What could I have said that would have satisfied you? "No, I would absolutely be against an appeal system?" "It would be nice" means just that, not, "Yes, that"s what I'm asking for".

No, I'm not in the habit of complaining to institutions that make it clear they don't welcome such complaints from people on the wrong side of the political fence.  Funny how you have no problem understanding that when it comes to, say, discrimination or sexual harassment.

And I have read the rules, that is why I'm saying the Globe doesn't follow its own stated rules and relies on its general disclaimer which basically says forget the rules, we can ignore them and do what we want.