Sorry. We must help & support prolific contributor Reflectiveness come to terms with this mishap for the sake of the overall community.
(The bloke in my pic had a false-leg as well! It's terrible..)
Why did a moderator remove 1000 reply thread???
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May 27, 2013
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#83
reflectivist wrote:
corrijean wrote:
It really isn't that big a deal to have it moved to off topic. It is still active and anyone who is interested can still follow it. It still shows up in the Hot Topics list.
Religious discussion isn't allowed in the forums, so if that is the basis of your claim you'd better scrap it.
It isn't. My post was not religious. It is being persecuted by people with a flawed form of skepticism that turns the skepticism away from objectivity and into a religion of subjectivity and bias in and of itself. So banning the thread with that skepticism is religious persecution, because it is being persecuted by religion, as religion, when it is not religion, and has a scientifically defensible basis. Governments and militaries have put a lot of money and research into paranormal phenomena, and there is evidence to support that psychic phenomena and telepathy exist. It was a perfectly valid topic for the General Chess Discussion forum, as per its charter. Removing it because it moved at least temporarily to the subject of UFOs and to kill the valid part of the thread because of it, was just bad moderating.
I really don't see why you are complaining. Everyone was (mostly) reasonable. No flame wars erupted. It did veer severly off the topic of chess, but you participated in that as much as anyone else.
May 27, 2013
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#84
And the thread has gotten lots of attention, so what more could you wish for?
netzach wrote:
Sorry. We must help & support prolific contributor Reflectiveness come to terms with this mishap for the sake of the overall community.
(The bloke in my pic had a false-leg as well! It's terrible..)
Never! I will go to my grave clinging to the grief inflicted by the hand of the petty Fascism of a power-abusing moderator. My thread has been martyred. When children of the next century grow up, they will be taught that any injustice against anyone, no matter how small, is an injustice to small people everywhere.
Is the op concerned that eveyone else sees reality so differently?
This nonsense about the thread being moved due to religious bias is sad/laughable.
May 27, 2013
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#87
netzach wrote:
Blast!
[Images removed by mod - no spamming in Help & Support, please]
Why is this still in Help & Support? It really isn't asking for help or support. Off Topic is a natural home for this.
May 27, 2013
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#88
reflectivist wrote:
netzach wrote:
Sorry. We must help & support prolific contributor Reflectiveness come to terms with this mishap for the sake of the overall community.
(The bloke in my pic had a false-leg as well! It's terrible..)
Never! I will go to my grave clinging to the grief inflicted by the hand of the petty Fascism of a power-abusing moderator. My thread has been martyred. When children of the next century grow up, they will be taught that any injustice against anyone, no matter how small, is an injustice to small people everywhere.
I hope this is hyperbole. Or it is meant to be humorous. Or both.
That's why I was in despair about my fish pic being deleted. It appears that our worthy OP has reeled all us clever chaps (and chapettes) in hook, line and stinker. 
reflectivist wrote:
netzach wrote:
Sorry. We must help & support prolific contributor Reflectiveness come to terms with this mishap for the sake of the overall community.
(The bloke in my pic had a false-leg as well! It's terrible..)
Never! I will go to my grave clinging to the grief inflicted by the hand of the petty Fascism of a power-abusing moderator. My thread has been martyred. When children of the next century grow up, they will be taught that any injustice against anyone, no matter how small, is an injustice to small people everywhere.
Honestly think the fairest thing (to prevent misunderstandings) would be to move all your threads to 'off-topic'?
Once chess.com get their 4 new servers functioning properly should be ample capacity to do that.
goldendog wrote:
Is the op concerned that eveyone else sees reality so differently?
This nonsense about the thread being moved due to religious bias is sad/laughable.
Well, it may be a minor inconsequential example in the grand scheme of things, but it really was religious persecution because it involved some erroneous subjective judgement calls.
The only way you can really claim the thread was off topic is to claim that the subject and initial post that defined it were not chess related in a way that doesn't fit into typical categories. And the only way you can say it wasn't would be to say that psychic chess masters can't exist. And the only way you can assert that is with some sort of religious belief, because scientifically you cannot demonstrate it is false, and in fact some science vouches for it.
So in that sense it was removed for a kind of religion.
flecty, you are tearing up the charts with this one (heehee!)
batgirl wrote:
good grief...
No, but you know it's true! That's the thing, I am definitely correct in principle. I'm not kidding. I mean, I am seriously a bit miffed that some guy took my thread off the forum after I put that much into it and it was doing fine there and had a lot of traction and wasn't hurting anyone.
Will I get over it? Sure. Do I think there are much more serious injustices in the world and our lives far more worthy of our attention, consideration and concern? Yes, obviously.
I went to bed at nearly 4 AM after doing some research for the thread, and I woke up tired and grumpy as a result to find my thread booted, to boot, and it pissed me off, because if the mod hadn't baited and switched me I would not have invested that time in the thread. So I was cheated - a little bit, and it bugged me, but seriously, I have not lost my scintillating sense of humor or anything And yes, your icon is a bit of of a turn on, you shameless flirt. But don't expect me to court you. I'm married.
Reb wrote:
Put the pipe down and back away slowly ...
No way. Not until I get tax exempt status.
See, now flecty's coming out with his grin & stuff (just like Cesar Romero). 
Certainly not beaten down or anything if still appreciates the finer-points of a feminine superhero? Would post some 'flame' pics but had better not!
May 27, 2013
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#99
reflectivist wrote:
But don't expect me to court you.
Now I'm the one dejected.
reflectivist wrote:
goldendog wrote:
Is the op concerned that eveyone else sees reality so differently?
This nonsense about the thread being moved due to religious bias is sad/laughable.
Well, it may be a minor inconsequential example in the grand scheme of things, but it really was religious persecution because it involved some erroneous subjective judgement calls.
The only way you can really claim the thread was off topic is to claim that the subject and initial post that defined it were not chess related in a way that doesn't fit into typical categories. And the only way you can say it wasn't would be to say that psychic chess masters can't exist. And the only way you can assert that is with some sort of religious belief, because scientifically you cannot demonstrate it is false, and in fact some science vouches for it.
So in that sense it was removed for a kind of religion.
*snickers*
Well crap, stuff like this is no fun without pics! C'mon, "OFF TOPIC! OFF TOPIC! OFF TOPIC!..."