> by claiming that other comments are so egregious that the guidelines shouldn't apply to you.
no man i keep claiming the same thing over and over: that you have done nothing about any other comment in this thread except mine. i've literally said this same thing like 5 times. and what's happening is you keep reasserting some kind of lattitude to ignore them.
> I'm not going to be goaded or shamed into acting on comments on the basis that "it should be obvious". We can't operate a site like that.
you can't have your cake and eat it too: if my comments are obvious enough given a particular value system that you can scold and censure me, then there can be plenty of others that are just as obvious.
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> rather than insisting that you are above the guidelines... take responsibility for your own conduct
please point out for me (by using links) where i didn't "take responsibility"? at multiple points i admitted to being sarcastic/flippant. how would you like me to further take responsibility? would you like me to apologize to those people? would you like me to delete my comment so that they continue fly under the radar? would you like me to commit hari-kari?
You are only being held to account according to the guidelines, which apply equally to everyone. I'm telling you that I'm willing to act on other comments when it's clear how they breach the guidelines, but we need you to play your role as a citizen of this site who uses the mechanisms available to everyone, rather than insisting that you are above the guidelines and refusing to use the mechanisms we offer. Please stop fixating on other comments and take responsibility for your own conduct and role in making this site what you expect it to be.
Edit: To be clear, the reason your comments were acted on is that they were flagged and commented on by other community members. We act mostly on what we're alerted to, which is why I keep telling you that we need you to alert us to things if you want them acted upon (and not just as a way of deflecting from the conduct you're being called out for). It's also false that we hadn't acted on other comments in the subthread.
no man i keep claiming the same thing over and over: that you have done nothing about any other comment in this thread except mine. i've literally said this same thing like 5 times. and what's happening is you keep reasserting some kind of lattitude to ignore them.
> I'm not going to be goaded or shamed into acting on comments on the basis that "it should be obvious". We can't operate a site like that.
you can't have your cake and eat it too: if my comments are obvious enough given a particular value system that you can scold and censure me, then there can be plenty of others that are just as obvious.
edit:
> rather than insisting that you are above the guidelines... take responsibility for your own conduct
please point out for me (by using links) where i didn't "take responsibility"? at multiple points i admitted to being sarcastic/flippant. how would you like me to further take responsibility? would you like me to apologize to those people? would you like me to delete my comment so that they continue fly under the radar? would you like me to commit hari-kari?