"Dr. Daddy,
Whoever you are, I see you're new on this message board. I received a complaint from a dental student poster about your language. The quote of yours which I have copied onto this e-mail is inappropriate and vulgar. Understand that if I see anything resembling this again on this board I will ban you. I will also contact AT&T Broadband in Chelmsford, as they are your carrier, and let the sysop administrator about your language on this board.
I insist on nothing less than a public apology from you to Dr. Mom in this thread. If I don't see it in five days, I'll ban you. What she did is her obligation and responsibility to this community as a moderator. You think she's tough? You've just met me.
Have a nice day.
Richard R. Scherf, DMD "
Dear Dr. Scherf,
Rather than emailing you personally I have decided to openly respond to your email on the forum to address the student members, Dr. Mom and yourself.
First of all I would like to apologize again to any of the SDN member who were insulted by any of my posts in this thread. It was not my intension to insult you, rather I was acting impulsively to some built-up feelings toward Dr. Mom.
Dear Dr. Mom. I am sorry for responding so abruptly to you last post although I do have some issues that I will address in a less offensive way.
As Supernumerary said "Dr. Mom tends to be less than fair in what she deems inappropriate, and has overstepped her boundaries at times". I believe that myself and many other SDN members totally agree with Supernumerary's comments. When Dr. Mom shut down Yah-E's thread (DMD/DO Dual Degree at Nova)
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?threadid=71037 I couldn't believe it. That was way out of line. It was an appropriate and interesting topic. As ItsGavinC pointed out in response to her actions "I suppose I'll have to browse EVERY forum now to find topics of interest which pertain to dentistry. Ridiculous." I couldn't agree more! I could be wrong but I feel as though Dr. Mom "gets off" on her control as a forum moderator. I have never seen her post any meaningful information on the Dental or Predental forums yet she is always over on our boards moderating our sites.
Dr. Scherf, you said "You think she's tough? You've just met me." To be honest Dr. Scherf, I wish you were tough.....then we probably wouldn't be having this discussion. I was under the impression that you were the moderator of the Dental and Predental forums yet it seems that Dr. Mom is the only one moderating them. Sure, DATMATT's thread (ADULT cartoon) did not pertain to nor was it appropriate for the Predental forum but I would rather see you (our moderator) take action rather than Dr. Mom. I would not expect a president of another country to rule the US, nor a political leader from a particular state try to pass legislation in another state, and finally I wouldn't expect a moderator from another forum to be moderating the dental forums especially when she is so trigger happy to shut threads down. Dr. Scherf, I would have had no problem if you would have removed the last link from DATMATT's thread. In the past I believe you have been quite fair with your moderating. I would just like to see Dr. Mom back off and let you (our moderator) do your job and once again control our dental forums.
Once again, I'm sorry to all that I have offended.
Best Regards to All,
Dr. Daddy