>With regard to the other, however, I don't think you should stoop to the same sort of behaviour we all have found so disreputable. Stay standing. Don't crawl in the muck.
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>Alan, I agree with you 100%.
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>Peter, while I can understand where you're coming from, I would take Alan's advice. In this instance, two wrongs don't make a right. Sure, being an MVP is a nice thing, a very nice thing - but being an MVP doesn't automatically mean that one is honorable, and one doesn't need to be an MVP to have honor.

I agree that being honorable isn't an official selection criterium. But I presume that being (or rather, acting) dishonorable towards one or more community members is not a plus. To be selected as an MVP the perception must be that this person is widely accepted and appreciated in the community for the technical help AND for the social behavior. The amount of money one donates to third world countries or the help given to poor people in the neighborhood is not of importance here. If that were the case, the corps of MVPs would at least in part consist of others.

Having said that, what's wrong/dishonorable with complaining? Here we're not only praising each other but also regularly complaining. Is that a bad thing in itself? Or do you regard sending in a complaint as dishonorable a priori? I sent in two complaints to Foxite's GodKing. Was that dishonorable of me? Or does it start to be dishonorable if sent to MS? At what point does it become dishonorable? Why was what AK did dishonorable? In my opinion it was not a priori dishonorable to complain. Even sending a complaint to one's employer can sometimes be 'understandable'. But IMO it was dishonorable to send this type of complaint to her employer.

Would it be dishonorable of Naomi if SHE sent in such a complaint to MS? If not, would it be dishonorable of others if they sent a message to MS in support of her?

Two wrongs don't make it right, indeed. But first I want to hear the arguments WHY it's wrong to file a complaint to MS, in THIS case.