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Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.

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Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
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RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
May 15, 2015 at 2:58 pm
(May 8, 2015 at 10:49 am)robvalue Wrote: I'm really surprised Drich hasn't come back here for a final explosion.

Me too
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RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
May 15, 2015 at 5:40 pm (This post was last modified: May 15, 2015 at 5:41 pm by Alex K.)
I'm surprised too. Would have bet on it.
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RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
May 15, 2015 at 7:49 pm
(May 8, 2015 at 12:10 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: Well, whatever the reason, we're starting to run low on long term theists.

Does seem to be the case, but honestly, pretty much every one that's been booted or that has left (that I can think of) are either douches are deserved it anyway. 
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RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
May 15, 2015 at 7:56 pm
Several of them have the hallmark of a temporary blowup. I've wondered if there weren't a good way to give someone a 48 hour cooling off period without banning, maybe some of these bans wouldn't have happened. But people would probably exploit such a thing. I'm not sure how or if such a system would work.
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RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
May 15, 2015 at 9:08 pm
Well, the last two have only been temp bans- and temp bans almost always come after, at least, one unofficial warning, followed by an official. This is what happened with both Polaris and Drich. We are extremely lenient.
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RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
May 15, 2015 at 9:41 pm
Yeah. The background stuff that people don't see is pretty robust. Generally the temp-ban is like strike 4.
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great

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RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
May 15, 2015 at 9:52 pm
And sometimes it's the 4th strike 4 because the person has been toeing the line for years, being just enough of a cock.
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RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
May 16, 2015 at 12:14 am (This post was last modified: May 16, 2015 at 12:17 am by robvalue.)
A temp ban pretty much is a cooling off period, I would say. It's kind of saving them from themselves by not letting them keep going and getting permanently banned.

We probably have a lot of theists reading the forum who don't want to make an account. To be honest, they are the theists most likely to benefit from what we write I think. Especially so when taking on an entrenched theist. Hi guys! Smile Yes you, I know you're there Wink Some progress has been made with some theist members, though. (By progress I mean an honest attempt to evaluate their beliefs, regardless of the outcome.)

It must be daunting to join as a theist, I do respect those that have the balls. I've not even looked into joining a theist forum.
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RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
May 16, 2015 at 12:42 am
I joined Rapture Ready, but have never posted.
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RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
May 16, 2015 at 12:08 pm
(May 16, 2015 at 12:14 am)robvalue Wrote: ...

It must be daunting to join as a theist, I do respect those that have the balls. I've not even looked into joining a theist forum.


It takes very little courage to post online without revealing one's true identity.  (And think of getting bonus points with one's god, so one will get a better seat in heaven!)

So, I have no special respect for those who sign up.  If they want to do so, it is fine with me, but it is not a courageous thing to do.

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