There are rules in conversation - in real life as well as on these forums - as to how to react when you've been misunderstood.
If I say "X" and person B responds "You shouldn't have said Y, that's offensive", then I have (at least) two options:
- The first is to say something along the lines of "I'm sorry you were offended, but that was not my intention. I meant to say X, not Y".
- The second is to get angry and say "I didn't say Y, I said X, and you are an idiot for thinking I said Y"
The moment you choose the second choice, your original intentions don't matter. I actually believe myself that Anarkey misinterpreted Osamabinlondon's initial intentions, but that doesn't matter. Moderators aren't there to serve as interpretors, they're there to deal with potential issues. If she misinterpreted it, then other people may have as well, which means she was right to post a warning. OBL could have easily clarified his intentions in a civilised manner and moved on. He chose another path.
Also, having listened to a few minutes of the episode before deciding I'll rather wait for the re-recording, it's pretty obvious that the overall quality of Al's recording instruments is irrelevant. Whatever went wrong with the episode, it was much clearly not part of a general pattern with Alasdair. OBL (and you, in the above post) may have not intended anything personal about Al; but meta-commentary about the standards that EA allows its staff to record in do not belong in episode threads either, in my opinion - and, more importantly, in the opinions of the moderators as they expressed it.