Jerome - abusing Moderator rights

[Carlos_Garcia]

I was online last night and FatCobra was argueing with some chik about who had been playing on this server the longest.  It was completely ridiculous.  He kept whining cause he thought he had been playing the longest. 

I made a comment that "FatCobra needs to wean off his mother's tit" - Which ANYBODY with common sense knows that this old expression means that he[FatCobra] was being a baby and he needs to stop whining!

Well, Jerome mutes me and says to stop insulting a player and his family!  Wtf?  I tried to explain to him that it wasn't an insult, it means to stop whining.  I had to use "@explanation" to try to tell him that I wasn't insulting him (because I was muted and couldn't chat/pm him.  Then he threatens to kick/ban me for misuse of the @ command.  What the heck?  Who made the genius decision to give him moderator rights?  He is a f*ckin idiot.  He was actually abusing his rights to get back at me for attacking him with a Baron earlier in the day.

[Richard]

It may be a known expression for you, but it is / may not be not for non-English.

That's the thing with others using expressions, not everyone understands them.

If you normally explain what it actually means, I'm sure he'd understand.

Logs, starting from below:

50 23-03-2009 03:35:30 PM from [Raymond] (0) to Carlos_Garcia (2): That's what CSI is for.
51 23-03-2009 03:35:22 PM from [Raymond] (0) to Carlos_Garcia (2): If you have a problem, go to our forums
52 23-03-2009 03:34:59 PM from Carlos_Garcia (2) to JerometHO (15): whatever man, they must've been high to make u a mod
53 23-03-2009 03:34:35 PM from JerometHO (15) to Carlos_Garcia (2): @ Like 5 mins
54 23-03-2009 03:34:20 PM from Carlos_Garcia (2) to JerometHO (15): that wasnt an insult
55 23-03-2009 03:33:56 PM from JerometHO (15) to Carlos_Garcia (2): i muted you because you used family in an attempt to insult a player
56 23-03-2009 03:33:33 *** Admin Carlos_Garcia (ID:2): u muted me for no reason remember??
57 23-03-2009 03:33:00 PM from JerometHO (15) to Carlos_Garcia (2): @ is for reports, not for chatting
58 23-03-2009 03:32:55 *** Admin Carlos_Garcia (ID:2): im talking to Raymond not u mod
59 23-03-2009 03:32:34 PM from JerometHO (15) to Carlos_Garcia (2): Stop using @ for that or you'll get a kick
60 23-03-2009 03:32:33 *** Admin Carlos_Garcia (ID:2): trying to figure out where he is from. maybe our countries differ
61 23-03-2009 03:32:10 *** Admin Carlos_Garcia (ID:2): evidently jerome doesnt have same sense of humor as me
62 23-03-2009 03:31:55 *** Admin Carlos_Garcia (ID:2): evidently jerome doesnt have the same sense of humor as me. so i wanted to know what country hes from
63 23-03-2009 03:31:18 PM from [Raymond] (0) to Carlos_Garcia (2): What's going on?
64 23-03-2009 03:31:06 *** Admin Carlos_Garcia (ID:2): where u from jerome? and how old are u?
65 23-03-2009 03:30:12 *** Admin Carlos_Garcia (ID:2): where u from?
66 23-03-2009 03:30:02 PM from JerometHO (15) to Carlos_Garcia (2): Real funny joke.
67 23-03-2009 03:29:45 *** Admin Carlos_Garcia (ID:2): dude it was a joke, chill out
68 23-03-2009 03:29:30 PM from JerometHO (15) to Carlos_Garcia (2): Don't use family in an attempt to insult someone.
69 23-03-2009 03:28:56 *** Carlos_Garcia (ID:2) has been muted by JerometHO for 5 minutes.
70 23-03-2009 03:28:41 [2] Carlos_Garcia: cobra needs to wean off his momma tit

Although the you talking to Raymond with the @ wasn't really misuse as you were muted, I do see his point. If you just normally explained what it meant instead of ^, it could've all been fixed easily ingame.

[Carlos_Garcia]

I agree.  Thats why I was trying to figure out what country he was from.  That way I could explain that here in the good 'ole Southern US, it is an expression and not an insult.  But I didn't even get a chance.  Very frustating.  Still, he shouldn't just go around muting/kickin ppl unless he HAS a reason. He didn't even understand it.  Maybe I'll offer him a crash course in southern dialect. 

[Richard]

I might even have muted for it myself You could've explained it though, just with @