Well, this is how they should operate…

But these volunteers also require that you understand they are human beings too.* and, like all humans, they sometimes make mistakes.

Please be patient, especially during busy times of the year.

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Cookery or alchemy, my point remains the same. I just think it’s possible that there is more involved in the calculus than we’re aware of.

Although, to be fair, Gargamel’s desire to cook the Smurfs rather than turn them into gold always seemed to be a function of his maleficent cruelty rather than anything logical.

Perhaps these were empty threats merely meant to terrorize them, and that was possibly his only goal. Maybe they can’t be turned into gold or eaten. Maybe he just wanted to scare the shit out of him. Another piece of evidence to support this theory is the fact that Gargamel never actually cooked a Smurf nor turned one into gold. He only ever threatened to do so, while also missing several opportunities to do so.

Was the Smurfs’ interaction with Gargamel TVs first presentation of a metaphor that speaks against prejudice, bigotry, and hate crime? Against the terrorizing nature of bullies?

Since we’re already overthinking the hell out of this, we might as well ask.

Interesting thought, however, Gargamel was some sort of wizard. It’s more likely that he would perform the conversion himself.

Still, perhaps the cost of any necessary reagents or other ingredients required to turn Smurfs into gold were not (or barely) worth the gold they produced.

Maybe the Smurfs’ value in gold was not worth much more than their value as food. The Smurf to gold conversion ratio may only have yielded enough to buy other food.

We need more information.

Right, because knowing proper vocabulary is a “mind game”.

Lol

Kinda like claiming simple moderator actions on a private forum or are tantamount to “prosecution“

Yet, for each one of their actions against you, they gave explanations.

If that were true, you might have a point. But each one has an explanation attached, regardless of how much you ignore it.

And you are not entitled to an explanation. They are given as a courtesy. You can either choose to accept that or not, but it doesn’t change the facts.

The point is that you got comments removed and banned from communities for breaking the rules, and you keep missing that point no matter how many times it’s repeated to you.

So, you still can’t answer.

Your participation does not entitle you to break the rules.

Perhaps, but that’s not what happened in this instance. If you check the mod logs, there’s plenty of explanation for why this user has had comments removed, and has been banned from several communities.

And you refused to answer me when I asked you in what court of law are you being prosecuted? State, federal? What laws are you alleged to have broken?

Not “anyone”. But certainly you, currently.

You broke the rules, and you got your comments removed. Facing the consequences of your actions is not a state of victimhood.

One need not to be an expert to see that your comments were inappropriate and broke the rules.