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

[Jenny A]

I'm kind of annoyed that Randy was banned. Jenny says she banned him for plagriarism and that this was a majority decision... Ok. For one, it seems like a pretty silly offense, and even if you want to justify such a ban per the rules of the forum (which I would criticize in Randy's case, as he always engaged specific critiques), why disallow PMs?

This, i.e. the elimination of all "our" more engaging opponents, is what makes me completely disinterested in these forums at this point... it's like this place is only useful if I get the urge to come smell my own shit.

I understand your point.  Engaging opponents are fun.  However, the rules are the rules and plagiarism is a serious offense in any serious discussion.  What's really silly is that he continued to do it even after he'd received an official warning not to.

If you want to go on engaging with him, you can find him at Catholic Answers Forums, where many of his posts also consist primarily of plagiarism.