Feeling Better

So, thanks to some good advice I got on a forum I've joined, I told my brother about what happened to me and this morning he and my Mum took me to the police station to make a formal complaint. I don't know what the police are going to do, but telling them made me feel a bit better.

Unfortunately, I then came home to find that on that same forum, in the thread I'd posted explaining what had happened, some vile scumbag posted revolting messages saying how it was my fault, calling me names and generally provoking anyone who replied to him. He even started a second thread to pursue the matter.

I really pity people whose only way of getting attention is to spew bile and hatred. I have to wonder how empty his life must be for him to behave that way.

To make matters worse, an a**hole moderator first deleted my thread rather than removing the offending posts, then deleted the second thread when I replied to it ranting about "flame wars". So, it's perfectly fine for that piece of human garbage to tell me that I was to blame for what happened, and it's perfectly fine for him to mock me and post all sorts of vile filth, but when I post a single reply expressing my opinion suddenly it's a flame war?

Fuck the both of them. I'll keep posting on that forum, but at least now I know who to stay away from. I kind of expected it from a member, but for a moderator to behave that way is completely disgusting. Still, I'll keep my opinions to my blog and show him respect on the forum. I may not like how he behaved and I may have a particularly low opinion of him, but he's a moderator for a reason, right? Hopefully because he is generally capable of acting fairly and reasonably.

He didn't warn me and apparently did warn the other guy, so I guess I can't complain. I'm just a little frustrated - that scumbag was allowed to post several dozen abusive and offensive messages, but action is only taken when I post one, and in that message I said I wouldn't be posting in that topic again.

Never mind. I'm angry about a lot of things at the moment, so I should just calm down and accept that he made the decision to remove the posts for a reason. Maybe I would have done the same in his position. Actually, no. I wouldn't. I would have removed that second thread right away and would have just deleted the offending posts from mine, but it's not my forum so I just have to live with the decisions the moderators make, no matter how much I disagree.

Thank f*** I have my blog to vent in.