if the mods try to calmly land the plane or embrace their inner biases and blast it from the sky with overwhelming crimson-texted hellfire.

I rarely have interactions with the mods myself, so I can't say I've noticed any biases from them. I've only reported one person in my entire time here though, and that was for spamming insulting telegrams at me.

Dumb Ideologies wrote:

Albrenia wrote:
I rarely have interactions with the mods myself, so I can't say I've noticed any biases from them. I've only reported one person in my entire time here though, and that was for spamming insulting telegrams at me.

They try and it's usually not conscious, but like all of us they are beholden to the assumptions and prejudices that come from their general leanings and their shared history. It's the only explanation other than moustache-twirling shenanigans that I can find for some of the obvious baiters and gratuitous reporters on the left still being around while rightists are squished at the first sign of a reaction. And in my experience, the option assuming the moustache-twirling villain usually isn't accurate unless you're in a Disney movie.

Cekoviu wrote:

Hanafuridake wrote:
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What the fuck.

Albrenia wrote:

Dumb Ideologies wrote:
They try and it's usually not conscious, but like all of us they are beholden to the assumptions and prejudices that come from their general leanings and their shared history. It's the only explanation other than moustache-twirling shenanigans that I can find for some of the obvious baiters and gratuitous reporters on the left still being around while rightists are squished at the first sign of a reaction. And in my experience, the option assuming the moustache-twirling villain usually isn't accurate unless you're in a Disney movie.

That's unfortunate. NationStates forums would be pretty boring if it was just lefties like me hanging around.

Albrenia wrote:

Dumb Ideologies wrote:When the right wing is aflame, it's always interesting to see if the mods try to calmly land the plane or embrace their inner biases and blast it from the sky with overwhelming crimson-texted hellfire.

I rarely have interactions with the mods myself, so I can't say I've noticed any biases from them. I've only reported one person in my entire time here though, and that was for spamming insulting telegrams at me.

Mostrov wrote:On the topic of adultery, in Britain during its golden age (whichever you may choose: Elizabethan to Edwardian) it was rampant among the upper-class and didn't cause moral decay in any meaningful sense.

Mostrov wrote:There will always be a portion of the population which gets resources (be it wealth, wine or women) out of proportion to their numbers by fiat of force of arms, wealth, attractiveness &c. It follows there will also always be a portion of the population which will get nothing, by weakness, poverty, ugliness &c. Trying to change this by allocating resources exactly is fighting against natural selection itself. vae victus.

Hanafuridake wrote:Isn't it kind of weird that the mods show more tolerance for sexual predators (Eternal Lotharia, Zeonic States, 1000 Cats, and Cameroi) than they do honest posters. Like maybe they should give Benuty a pass on some heated comments, like how they let Deian Salazar stay on the site for four years after admitting to molesting his cousin.

Kowani wrote:

Hanafuridake wrote:Isn't it kind of weird that the mods show more tolerance for sexual predators (Eternal Lotharia, Zeonic States, 1000 Cats, and Cameroi) than they do honest posters. Like maybe they should give Benuty a pass on some heated comments, like how they let Deian Salazar stay on the site for four years after admitting to molesting his cousin.

I don’t know about the rest, but with EL, most of the time, the mods don’t look at RMB’s. I don’t know if it was reported at the time or not, though.

Mostrov wrote:When your definition of a golden age is a culture that could only manage a single-storey in their architecture, perhaps it would be wiser than to decry actual acheivements.

Mostrov wrote:The Elizabethans circumnavigated the globe, the arts flourished, religion was reformed, they fought off what was then considered the paramount power in the world. Not to mention the introduction of the joint-stock company and legal reforms.

Mostrov wrote:You have a poor histiography of the Empire if you think the middle-class had no part in running it.

Mostrov wrote:But it was the middle-class reaction to Amritsar that made departure from India certain.

Mostrov wrote:The affairs of the men and women in the Victorian Raj in no way detracted from their rule. And if you want further evidence on this point, prior the Mutiny many a nabob married into the peoples they ruled.

Salus Maior wrote:

Fahran wrote:Interesting question. From a right-wing perspective, what are the moral obligations of the person and the state?

That'll depend on the ideology.

My view is that the Monarch holds the highest political authority, and thus holds responsibility over the wellbeing of the nation and acts to serve them to the best of their ability. All other parts of the government are just delegated powers in order to assist the Monarch in this aim. The person's obligation is to reciprocate the Monarch's service with loyalty, and to serve the nation in their own ability.

Albennia wrote:

Mostrov wrote:When your definition of a golden age is a culture that could only manage a single-storey in their architecture, perhaps it would be wiser than to decry actual acheivements.

Because your belief is that the success of a people can be measured by how many monuments they built. Real life is not a game of Civilization where you earn points for building 'wonders' that go towards a golden age.

Mostrov wrote:The Elizabethans circumnavigated the globe, the arts flourished, religion was reformed, they fought off what was then considered the paramount power in the world. Not to mention the introduction of the joint-stock company and legal reforms.

Drake circumnavigated the globe sixty years after the Spanish. Elizabeth's religious policy was a complete disaster.

Mostrov wrote:You have a poor histiography of the Empire if you think the middle-class had no part in running it.

The middle class was not in charge.

Mostrov wrote:But it was the middle-class reaction to Amritsar that made departure from India certain.

Amritsar made departure from India certain. India should have become a dominion after the First World War.

Mostrov wrote:The affairs of the men and women in the Victorian Raj in no way detracted from their rule. And if you want further evidence on this point, prior the Mutiny many a nabob married into the peoples they ruled.

Marriages aren't affairs. And intermarriage should have continued.