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  • #91
    Originally posted by RobinFinderson View Post
    Not surprising at all, Babs. You were pretty damn cruel to wuap in those early days of his arrival. I've never known you to admit a single fault, and I'm not expecting you to begin now.
    In the defense of Babes, by the end of the night after the BLUE RIVERSHOOTouT, she was blaming herself for ever agreeing to meet up with me and nikuman.

    nikuman was wise enough to drive away in his own car. I had to sit there and listen to it for around 30 minutes.
    Fitter. Happier. More Productive.

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    • #92
      Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
      In the defense of Babes, by the end of the night after the BLUE RIVERSHOOTouT, she was blaming herself for ever agreeing to meet up with me and nikuman.

      nikuman was wise enough to drive away in his own car. I had to sit there and listen to it for around 30 minutes.
      what can I say? I'm a depressive drunk.

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      • #93
        Originally posted by RobinFinderson View Post
        Not surprising at all, Babs. You were pretty damn cruel to wuap in those early days of his arrival. I've never known you to admit a single fault, and I'm not expecting you to begin now.
        good gravy.
        "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
        "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
        "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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        • #94
          Originally posted by RobinFinderson View Post
          Santos, this is a very nice post (even if you rescind your point when you later learn that it is a temporary suspension, and not a ban. Lingo had stated from some of his multiple accounts that he had originally thought it was a ban).
          When a poster is banned and then logs in they are greeted by the following and any click they make regreets them with the following message:

          1) Status: ban
          2) reason for ban
          3) Length of the ban (in Lingo's case it was 24 hours, he may not have read it but every click of the mouse afforded him an opportunity to read it).

          Creating dupe accounts to circumvent a ban is worth far more than an extra 7 days in the klink but because Lingo did seem legitimitely confused about the implications and details of the ban he only received and additional 7 days plus he will now be on probation (heightened scuritiny of his posting and actions).
          Last edited by pelagius; 10-23-2009, 02:11 PM.

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          • #95
            Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
            I wouldn't trust a chronic cheater on red/yellow lights to be my lawyer.
            Priest or mechanic maybe, but lawyer?

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            • #96
              I'll be the first to admit that after a slow start wuap has become a stellar contributor to the community, and it truly is quite remarkable he was able to make such a miraculous turnaround.

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              • #97
                Originally posted by Babs View Post
                I'll be the first to admit that after a slow start wuap has become a stellar contributor to the community, and it truly is quite remarkable he was able to make such a miraculous turnaround.
                I agree. And I think it is odd how other people have gone from such early promise to posting Muppet porn in their avatar. Life is strange.

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                • #98
                  Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                  I see that you have started your Friday wine down early again.

                  This wasn't a study of right vs wrong. There was nothing wrong with what the parents were doing. It was a study to observe that which motivates our behavior and the effect certain motivations have on our moral sentiments. The day care example was one of over 30 different experiments conducted to explore this issue. In the case of the day care, it was observed that a small financial penalty was obviously the wrong motivator.

                  But good to know that your day care doesn't have this problem. For what it's worth, our day care doesn't have it, either.
                  Wow. Defensive. Did you think I was attacking you? Your poor wife.
                  When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

                  --Jonathan Swift

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                  • #99
                    Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                    good gravy.
                    Patience, long suffering, meekness, kindness, generosity, forgiving, turn the other cheek, I know, I know... good gravy.

                    I'm just saying we can be nicer. I know, when you are in one of these vicious feedback loops, that it can be difficult to resist the temptation to escalate, especially when it seems like everyone is piling on and escalating against you. I'd like to think that we are creating a community culture where reform can happen with encouragement, and not by having our insecurities used as weapons against us.

                    Case in point: Everyone wants to be liked. When Lingo said that he wasn't here to make friends, he was obviously acting in self defense, but he exposed a genuine insecurity in that statement. We should all be able to see that. It isn't rocket science. Yet some people here keep bringing that up as evidence that Lingo is lame. It is an example of using a person's obvious insecurity to further hurt him. Lingo IS here to make friends, and he DOES want to be liked. That doesn't mean we have to be his friend or like him, but we needn't poke at his open sores. We should give him the space to live down that obviously insecure comment.

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                    • Originally posted by UtahDan View Post
                      I agree. And I think it is odd how other people have gone from such early promise to posting Muppet porn in their avatar. Life is strange.
                      Could be worse; she could be posting Furniture Porn.





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                      • Originally posted by RobinFinderson View Post
                        Patience, long suffering, meekness, kindness, generosity, forgiving, turn the other cheek, I know, I know... good gravy.

                        I'm just saying we can be nicer. I know, when you are in one of these vicious feedback loops, that it can be difficult to resist the temptation to escalate, especially when it seems like everyone is piling on and escalating against you. I'd like to think that we are creating a community culture where reform can happen with encouragement, and not by having our insecurities used as weapons against us.

                        Case in point: Everyone wants to be liked. When Lingo said that he wasn't here to make friends, he was obviously acting in self defense, but he exposed a genuine insecurity in that statement. We should all be able to see that. It isn't rocket science. Yet some people here keep bringing that up as evidence that Lingo is lame. It is an example of using a person's obvious insecurity to further hurt him. Lingo IS here to make friends, and he DOES want to be liked. That doesn't mean we have to be his friend or like him, but we needn't poke at his open sores. We should give him the space to live down that obviously insecure comment.
                        So tell me, when in post #89 you said this to babs:

                        Not surprising at all, Babs. You were pretty damn cruel to wuap in those early days of his arrival. I've never known you to admit a single fault, and I'm not expecting you to begin now.
                        was this you showing meekness, or kindness, or one of the other traits you are suggesting we adopt?
                        PLesa excuse the tpyos.

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                        • Originally posted by UtahDan View Post
                          I agree. And I think it is odd how other people have gone from such early promise to posting Muppet porn in their avatar. Life is strange.
                          hey, at least I don't post phallic fruit.

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                          • Originally posted by creekster View Post
                            So tell me, when in post #89 you said this to babs:

                            was this you showing meekness, or kindness, or one of the other traits you are suggesting we adopt?
                            Babs has many fine qualities, but she can also be incredibly cruel and belittling, and relentless.

                            But you raise a good point. How are the guppies to respond to the barracuda without themselves becoming a barracuda? I'm not sure, but that doesn't change my basic point (and I'm not perfect at this, but I still believe it): We can be nicer. We can be more patient. We can be more forgiving. We can create space for the sinner to repent. We should offer encouragement and kindness.

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                            • Originally posted by RobinFinderson View Post
                              We can be nicer. We can be more patient. We can be more forgiving. We can create space for the sinner to repent. We should offer encouragement and kindness.
                              Robin, this sounds just like President Hinckley. I'll have you know that you've got my vote for Apostle next time around.

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                              • Originally posted by creekster View Post
                                So tell me, when in post #89 you said this to babs:



                                was this you showing meekness, or kindness, or one of the other traits you are suggesting we adopt?
                                I ask my kids to be nice on a regular basis. This doesn't mean I am always nice. Robin's call to be nicer is on point whether he is perfect in that sense or not.
                                I'm like LeBron James.
                                -mpfunk

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