AOG - ///// Since moderation rules apply equally to everyone on the AB - despite what you may think to the contrary - ///
Perhaps I am now in order to add 'naive' to your list of attributes, when I say are you really that naive to believe what you have just put? //
That would once again be offensive, and inaccurate, but if that is your view, so be it.
/// if sp or I launch a post of personal vitriol and insults, both he and I would quite rightly run the risk of having our posts pulled, and would have no comeback if they were.
Yes but they won't be, proof of that is the fact that both you and sp1814 have insulted me but your posts remain. //
Perhaps that depends on the definition of the term 'insult' which must necessarily be a subjective adjective. If a post - anyone's post - is deemed by a moderator to be inappropriate, it is removed, if not, then it is not. I cannot speak for the other moderators about their perceptions of your post contents as against mine, or anyone else's.
//Also the fact that in the past I described a vicious female criminal as a *** and was openly criticised by one of the Eds for using that word, yet it has been used today and nothing has been said. //
Then you would need to take that up with the Editorial Team - I have no say in their policies, of their response systems.
//I have also given up reporting abuses of
Site Rules, since nothing has been done, even a personal email receives no response, except to say they will get back to me, which they never do. //
Again - that is beyond my remit, so whereas I am perfectly happy to address your posts to me - in whatever form they take - I hope you will appreciate that in the majority of points you have made, I can offer nothing more than a personal opinion - which I have done.
I hope this helps.