Read the link in post 64 again.
Perhaps it will finally sink in.
That is policy quoted straight from the site owner.
If you don’t like it, take it up with him instead of continuing to be a fool.
I quoted from that post. Let me quote some more
“If a blogger can’t or refuses do that, and if he constantly complains or fights with our participants over it, then I’d just as soon he doesn’t post here. It’s not my job to make his content or his presentation or cooperation acceptable to our readers. That’s his job. And if he cannot do it or refuses to do it and continues posting brief excerpts only and obviously attempting to draw away our participants while loudly complaining about it, then I have no sympathy for his complaints and the more apt I am to ban his account and blog.
Furthermore, I’m not big on “rules.” You won’t see me posting rules for bloggers. The rules for bloggers on FR are the same as the rules for everyone else.”
Here are two points for you to consider:
1. “The rules for bloggers are the same rules for everyone else.”
2. “If he constantly complains or fights with our participants over it, then I’d just as soon he doesn’t post here.”
My take aways:
* The OP should not excerpt.
* The blog-police do not have a free pass to act like jerks and argue with everyone.
My preference would have been for this thread to be a discussion on genocides. The disruption caused by the blog-police has been a barrier to that discussion happening and is also against the same policy you link too.
The post police could have chosen to simply state that the OP should not excerpt. The post police could have simply posted the original article in full. I am in 100% support of these tactics. This approach would enforce the stated policy without disrupting the FR discussion or degrading the atmosphere of FR.
The fact the OP exceprted does not excuse posting snarky comments, flaming other members, and posting repeated follow-up comments that further pull the thread off topic.
This thread should be about genocide. You have deliberately chosen not to participate in that discussion and to make it difficult for others to do so.