I don't do time outs.....Trey and maybe Danny do those as last result or after previous warnings.......I will edit, delete, or warn......I've been in everyone's shoes here.......so I can empathize with the lovers and haters, the sunshine pumpers and darksiders, the half full and half empty, etc.
I am an old free board(The Hill) crazy reigned in by Hogchick to learn to proper message board etiquette and behavior, whose sports passion was so inflamed that it virtually consumed and poisoned me to the point of physical health issues, imperiled my relationships with my wife and family, destroyed my witness, colored my personality, clouded my perspective and common sense, made me irrational, and tempered my humanity and charity.
I'm pushing 60, and while likely never fully maturing into the person I'd most want to be-lol, I've gathered myself, found a solid foundation for life perspective and rationality, made peace with my insecurities and demons, faced my faults(and fixed many of them-lol), and found joy and happiness in life's simple things.
Still love my sports, and communing and communicating that passion with fellow fans. I love the concept of The Edge, the passion of our posters, and intelligent dialogue and debate among most of the posters. I respect the fans of the Razorbacks posters here, and as a mod, I humbly expect that
everyone else go deep within themselves to find a modicum of respect for their fellow posters.
I recognize that The Edge is also a place to vent frustrations and a outlet for diverse opinion both objective and subjective, but I refuse to believe that
it must also be a vehicle for open ended belittling, baiting, haranguing, disparaging, cursing, fighting, bickering, deadhorse beating, mocking, etc.
The former doesn't begat the latter.
I see my role is to minimize the latter, making the forum maximize its potential for the greatest number of posters. I believe the board rules
serve all the posters equally and fairly. I know that all the mods don't see everything the same and I believe the board mods balance the
board and each other well.
I think Trey and Danny are the best in the Arkansas message board business and I spend no time 2nd guessing how they admininstrate the
the Arkansas Rivals boards and I love being a small cog and devoted fellow poster with each and every one of you. I make the same mistakes
and fall prey to the same base human instincts and frailties as everyone else here, so I try my best to exercise fair judgment of what is
acceptable and unacceptable under the board rules and apply that accordingly.
FWIW