11-17-2005, 05:16 AM
Seeing that this thread has already started to become mostly about BE I'll post my reasons here. To begin with, I have sig files turned off on my view so I can't even see what people's sigs are. In order for me to ban someone due to an offensive sig file it would mean that I received at least one complaint and went to look for it. This didn't happen with BE.
I don't even remember the specific thread that got him banned off hand. What I do remember about making that decision is that he had been making inflamatory posts in more than one thread that would have lead to a greater flame war. If those had been his first offence then I would have merely given him a warning or a three day ban at most. Given that BE had previously been banned for life (I'm still not sure how that ended) he didn't get the grace of a warning before I reinstated his ban.
Looking back at his recent posts (including the ones I chose to ban him for) I agree that I may have been a bit harsh and if there is enough support for him here in the forum I might reinstate him again. I think maybe I should start a poll...
I don't even remember the specific thread that got him banned off hand. What I do remember about making that decision is that he had been making inflamatory posts in more than one thread that would have lead to a greater flame war. If those had been his first offence then I would have merely given him a warning or a three day ban at most. Given that BE had previously been banned for life (I'm still not sure how that ended) he didn't get the grace of a warning before I reinstated his ban.
Looking back at his recent posts (including the ones I chose to ban him for) I agree that I may have been a bit harsh and if there is enough support for him here in the forum I might reinstate him again. I think maybe I should start a poll...
Gullible isn't in the dictionary.