Being a stickler for the rules is one of the requirements of being a Mod, wouldn't you say? I do accept your apology in the sense you presumably made it.
As for Deist Paladin and YahwehIsTheWay: I did know about this and the reasons for the experiment. I also know how much discussion went into the rights and wrongs of doing it. However, I was not on Staff when the decisions were taken and YITW 'came out' shortly after I was promoted, so allegations or allusions to my abusing my position are unfair and unwarranted. I think you had best continue this point with DP since it's his actions you object to.
As for Deist Paladin and YahwehIsTheWay: I did know about this and the reasons for the experiment. I also know how much discussion went into the rights and wrongs of doing it. However, I was not on Staff when the decisions were taken and YITW 'came out' shortly after I was promoted, so allegations or allusions to my abusing my position are unfair and unwarranted. I think you had best continue this point with DP since it's his actions you object to.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'