I'm sure that by posting even that request to reopen the colorful statements in mathematical papers, I reopened some stubborn old wounds ><
Actually, the current mod team is great
my comment was more about the damage to my own personal reputation
In the last year and a half I have had to ask several places to delete certain old threads about the disliking of me ><. Luckily I was able to persuade them all so far =)
Well, for an outsider like me, MO definite looks like a rather secretive and clandestine site.
(Of course, I'm saying this with a bit of exaggeration, but it seems that moderators hide quite a lot of stuff from regular users and some stuff also from Stack Exchange.)
Looking at the direction this exchange is taking, it's possible that I say something I might later regret. (I'm not sure whether you feel the same way.) So I should probably go.