Denny McLain Suspended One Week
Attention WTF members:
I am writing to advise all of you that Denny McLain has been suspended by me for one week, and stripped of his mod powers, for constantly and intentionally baiting other members into arguments. I want to stress that this was done without a vote, based on our zero tolerance policy. I also want to stress that there were personal motivations for me in doing this, and I admit it, so spare me the arguments about unfairness. This is every bit as much a dictatorship as it is a democracy, when the need arises. Its like President Bush - the rules don't apply in a time of war.
This board is supposed to be fun.
Political/religious debate is welcome, and even heated discussions that are intellectually honest are welcome. But baiting other posters to argue with each other, baiting mods to argue with each other, and baiting administrators to argue with each other, all for some sick pleasure that has no intellectual value, will NOT be tolerated.
You should all understand the difference, but if you don't, I'll give an example:
Tahoe and I have been involved in some heated political discussions. However, it is between us, and we are both simply stating our feelings. We argue politics, and even use strongly worded examples to make our points. At one point, when he bitched about the Jersey girls and I felt he was being insensitive, I tried to explain "how would you feel if you were a relative of a victim" by saying "I hope someone rapes and kills your family so you know how it feels" or something like that. It was in context, it was between Tahoe and me, and most people understood where I was going with those words.
Denny, on the other hand, has been spending the bulk of his time, when he's not sketching caricatures, trying to get other people to argue, trying to get people suspended - and then arguing about the unfairness of their suspensions, meddling in other people's business in order to get a rise out of them and cause more problems, making phony arguments in order to make points that he really doesn't care about anyway, being intellectually dishonest just because its an easy way to get a rise out of people, and constantly pushing buttons with general members and members of the Syndicate, to see what he can get away with, and to see what kind of arguments he can stir up.
What is between Tahoe and me is between Tahoe and me. What is between Anthony, Steve, Gutz, and the Syndicate, however, for some reason, is between Denny, Anthony, Steve, Gutz, and the Syndicate. THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE, especially for a mod.
Denny has one week to think about his transgressions, and decide if he wants to come back and be a solid contributor, instead of an instigator.
However, if he or anyone else EVER comes back from a suspension to act like a martyr, argue their case, drag things on, start up with a Syndicate member, etc., like Anthony has been doing lately, they will be permanently banned, without a vote. Actions by the Syndicate are taken, and then we MOVE ON!!!
PS: This is also a strong hint to Anthony to consider a new sig, stop talking about fried chicken, stop calling Glenn "PC guy" or ANYTHING else, and MOVE ON before he is perma-banned, too.
The War Room is hot right now. Surprisingly, no one has chimed in with a voice of restraint. EVERY Syndicate member that has weighed in on the issue has suggested perma-banning at least three members, and some four members, who should know who they are. So you should all check the thin ice and don't step too hard on your PMs or you might slip through the cracks.
The dictator has spoken.