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Re: It is time to ban JAL.
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 6 Aug 2001 19:28:07 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Eric Joslin writes:
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> Like I said, I understand that (and understand why) Jessie is unpopular, but
> banning him from Lugnet for something that other people have done and not been
> banned for is hypocritical to the point of being offensive.
I have to say I agree with Eric on this one but beyond agreeing I will give my
2 cents.
First of all I will admit some ignorance in terms of JAL's history because I
stopped reading .space because of all the bickering. I will just say this, it
takes 2 to tango folks. JAL may have been annoying and uncooperative but at
some point people have to realize that their "assisting in JAL's conformance to
our standards of netiquette" is really being counter productive. We are not
the BORG.
All that said I think JAL made 1 mistake and that was his one post with
profanity in it (BTW it was only one sentance in that post, the post was not
laced with profanity). My take is that JAL appologized for that post. I
therefore do not agree with his being ToS'ed.
I think it is unfortunate that a 7 year old read it and their parents had to
explain it but that is a risk you take when letting a 7 year old surf the net.
Especially letting them read an open form, even LUGNET. We all like to think
LUGNET is above this type of behavior but it has been demonstrated more than
once that even LUGNET is susceptible to this.
I also don't think we should all be expected to have a "Classic Smiley" pasted
on our faces all the time. Just because you don't like someone does not mean
they should automatically be ToS'ed for life for 1 mistake.
Like I said, JAL made 1 mistake. I think at *most* he should be banned for a
day or two so he has time to think about why what he did was wrong. He should
then be allowed back in and allowed the oppertunity to have a second chance.
If he uses profanity again then maybe he should be banned. He just shouldn't
be banned because some folks don't like him.
Thats my 2 cents, and while I won't be banning myself from LUGNET I won't be
getting into this debate any more than I feel I have to. That means I hope
this is it. I will also be watching to see what happens to JAL.
Eric Kingsley
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| (...) No, there isn't. Both have exactly the same effect- obsceneties in a Lugnet post, violating the ToS. Like I said, I understand that (and understand why) Jessie is unpopular, but banning him from Lugnet for something that other people have done (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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