by jerome wrote:obscured by clouds wrote:
I opposed your nomination for modship on rd.net when I was an Admin. This was not personal of course, but I did not think a theist would be appropriate, even though if there was one it would be you, I was wrong to oppose. Sorry. Never had a chance to say that to you.
Hey OBC: yes I knew, but never minded at all. I think it was September 08, and I was as usual up to my neck in twenty threads, having fun. Trying to find my way round i typed "jerome" one morning to search to see where I had been summoned - ad found thread in which it was mentioned why I was not a suitable mod.I was going to reply and say "yeah atheist communities should be run by atheists, for obvious reasons", when I realised i was in the mod section.
I rather regret that my action instead was to pm every mod on the site and tell them that something had gone wrong and the mod section was visible to all members. Some of you may remember that morning. It might have been funny to just leave t and see how long before everyone worked out that they could see the mods, and of course the mods might not have noticed because they were by definition used to seeing that sub-forum!
Anyway I still think you had a valid point: and I still don't think I'm cut out for modding. I honestly don't feel that I personally have the qualities needed, and that is NOT false modesty: I'm just not so keen on being asked to be an authority figure, especially not on a site where i represent almost by definition "the enemy": well the enemy to the anti-theists anyway.
Plus my ill health really is a n issue, as is my need to devote more time to getting back to finding employment, and keeping up with my academic work, such as it is.
Anyway no hard feelings at all: as I said, I always agreed with you, so it was never an issue, and I never take these thins personally.
j x
Sure, I knew what I said in the Staff threads and I am owning up to it since you were not there at the time. Until I said something it has felt like I talked behind your back and just wanted to make sure that I acknowledge what I said. This had nothing to do with you as a person but being a vocal, very cool, theist supporting hum er theism....on rd.net...it was not something I could agree with.
However my thoughts on that have changed, as you know we have a Muslim mod and I find myself having to defend her for no reasons, such as claims of bias, there is none. She has done nothing that could even vaguely be bias on the forum or chat. Such as "what a Muslim mod on Atheist chat, she is not qualified..<insert personal attacks here>". And of course there were none, not one example, they just assumed. I have argued for her numerous times and I find it offensive that someone would try to smear her not based on any evidence but because of her religion.
Something I will not be so quick to do again. And I was wrong, and if I had been more open you would have been on the staff a long time ago. I wanted to acknowledge my mistake and I have learned from it. I know you have more modships thrown at ya, but if any dry up I won't make that mistake that a theist can make a valuable member of a Staff in a community like this. I wish I could buy you a beer that would ease me, but this will have to do.
