Quote Originally Posted by richmondesi View Post
That would be like me trying to argue against decisions made by moderators here on SRP. You guys are privy to significantly more information, have discussions we aren't privy, and make decisions that you guys feel are best. And, I'm of the opinion that's the way it should be. When you guys make a call on something, I defer to those with the most information.
Absolutely. And for comparative purposes, let's say that we're all on a Gillette forum called Lousy Shaving. The forum wants to make a nice donation to the Red Cross for the holidays, and have asked its userbase to donate anything they can. A few weeks go by and the Lousy Shaving staff announce that they're received generous offers and will be making a hearty donation, and everyone is happy about helping a good cause.

Then one of the staff members releases some PMs and emails which prove that most of the donations actually went to Gillette's marketing firm.

That is the situation in which I stand in favor, and I'd like to think that if I were one of those people who had information that my employers were doing unethical things and lying about it, I'd let somebody know about it. This is different than releasing emails that say some user was banned from Lousy Shaving for violating the forum terms by supporting straight razors. That is private information but also of no relevance to the site members beyond gossip.

Yes, we're absolutely off-track here and I do appreciate the gentlemanly back-and-forth between everyone. Quite interesting looking at the poll results -- the majority thinks it's bad by four votes right now, but the voting has been close throughout.