unban Jersey Girl

[_Shulem]

She is hot-tempered and contentious. To what degree, I do not know. I do not stalk the internet looking for people I know here or elsewhere. In fact, I recently had a surprise.

Many of us are hot-tempered and contentious; we only differ in degree. It is up to Shades to make the call as to how far that incident crossed the line and whether it is likely to be repeated.

Again, I agree with you. If Shades came to the conclusion that this was the end course for his own protection then I think he made the right choice. No one likes to be threatened with legal action and when one does that they cross the line. You might as well expect your head to get cut off. I wouldn't put up with that -- I'd ban anyone on the spot who threatened legal action against me. No forgiveness either. Anyone who threatens the moderators or owners of the board with legal action should be banned on the spot, for life.

Paul O

[_Ceeboo]

Dick it is.

H.

Another personal insult tossed out by the board bully. (Go figure!)

What's behind the mask, a tough guy or a pathetic coward?

My experience tells me it's the later.

Peace,
Ceeboo

[_Morley]

If there's any confusion about it, Joseph is banned. I think this is public knowledge.

People have called for banning Joseph, but he's acted as the voice of warning, telling us what could happen (regardless of his tenor). He hasn't broken any rules that I can see. My feeling is that if he starts criticizing you over whether you own the copyright of an image you posted, the correct response would be to just take the image down rather than argue with him. Likelihood of litigation doesn't alter legality.

http://mormondiscussions.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=482999#p482999

[_EAllusion]

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He was banned after that. Shades can explain why it didn't happen in that instance since this does involve some private communication.

[_Morley]

A modest plea for a little transparency.

[_Doctor Scratch]

This episode reminds me a bit of when DCP threatened to use legal means to "go after the board" if Shades didn't comply with his censorship demands. (Incidentally, DCP was asked directly about this during the TIME Lightbox fiasco and he lied about it.) Of course, in that case, DCP didn't actually act (as far as I know), and it sounds like Jersey Girl did. Further, based on what I know, it seems like Jersey Girl had far, far better grounds for kicking up a stink than Dan did. Dan only cared about whether his crappy behavior would get wider exposure; Jersey Girl was looking to take the axe to actual threats. (At least as far as I know.)

But, then again, I know virtually nothing about what has gone on behind the scenes. Transparency, I agree, would be nice, but this is obviously the mods' decision in the end. C'est la vie.

[_Morley]

If there's any confusion about it, Joseph is banned. I think this is public knowledge.

Were Stak and I the only ones who didn't know this?

[_Morley]

But, then again, I know virtually nothing about what has gone on behind the scenes. Transparency, I agree, would be nice, but this is obviously the mods' decision in the end. C'est la vie.

I'm not asking that we be part of the decision. I'm asking to know what the decisions are.

Example: Jersey was banned. Maybe temporarily, maybe permanently. Maybe for threatening a lawsuit, maybe for some other reason. Darrick was banned. Permanently. Was he banned for threatening Jersey and stalking MCB or for his threats against DCP? Or was it for some other reason?

Maybe this has all been revealed and I missed it. Or perhaps I'm out of line to even ask.

[_Bond James Bond]

During this discussion of moderation transparency can I recommend that one of the mods take on the avatar of V from V for Vendetta. It would improve this thread 40-60%.

[Guest]

Jersey Girl has been banned because she crossed a line of no forgiveness. Do you people understand that?

When you live by the sword you die by the sword. It's only a matter of time and the sword will cut you in two (too).



Paul O