Accused of shoplifting

AJXX

Hang on - can we get some clarification from 'MSE ForumTeam3' as to why my posts and the posts of others are being edited because they dared quoted some text from hollydays?

None of which was offensive in anyway shape or form. hollydays made an accusation that I was digging myself a hole and then spectacularly backtracked when asked for sources to support their argument - what I don't understand is why nobody is now allowed to talk about this?

The end result is my posts now look completely out of context and as if I'm having a go at hollydays for the sake of it.

foxtrotoscar_2

AJXX wrote: »

Hang on - can we get some clarification from 'MSE ForumTeam3' as to why my posts and the posts of others are being edited because they dared quoted some text from hollydays?

None of which was offensive in anyway shape or form. hollydays made an accusation that I was digging myself a hole and then spectacularly backtracked when asked for sources to support their argument - what I don't understand is why nobody is now allowed to talk about this?

The end result is my posts now look completely out of context and as if I'm having a go at hollydays for the sake of it.

Welcome to MSE selective editing...none of what has been said really warrants MSE Towers intervention...perhaps the rarely here Board Guide could perhaps comment...or perhaps?


The last time the Board Guide posted....according to MSE search was 20/1...hardly what you would call an active member.

cookie365

foxtrotoscar wrote: »

Nobody was assaulted or arrested.

In this case, no. But if a security guard were to prevent someone from leaving a store without reasonable belief that a crime had been committed that would be an unlawful arrest and possibly an assault if force were used.

I doubt many guards would want to risk that on the say so of a random stranger.

I thought that was obviously what my post meant without needing it to be spelled out in detail, but it seems not.

foxtrotoscar_2

cookie365 wrote: »

In this case, no. But if a security guard were to prevent someone from leaving a store without reasonable belief that a crime had been committed that would be an unlawful arrest and possibly an assault if force were used.

I doubt many guards would want to risk that on the say so of a random stranger.

I thought that was obviously what my post meant without needing it to be spelled out in detail, but it seems not.

We are discussing this case and what the OP posted...not a 'what if' scenario. How wide an irrelevant situation you want to suggest is not relevant to the discussion in question.

cookie365

foxtrotoscar wrote: »

We are discussing this case and what the OP posted...not a 'what if' scenario. How wide an irrelevant situation you want to suggest is not relevant to the discussion in question.

You may not have noticed, but we established the facts about the OP's case within about 5 posts of the original question.

The rest of the discussion has moved on to how security guards should approach situations where they get a report from a customer but haven't seen events themselves.

wealdroam

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foxtrotoscar_2

cookie365 wrote: »

You may not have noticed, but we established the facts about the OP's case within about 5 posts of the original question.

The rest of the discussion has moved on to how security guards should approach situations where they get a report from a customer but haven't seen events themselves.

You are missing the point...as ever the OP is left least best served as usual with the discussion 'moving on' by people who think they 'know' best.


They never/seldom do!

cookie365

foxtrotoscar wrote: »

You are missing the point...as ever the OP is left least best served as usual with the discussion 'moving on' by people who think they 'know' best.


They never/seldom do!

Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to explain to me and other MSEers the rules on what we are and are not allowed to post on your personal internet forum.