BR, you already know that I, personally, think we should be able to say whatever we want. But since that's not really the debate at hand, I'll say this... If you, as the mod, feel like someone crosses a line then you , as the mod, should step in and, at your disgression, give them a warning or a banning, if warranted. Members should be allowed to voice a complaint to you and at that point you can scope it out and make a decision. But if the complaining member continues to harrass you in regards to your follow up, that should be grounds for banishment. Once you have rapped your moderatory gavel, that should be the end of it. If Dep should be banned for making fun of a guy who spammed the entire forum with total bullshit for a couple hours in a row one night because someone didn't like his recipe :rolleyes: , then I probably should be banned a couple hundred times over as well because I hit up almost every spammer that comes in here...

I guess what I'm saying is that I think everyone here trusts your disgression and if they don't, tough shit, because you're the moderator. Either they can get over it or go somewhere else. Maybe get rid of 'It Stops Now' and replace it with a 'Mods Have Discretionary Jurisdiction' thread...

Shut up, retard...

:D


Just Kidding. I personally havent seen you post a thing that would justify ripping on you. This place had a terrible rep for a while,a nd almost no new members because of all the "hazing" that was going on. If yoou are seriously calling someone "reatrd" on an internet forum because they are a "newb", you need to go outside and let the sun sear the stupidity from your skin. it's that bigbright thing above your head.

Dont look right at it. Dummy.

If I'm merrily posting around and someone makes a nasty comment for no reason, no adult reasoning on Earth is going to keep me from answering in kind. Cheeba may have had enemies, but he wasn't hurting anybody when the comment was made. I think going to the mod was pretty commendable, and it's better than I would have done. If he can put a lid on his temper and ask for assistance, then as much as I hate to condemn a person, he should get some. The nastiness was completely unprovoked.
Everybody deserves another chance without being TOO harassed. This prodding went beyond the pale.

My two cents.

can i get change??


just kidding :D

I do agree with most of the posts in this thread. If someone is obviously insulting someone to try to start a fight, they should be punished for it. This forum has more than enough shitty posts to meddle through without having to read established members flaming each other.

HOWEVER...

We have literally taken a poll on whether this person should be banned for calling someone else a "loser". I just think people have gotten away with much worse in the past, and I would hate to see this forum turned into a place where members are censored. If we ban someone for this, the line will be drawn and it will just keep getting drawn further back until we have nothing interesting left to talk about because we can't voice our opinions without getting banned.

You should be banned for your comments, orang. Rabble rouser. Roustabout. Uhh.. Commenting person.

I agree with slasherman.

I´m the type who ALWAYS joke around with people. That´s about half my post count right there.

But now i don´t know if i cross the line of what´s right or wrong anymore. I´m the same irritating person that i´ve always been, but i´m not sure if i´m alowed to be so anymore.

My post in Phalanx´s thread in the "new members" forum is a perfect example.

I don´t like to make excuses everytime i pull someones leg. Then the fun stops emidiately.

In my (god-like) opinion, bannable offenses are like porn. There's not really a good clear-cut definition, but you know it when you see it. You can't say "Oh, if you do this, this, this or this then you'll get banned" because one could find exceptions or loopholes to any of the rules if they tried, and the only thing you can do to prevent exceptions or loopholes is by making some concrete, air-tight, blanket rule like "If it offends someone you're banned" in which case you may as well ban everybody because what's offensive or not is subjective and anybody can say they were offended without any proof. So basically you can't really have a clear set of rules for it, it kindof has to be incident-by-incident.

I wasn't here for what Cheeba did. The little bit I saw made it seem like he reacted like a little girl over absolutely nothing. But I wasn't here for 80% of it, so I can't say for sure

....read this again....

I disagree....

Sometimes "pulling the leg" of a newbie isn't really the best way to keep members. Most of the time, the posts aren't equivalent of that so someone needs to know when to draw the line. I know.