Methinks explaining this whole business of callouts to newcomers is best left to others.
I was unaware that my opinion of callouts was not valid as a member, but thanks for the condescending remark. Thanks for clarifying. As I said, it was one sentence, and in a post to bodie about my OWN OPINION, which guess what, I'm entitled to. Most people would have laughted off a comment like that, given that it was a year ago. As I said, I was unaware that you had a grudge about that callout.
So my answer below is the best I can muster 12 months later about the situation.
OK, I have read back over the callout. Given it was nearly a year ago, I will surmise best why I think I ignored it.
1. At the time it seems that when all the drama about some comments about Odeon's child being a mongoloid upset him, and I think (I say I *think* because I can only go on the thread) that the member was banned.
2. I had been supporting some of Soph's posts, which were trying to point out that were in fact trying to point out that whilst what was said was bad, some other members had had their kids attacked, or similar situations, also and that banning someone was a little biased because he had the power to. (Again, this is my opinion and memory, and I don't want to bring Soph into it, but I recall that was my thoughts at the time)
3. My example of his bias was a callout where I had asked it to stop because it was distressing because it kept referring back to a child of mine that had passed away, and I perceived it as favouritism on his part.
The final post in the thread, he mentions the death of my child again. The reason I most likely (again, this is a year later) did not pursue the callout is;
1. Odeon was emotional about the issue anyway.
2. I did not want to get into a callout again, that kept referring to the death of my child, and to be honest, I believe that might be why I thought Odeon was being a wanker and insensitive for doing it.
3. Things with Callaway were in the process of resolution, or possibly even resolved privately without the knowledge of the board at that point and I really didn't want an autopsy on old rubbish brought up for shits and giggles because both areas were known as a way to bring up shit that had passed.
Again, refer to my final point Odeon, if you want to bring up stuff from the past, when I simply was giving a rundown to bodie, and not much thought went into it, then fine.
I'm sorry if it offended you that I said at the time there appeared to be two sets of rules, or something similar. That's how it seemed, as I say, in your final post in the thread, where you talk about my child, yet again, I must have thought enough was enough, and I did not want to rake it all up. Even seeing the words upset me. Maybe you don't understand how or why it hurts, and I'm glad that you don't, because if you did, you would not have kept on down that path.
So that's probably why the word 'wanker' came to mind about that callout.
I find Odeon to be very fair in callouts and I don't see him as a wanker at all.
I don't think that he should have to ignore people who are attacking his children just because they are trying to get a rise out of him.
I believe he started the callout because he was angry that I used my example of his bias towards only shutting some things down when they directly affected him, but he was quite happy to see others get distressed about attacks on their children.
I NEVER, EVER supported the attack on his children. It was just when others were trying to apply the fact that a lot of us had had to suffer that on the board, he didn't want to hear that logic.
I just had a peek as well and the callout was mostly about me:
People tend to bring up our stand off from time to time, not realising it was resolved privately and I have no desire to rehash any of it for everyone's pure entertainment. I wouldn't want to do that since privately we had resolved things and I thought it would be unfair to get involved in that kind of crap again.
I brought up as an example of inconsistency in Odeon's approach, to try and make him see logic as an example, nothing more, from memory.
