I'm not defending you or him.
You sure have a funny way of "not defending" Ed, even though he was clearly wrong by not doing something as simple as removing his business name from his profile.
In the future, it might be better for the community if shit like this wasn't made into a side show.
Once you make your own forum, you can make whatever rules you want. Until then, I will enforce the rules that the owner of this forum set in place. One of those which has been made clear is that this crap is made public. Are you not comprehending that?
I understand the responsibility you have as a moderator to protect the interest of those that advertise here.
Well then you would understand this entire situation and agree it was a simple thing to ask?
shouldn't your responsibility also be to keep dumb shit like this from happening? not trying to stir more shit up, I'm just saying it protects the forum, you, and the accused from being cast into a negative light if you keep it out of the public eye.
I cannot prevent this from happening. I can ask people to follow the rules, then enforce them when they do not. Its really that simple.
they chose to make it public, don't get baited into it.
So now you're saying they chose to make this public? Make up your mind....:thinking::naw:
the tools you have to keep it civil and allow everyone else to feel welcome here. That's all I'm trying to say.
Seems like you're trying to make up your own set of rules here. I'll keep it simple for you okay?
Don't want to follow the rules, you don't have to be here. You don't like the rules here, you don't have to be here. Can I make this any clearer?