Simple solution Skinner, a POLL, should Skinner "Call It"???

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43. Well I disagree.

One of my posts said that we shouldn't be posting Fox news links. The person I was commenting to said I was questioning her reputation which I was most certainly not. Someone other than that person reported it and said I was questioning a long-time DUer and I got hid. Even the original person I was responding to said she didn't think it was hide-worthy and she was the one I was criticizing.

There was nothing hide-worthy about most of those posts and I have personally witnessed numerous other things that were hidden unfairly as well.

You are also contradicting yourself because you said that there is basically only one reason (ok, three reasons that are all the same) and that it was someone acting like an asshole. However, you go on to say that "the overwhelming bulk of [hides] are absolutely deserved." I'm sure you realize that an overwhelming bulk implies that even you think there are some that are not part of that "overwhelming bulk" or you would simply have said that all of those hides are absolutely deserved.

The fact is, this system is completely abused and I definitely think that's why Skinner let everyone back and made the big post that he did about overhauling the jury system. Do I think he should have let everyone back? Probably not. However, it's been clear to me in the mere six weeks I've been here that none of the admins really have time to attend to this site so he probably made the best choice he could given the time he has to work with.