FT2 back in the ArbCom race, with lots to say about the happenings of 2008 Options

[Alison]

Heyyaz,

Looks like FT2 has put his name forward again. And he's got quite a lot of interesting things to say, including more on PoetHorde, certain alternate accounts and more on stuff that happened behind the scenes back in 2008.

Edit: And including about those 'oversighted edits' and the OrangeMarlin affair.

[trenton]

Q: FT2, what's with the oversighted edits?
FT2: What oversighted edits? There are no oversighted edits.
Q: But the logs...
FT2: Oh. Done completely without my knowledge and approval.
Q: But the emails to you from Gerard, and the Jimbeau?
FT2: Oh. I'm too ethical to read those emails.
Q: Yet you replied to them?
FT2: <a novel-length reply saying nothing>
Q: So, again, what about those oversighted edits? Did you know about them?
FT2: It's a very complex issue that requires consultation and research. Give me a few months and if you haven't forgotten ask again.
Q: <few months later>: ???
FT2: Still researching. Very complex matter.
Q: <few months later>: ???
FT2: I quit. I request that an independent outside panel of experts be convened to determine the matter of what I know and what I don't know, and when I didn't know what I don't know.

<few years later>

FT2: Running for arbcom!!!! Vote for me!!!
Q: About those oversighted edits....
FT2: I behaved with the utmost ethical standards. Simple misunderstanding. Banned harasser / stalker troll. Much hardship. Woe is me. Totally innocent.
<wikipediots>: Totally.
Q: Ummmmm..... about those emails and irc logs....
FT2: Stalker!!! Harasser!!! I am ethical!!!
Q: Remember those logs...
FT2: I quit. Turns out I knew what I didn't know before I knew what I know, if you know what I mean.

Its not the crime, its the coverup. Everything would have been forgotten if FT2 simply said he didn't know, and Gerard was doing his own thing. Indeed, Gerard manages to get by doing whatever he wants, remaining silent, and kissing Jimbeuas / Goodwin's ass when needed. Instead he invented story after story, none of them making sense or holding up to evidence.