Well now Bawful you just took the words right from my mouth before I could write them down. Or...my fingers, per se.
This is why I say, after getting an explanation, just leave it be and tackle other things first. I can't see what things exactly, but all I can do is trust your, and Raz's words that there are bigger things to take care of first.
As you've said, I agree right now in this very time frame would not be a good idea to bring it back due to not that many active in-game staff- thank you for explaining everything by the way. Referencing a previous post of mine, that's why I said "- imagine having to monitor BOTH chats blowing up" as something like General coming back would need a watchful eye over. I don't have hardly any staff on my friends list, but it kind of upsets me not seeing the ones I do have online, or not spotting others around aside from one, and generally two others from time-to-time. Not treating General chat as Local chat, but as Bawful said, the things said in local need a mod's attention as they are most likely to find their way into General as well. With my time online and talking to others, I can very much agree to this. It is very clear that they will not listen to another mere member, aside from the very few who heeded my warning when informing them about the rules. Whenever I found myself in those situations however, all I could really do to help the issue was to back down and let them go about before calming down on their own. Basically, one of those small situations where a mod could give them a warning, but not enough for them to be kicked or anything major, aside from escalating the moderation appropriately when need be if they don't comply. Reporting them after the fact wouldn't do as much as catching them in the act, in my eyes.
I agree with quoting Raz rather than, for lack of better words, speak for him on issues. This is why I don't like it when people won't talk to me directly about something involving myself. Things easily get mixed around, rumors can start, and everything is all jumbled. I don't have any ill feelings about Raz, and from what I've heard and seen, it feels like he's trying to do his best to help keep this place alive just as much as the next person.