Quote: "i'd say that there's a damn good chance if someone posts something similar again, i'll probably make some comments along the same lines. not even going to pretend that i won't..."
I'd say that the chance of you getting slapped (and the length of time of being slapped) for making such comments will only increase then.
Quote: "the system on the whole, for a user like myself is pointless."
You are not special. I've been here as long as you have. If I made comments like that, I'd expect to be slapped too. I have some very strong beliefs about certain things. This isn't the place to express those things though.
Quote: "even a ban wouldn't make me go "oh maybe what I said was wrong" because I honestly don't believe what I said was wrong in any way."
It doesn't matter what your opinion is on the matter. A slap isn't intended to make you change your beliefs or opinions. The point of it being in the AUP is because your opionion on the subject (and anyone else's) does not matter.
Quote: "sure it was against the aup, but honestly if this is going to be enforced then it should be enforced more often for things that also break the aup, not on just judgement calls of if it broke the aup enough. more to the point if religious talk is so damn bad, then just tell Rich to add all of the religious words; like religion types to the banned word list. that would prevent any comments from anyone; rather than having to give you guys the choice of slaps or bans."
I think the current group of moderators do a good job. They have every right to make decisions based on the context that things are used in. It isn't simply black and white.
Take your lumps and move on. If you don't like the rules of this forum, then don't use it.
