A Plea to Long Time, Level-Headed Members Who Still Post Here

[one...two...tree 2,762]

i've read the halo-turning over a new leaf act before & no you're not going to convince me you're being genuine this time. as for more to the letter written TOS enforcement in the OT.. i'm all for it as long as it remain equal. which btw is why some VJ OT forum regulars have left. they couldn't handle the TOS enforcement or lack there of being administerd equally....just like the 'experiment' you referred too in making your points.

Good grief, Mike. You keep trying to make this about me and continue to attack me personally rather than take the argument on its own merit.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I'm hoping you can see - that those with personal battles need to be 'gone', ya ? It's just another 'characteristic' of 'that demographic'.

Please - send them away? 1 month ban? Purty Please?

I hate to say it, but on a site with as many active users as this one, that would actually work.

Good grief, Mike. You keep trying to make this about me and continue to attack me personally rather than take the argument on its own merit.

Let it go.

[Peikko 1,575]

A thirty day ban for everyone with 10,000 posts, or more? You betcha! I could go for a sabbatical, if only to give everybody else a chance to breath freely for a month.

I wouldn't object

[SMOKE 1,426]

I do not think equality matters when it is down to name calling and general pissyness, but if this forum is meant to reflect a strict policy on racism, some opinions are simply not acceptable, period.

we have different opinions on the equality. but, i couldn't agree more on the racism part.

Good grief, Mike. You keep trying to make this about me and continue to attack me personally rather than take the argument on its own merit.

steven i'm not attacking you. if i were attacking you i'd be much more vile & vitriol.

so lemme just say this then leave it alone. this thread doesn't give 'goodwill ambassador' status. your actions a week, a month, three months from now will be the proof that this 'plea' was genuine.

[Peikko 1,575]

I simply mean that to get all bent out of shape because you get a suspension for name calling while someone else does not is silly. You call the names, you know there may be a penalty and it is your choice if you choose to go ahead and name call or be pissy knowing what that penalty is regardless of whether or not the penalty is implemented.

[The_Dude 1,142]

I hate to say it, but on a site with as many active users as this one, that would actually work.

It won't work. Proxy servers FTW, or just call your ISP and change your IP address. Poof, new account, and you're back on.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

It won't work. Proxy servers FTW, or just call your ISP and change your IP address. Poof, new account, and you're back on.

It's easier than that, if you set your modem up not to keep static IP addresses. But, I think that enough of us would participate to make the experiment work, if only to breathe life into that other "failed experiment". Of course, Arijit, et al, would have to give up all the sock puppets as well for the thirty day period.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Of course, Arijit, et al, would have to give up all the sock puppets as well for the thirty day period.

I haven't posted in OT for a week, neither have my sockpuppets.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I haven't posted in OT for a week, neither have my sockpuppets.

Sorry! I hadn't noticed! I was just using you for an example, hardly the whole population.

[Pooky 3,825]

A thirty day ban for everyone with 10,000 posts, or more? You betcha! I could go for a sabbatical, if only to give everybody else a chance to breath freely for a month.

You mean I could be stuck here, without any hope of being rescued by a 1 month ban for another 20 years??!!

Sheesh, that's harsh!

[rsn 135]

can't we all just get along?

just kidding, you all suck

[Heracles 417]

I'm hoping you can see - that those with personal battles need to be 'gone', ya ? It's just another 'characteristic' of 'that demographic'.

Please - send them away? 1 month ban? Purty Please?

Gotta love Darnell.

Edited May 27, 2010 by Booyah!

[rsn 135]

Gotta love Darnell.

That was quite a jump from your original post, but I did not refresh the page before your edit, so I missed out. Lame.

[Welshcookie 17]

I haven't posted in OT for a week, neither have my sockpuppets.

Slacker

[Darnell 8,479]

A thirty day ban for everyone with 10,000 posts, or more? You betcha! I could go for a sabbatical, if only to give everybody else a chance to breath freely for a month.

Nope, sorry, you mis-understood 'that demographic', or decided to push a new position. I never said anything about 10,000 posts.

IMO, it's coincidental that the ones who throw flame bait, make personal attacks, and make racist/bigoted comments just happen to have OVER 10,000 points (There are exceptions to that post count, you betcha - for example, some fella in Ft. Worth with less than 10,000 posts was successful in p|ssing off the Canadien forum) . Sure, I could draw a Venn Diagram about it, but would it matter? You know who the offenders are- and, FWIW, you know WHICH offenders won't reform. It's been long enough, ya ? The pattern has been set, each of you made choices to 'do it that way' - no one held a gun to yer heid and made you type what you did. It's been going on for several years now, and IMO, it's time to stop it. Choice didn't work for those still posting, so, IMO, bring on the 1 month bans. RealSoonNow...

GoGoGadget DoNotMakeMeAModerator!