[QUOTE=Poyol;67015]
Quote Originally Posted by Beacon View Post

Beacon,

The post wasn't aimed at you; but everyone in general.

If the ad hominem doesn't apply to you ignore it.

Jason
I wholehartedly agree

1. Can you explain how " Beacons' arrogant, nit picking and pedantic behaviour ..." is a reference to someone else?
http://www.realscam.com/f8/banners-b...html#post66970

2. Can you explain how a single line post "You, my fine pedantic friend, are an argumentative asshole." is not ad hominem directed at me?
http://www.realscam.com/f8/banners-b...html#post66967

3. Where in that thread but especially in relation to Little round Man did I personally attack anyone?

Since then i have received PM's from mods/admins saying they will support LRM above the truth.
In short I see this as valuing loyalty above honesty
Given RS was set up because scam.com valued loyalty to sponsors above honesty then I regard this "groupthink by admins" as a very serious issue much more serious than the unprovoked and unjustofied personal attacks on me.


On the wider note and more substantive issue addressed here:
http://www.realscam.com/f8/banners-b...html#post66959
http://www.realscam.com/f8/banners-b...html#post66963
http://www.realscam.com/f8/banners-b...html#post66942

Should or is RS not about broader issues than just saying "you decide"? I mean if we were to post "here is all the evidence we can find for the WWII Holocaust " it would be really silly to say "well we are not saying the WWII Holocaust happened ~ you decide" would be silly. Clearly there is a HUGH amount evidence suggesting it happened and there is a huge amount of evidence suggesting scams are happening.

I am aware that we have to be sensitive about defaming anyone and of the extremes of "outing" people ( and I do think such extreme actions are in many cases wrong) but we have to be able to speak out and say "Banners Broker is a scam" and having admins say "well we dont really know it is a scam that is for people to decide" or " well it may be a scam but we dont really know who has the money so we cant do anything about them" " well it is a scam but it isnt for us to advocate any action by the police" is not fullfulling what I consider should be a role for RS.

What do other people think about this?