MrEToomey, yes, there are different rules for different people. For example, KimCarvente can post a thread called "North Fork Yuk" and it stands. I post a thread called "KimCarvente Yuk" and it gets deleted. So you see, it is OK to yuk an MSC but it is not OK to yuk a forum member who yuks an MSC. This is one example of the strangeness here. But I do believe that kind of application of rules is a lot of fun because it is so surprising like for example finding fudge inside your ice cream.
In this particular case, I suspect that the two or three members who usually kindly reprimand us for straying into political and religious issues haven't noticed this thread yet. I don't think it's really a rule that we can't talk about political and religious issues. I believe it actually is some sort of agreement but I'm not sure because the standard was established before my arrival. It is probably best we don't discuss politics and religion as those are both topics on which most of us are firmly fixed in our positions no matter how wrong we may be and we are likely to be unkind to one another at some point.
I do sympathize with your feeling of being unfairly treated but I encourage you to forget your pain and see if you can figure out some way to irritate the person who irritated you, not that I know who that was or care. Although we are here to support one another (I hope) it never hurts to instigate a little mischief for the entertainment factor.
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