abuse of power

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Ok so this is somewhat of a rant, so please bear with me. It seems lately that no matter where you are be it on-line or in a work enviorment, those in power sometimes seem to let it go to their heads. I've noticed that even on here, unlike many other on-line fourm type sites this one has "secret" moderators, because appernetly their deeds aren't always honest and for that reason they stay in the shadows. What gets me is their absolute abuse of power, with random deletions of discussions, banning of members and the just blatent disreguard for freedom of expression and opinions. Now I understand how hard it is to moderate discussion sites and chat rooms because I do so myself. I actually moderate a few of them. Unlike the admin/moderators here I have enough respect for the users of my site to inform them when they are doing something that is in violation of the sites guidlines or when someone makes a complaint about them. I also give them feedback as to what they can do to improve their experince and fix the problem. See thats the point of being a MODERATOR... you mediate between those on your site to ensure everyone has an enjoyable experince. You also try and keep from hendering freedom of speech and expression. Because no two people are alike and not everyone is going to agree on a subject. As adults however, you'd think that if someone didn't agree with what was being said or was offended by the subject matter they'd avoid it. Sadly I've found that that isn't the case here, it seems that even people who are no longer "members" of this site still feel the need to cause issues with people who are. Why anyone who claims to be an adult would do such childish acts is beyond me but appernetly their that bored with life. Its even sadder when those who took a position to respect the integrity of this site do the exact oppisite when they stoop to the same childish behavior. Instead of protecting the users here they themselves violate their own "rules" in order to benifit them and their twisted view of justice. Such abuse of power to me is extremely unsat, and the fact that its allowed to go on is so very sad. If we can't rely on those set out to protect this site to do a proper job, then really whats the point of even having them?