Hello Jade,
I ask that you please stop pulling out undeclared rules to fit your desired agenda. I will quote your posts thus far directly, so we can see quite plainly that exidus is not, in fact, violating any regulations.
the first, found here in post 20.
"Rocky Waters, you can feel free to send me a private message with your constructive suggestion. Those are always welcome, so thank you."
Your next post is 31:
"Rocky, please contact me privately and we can discuss your options. Normally this would not be an issue, and I respect that you are not among those who have been particularly vocal, but I'd like to know what sort of thing you're talking about before I try and deal with it. If it just going to spark the exact sort of discussion that was closed off before, however, I would recommend that you do not, in fact, take Aprone's advice at the present time."
As you've stated quite clearly, this is recommendation. According to the dictionary I have pulled up here...
recommendation: Noun: something (as a course of action, something that recommends (or expresses commendation of, any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission
Your next post, addressing exidus:
"Moderation:
Exodus, consider this your one and only warning on the topic. You are not only mocking a fellow forum member (me, in this case) but you are encouraging someone to go around what I have specifically asked."
Nowhere here do I see anything that even remotely hints at requirement, much less requirement directly stated in the rules you were tasked with enforcing. I see a suggestion, someone opposed that, and now your putting on your mod hat after nothing more than a mere recommendation. Might I add that mod hat wasn't worn originally, so we're set to suspect your not acting as a mod, but rather as a person who happens to disagree with the situation anyway.
Logically speaking, regardless of whether or not you do go forward with Aprones advice, I doubt much will happen to these topics or mindsets anytime soon. either Jade sends one message that we all can read, or he spends hours and hours more replying to specific PM's, or he could just spend his night handing out mod warnings that don't really go by the book. Whatever, I've said my piece and will certainly be returning unless I unknowingly violate some unspoken rule implemented on a seconds notice. Quite frankly we're all tired of this most recent episode.