Ian McKellen

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I may not be very politically correct, in fact I pride myself in being politically Incorrect.

Earniel, I have no idea whatsoever HOW it was done, or by WHOM it was done, but it WAS done.

I doubt not for a moment that this occurred, as the postings I have found altered in no way reflect any of my own biases, opinions, or positions.

It happened to Lotesse, and it happened to me. I posted my offense at being edited against my wishes and without my knowledge to alert others that this could happen to them as well.

I always wrote, on Entmoot, what I thought. I took the bricks and arrows in stride, and yet stood by my opinions. The very little bit that I saw of "Gods and Monsters" absolutely SICKENED me, and I would have never said that Ian MacKellan deserved an oscar for that performance. I never said it. NEVER SAID IT, Earniel, NEVER SAID IT. Capiche?

Some gutless wonder who could not stand that opinions counter to their own were allowed to remain on the Entmoot altered my posts. I am making that accusation, and I am standing by it. Now that Lotesse has stated that this happened also, I have corroboration that someone with mod or admin clearance, at some point, altered my posts. I have not had time (nor, necessarily, the inclination) to go back into the archives and review each and every post to find which ones have been altered, but the fact that I and Lotesse have been edited against our wishes reinforces my earlier contention: Something is rotten in the Entmoot, or WAS rotten in the Entmoot. I would bet my keyboard it wasn't you, or Ben, or any other of the good folks I came to know here. More likely it was someone acting in the hiatus I took from the Entmoot follwing the release of Return of the King. Hence my only recent objection to this farce. Had I not been Googling some other writings, I'd never have even been aware of this alteration of my original statements.

It is a breach of the trust I put in Ben and his brothers, and although I bear them no grudge in this matter whatsoever (nor to you, nor Nolendil, nor any of the other good folks who have been mods or admins), I do take great exception to the changing of my original statements.

Rian, good to see you as well, and for all other Mooters aside from myself and Lotesse, I hope that none of your own postings have been altered. Even though the discussions got heated here from time to time, I'd never, and HAVE never, asked for someone's posts, no matter how much I disagreed with it, be removed or altered. This is dirty cricket, Earniel, no matter how the limburger is sliced, it is still stinky cheese and I do not appreciate my own opinions altered to reflect a view I would have originally posted the statements to counter.