Dear BarbiePwns,

I have given some thought to the debate following your submission here.  It certainly feels like all the top 250 members are in a conspiracy against you.  I can, more than you realize, empathize with your feeling.  As a prelude to my discussion here, I myself am sort of like a maverick or wild buck in this forum, at least at the beginning, and have had numerous warnings including, but not limited to, suspensions, etc.

The purpose in writing this letter is not a result of my having any kind of agenda here.  On the contrary, I would like to offer possible angles for you to consider.

AkaQA is made up of people with varied experiences, educational and religious background, sexual orientation, ages, conservatives, liberals, and everything in between.  Some people are serious, while others are comical.  Some are poor and many are unemployed.  A few people with good ideas are not computer literate.  Some are hindered by their English proficiency.  Young people try to use this place to do their homework while many of them are plain troublemakers.  Nonetheless, this is an all-inclusive institution, of course, until such time one is being condescending to the entire group, uses foul language, or is totally insensitive and ignorant.  That’s when the Moderator steps in.

 Without a moderator, this place would be totally chaotic with people discussing explicit sex and sexually transmitted diseases all day long.  Gay and straight participants would use this forum as their pick up joint and religious radicals would go nuts jamming their ideals down people’s throats.  Bad words would be exchanged 24/7 whenever there’s a disagreement.  What kind of sick place would this place turn into?

Naturally I am not fond of anyone hampering my freedom of speech and putting the brakes on me every time I want to express myself.  However, if putting the brakes on me makes this place a more wonderful place for the citizens of akaQA, I am game.  Instead of shooting my mouth off, I now tactfully and respectfully voice my opinions.  And it works, by and large.

People don’t always agree here.  We have Democrats and Republicans and you know they, more often than not, have views that oppose each other.  I think it’s healthy to exchange and debate ideas here.  I have never seen the citizens of akaQA making fun of someone who’s just lost a loved one or an individual with severe health problems.  Why?  These are people with sensitivity and without façade.  When they disagree, they try to disagree respectfully, and I think this is the spirit of akaQA.

As for you, BarbiePwns, calling us children and idiots is not going to get you too far here.  Having a chip on your shoulder is not helping you, either.  When these people are united in something, they’re seldom wrong, even about you.   Collectively they’re the soul of the human race.  Don’t knock it.  Instead, embrace it.  If you have a beef against one of us, respectfully debate that person, not the whole institution.  Use correct spelling and good grammar or you risk appearing uneducated. Your English is pathetic, your spelling, atrocious, and you are condescending as well as uncouth. 

Do as I recommend herein and you’ll hopefully get better results.  You should, at the very least, try. 

With Aloha!