staff courtesy

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I'm glad this was unblocked I wanted to thrown my opinions in and hopefully enage in a mature discussion and I was pretty disappointed when this topic was locked so I guess I'll throw my two cents in now.

-Was Retane right in posting what he did?
No not at all. No offense to him but what he did was simply unjustified and I can't defend his actions.

-Was Burter right to give Retane a warning/banning?
Yes, Retane not only broke the rules but did it in a disrespectful manor and (once again no offense to him) defiantly deserved some type of punishment.

So far that part is all cut and dry, but where it gets complicated was whether or not those staffers who replied after the ban were justified to say what they said. In my opinion no, don't get me wrong I totally agree with burter when he said:

Just because we are staff doesn't mean we have to sit and take abuse from people who are ungrateful, or impatient. I, for one, would never not defend myself if someone called me out in public, as I've demonstrated in the past.

Yes, staff have the right to defend themselves if they feel they are being disrespected, but my thoughts are that they(being vague to avoid naming specific staffers) overstepped their boundaries and took it beyond a point of self defense. Retane was wrong, he got punished, end of story. That's the way it should have gone, but instead certain people felt it necessary to input their unnecessary opinions which served only to purposely disrespect Retane in a manor in which he didn't deserve.

Staff members are supposed to be above such petty things and are supposed to set an example for the rest of the board to follow. I'm not complaining about any previous incidents, but in this specific instance some members of staff acted in a way that was very unbecoming of someone that is intended to be a role model.

Sorry if I rambled or said things that were already brought up but honestly I felt strongly about this and wanted my opinions to be heard.