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[Bizarreknives]

Us and Them
And after all we're only ordinary men
Me, and you
God only knows it's not what we would choose to do
Forward he cried from the rear
And the front rank died
And the General sat, as the lines on the map
Moved from side to side
Black and Blue
And who knows which is which and who is who
Up and Down
And in the end it's only round and round and round
Haven't you heard it's a battle of words
The poster bearer cried
Listen son, said the man with the gun
There's room for you inside
Down and Out
It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about
With, without
And who'll deny that's what the fightings all about
Get out of the way, it's a busy day
And I've got things on my mind
For want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died

 

[Steven Royston O'Neill]

Just my personal opinion. Whilst it may piss people off. It is not my intention.
The job of the mod's is to me very tough. Reason being they are fans first therefore biased. Any sort of policing of these boards if it is to work well should be unbiased as possible. I know our Mod's do their best but no one can where two hats and look equally well in both. (Where the **** did that come from?)
As for opposing fans getting more or less respect than home fans. Shouldn't all posters from which ever persuasion receive equal respect on any board they choose!
This week I hate to say, I've seen very good constructive posts from Mags shot down in flames by a stream of abuse which is allowed to slide because the poster is a home fan on his home board.
You wouldn't treat a bloke in the street differently just cause he had a Geordie accent! Would you you?
Maybe you would. It is a ****ed up World.

I hear what you are saying and it could be something we look at, but, one flaw is the unbiased bit. When I have my super mod hat on I have to try and be unbiased, not a problem on all but the Sunderland board because of course I am on all other boards.

When it comes to the home boards and their mods they are mean to be biased, in favour of the boards members. They have basicly two roles, to protect the forum for racism, abuse, slander, lible and to do their best to ensure the board is run how the fans want it but at the same time trying to be fair with visiting fans.The key is self moderation, its what the forum was built on but with more and more people joining it is becoming harder to achieve. I really believe that in the main the mods do a good job and the members are fair, at times, and Sunderland are in that time, flash points occur, tempers get stretched and things said that would not normaly be said. When this happens you want to shout at someone then up pops your local rivals and they will do, not fair or helpful but understandable. The key to me is how we move on and we always do, hopefully with just the odd bloody nose to show for it all.