If such posts do not break any forum rules (which appears to be the case, since the posts are still up), would you agree that a retraction and an appology from Lauda may have been instrumental in amicably resolving this issue?
Quote from:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657.023. When deciding if a user has broken the rules, the staff have the right to follow their interpretation of the rules.[e]
Legal note: this post is based on the forum policy, not mine.
So answer to your question is unfortunately no.
TL;DR: No retraction, even if Lauda made a mistake. Because Lauda couldn't have made a mistake as long as Lauda felt she was right--everything's open to interpretation, learn to special reletivity bro!'
You do realize the 'rule' you've quoted is a parody of what rules are. It makes all the other forum rules totally irrelevant. I men sure, they already are, being unofficial & unbinding, but that
'right to follow their interpretation' just sorta punctuates the charade with a dose of extra lel. In so many words, it tells users 'rules are whatever mods think they are, so appealing anything is a fool's errand.'
Sincerely,
--Lord of the Flies
P.S.
Unjustifiably selective moderation? In MY bitcointalk?