Wake for contestant#3

The BBQ Pit
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Cheiflaffitup (cheif?) said:

On the thread, you mean? Could they have emailed personal warnings?

Blah, blah, blah. The point remains–don’t want to hang out on a moderated board, don’t. But being here is a privelege, not a right. It’s the SD’s board, they can do what they want. It might not seem fair all the time, but anyone who thinks life’s supposed to be fair is either Cinderella, twelve years old, or a total fucking moron.

And if those morons say you don’t get a licence, you don’t get one. Doesn’t matter if they’re morons or not.

-andros-

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The point about the BMV is that we sometimes suffer the morons in control in order to do the things that we like to do.

This doesn’t mean that the morons at the BMV are right…or that their judgement is golden…it simply means that they have been ordained with the power to screw with you.

As far as I know, complaining about the BMV doesn’t get your driver’s license revoked.

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Cheif, and I quote, or C&P anyway, ‘I believe the proper grammer is “more loose”’

Ummm, you may have the grammar correct, but you would be more convincing if you could just spell your screen name correctly. Try Chief. Or is it just a bad joke and we’re supposed to 'laffitup"?

“What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?” – W.C. Fields

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I had very few problems with C#3.

I agreed that Melin being ousted as a moderator was within reason, because she had ample opportunities to agree to play by the rules of being a moderator and chose not to. AND, might I add, nobody has kicked her off the board as a poster. She is still here.

But this is different.

It’s obvious that C#3 ruffled some feathers with his tactics here. I didn’t always agree with what he said, but I think he should have a right to say what is on his mind. People were free to ignore him or not.

Moderators have the power to delete or modify posts. Apparently, this wasn’t enough?

I disagree with Melin’s assertion that my strap-on post is analagous to this incident. I understand that the concern was over a link - but that is even more hypocritical, since tons of threads offer tons of links to tons of sites of many kinds.

But even if we were to assume she is right, that it’s the risque portion that caused an uproar, wouldn’t things have been a hell of a lot different if, all those years ago, Cecil got dropped from the Chicago Reader because of his calorie content of sperm column?

So a post had to be deleted twice… Really tough job there. And I firmly believe he made an honest mistake, and that it was only his reputation that preceeded him. If the same thing happened to, say, Byzantine or Polycarp, would the mods here be so quick to cancel them out?

I realize that the administrators here can run this board however they want. Free speech rights do not apply in a private domain. And being here is not a right, but a priviledge.

I just hope that the powers that be here DO realize that the spirit of this board is about opening lines of communication.

How can you eliminate ignorance if you’re so content to burn books? The first part of ignorance is “ignore,” and that is exactly what the mods are content to do - to ignore C#3’s opinions, and now prevent them from being heard by everyone.

I am not happy with this at all…

If I am mistaken on any of the facts (from my initial research, I don’t think I am), please feel free to e-mail me privately at brian.oneill@bmge.com .

Yer pal,
Satan

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I don’t think you have your facts wrong, Brian. But I do have one question.

It it possible to divorce one’s opinions from one’s method? Could it be that C#3 was booted not for what he said but how he consistently said it?

-andros-

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C#3 - Will you please e-mail me?

brian.oneill@bmge.com

I won’t share any information you don’t want to, but I’m trying to get my facts straight. Thanks…

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FTR, I think C#3 is an inveterate troll, whose posts are almost always designed simply to generate upset responses. I acknowledge that he’s had a couple of worthwhile contributions lately-- his thread about breast cancer comes to mind-- but overall, I can’t say I’m sorry he’s gone.

But it turns out that he’s not gone. If you’ve been paying attention, it’s easy to see that C#3 intends to continue making a nuisance of himself.

An obvious clone, Martyr #7, registered yesterday and was quickly banned again.

Adolf Hitler claims not to be the same person as C#3. But he registered yesterday as well. And of his 3 posts, 2 are in the announcement thread in ATMB, and 1 is in Martyr #7 has also been banned. He’s gone so far as to claim he’s “in charge around here”, implying that the mods are acting like dictators. He’s obviously another clone.

Cheiflaffitup has been registered since 07/02. But of his 10 posts so far, 5 are in the Martyr #7 has also been banned thread; 3 are from an Aspartame thread where he comes to the aid of Martyr #7; and 2 are in this very thread. So he was registered for nearly four months, but had nothing to say until the ban occurred. Verdict: clone.

So for the moment, let’s put aside the question of whether it was right to ban C#3 in the first place. Right now, he’s using three usernames and pretending to be three different people. One has started a token “content” thread (on a typical C#3 ‘conspiracy’ topic), but they’ve spent the rest of their time trying to drum up sympathy for the banned.

It looks to me like he’s continuing to be a jerk. How 'bout the rest of you?

Laugh hard; it’s a long way to the bank.

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Great idea andros. Let’s all seek to have the same writing style. That way we will avoid those nasty people that are different.

Diversity sucks!

While we are at it maybe we can all agree to have the same opinions…the same skin color…and the same cultural background!

In short, I just want to be like you andros.

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AuraSeer, great summation. And yes, it sure seems like he is back solely for the purpose of keeping his previous board names in the forefront of as many threads as possible.

All generalizations suck.

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Doesn’t look to me like he is being a jerk.
He got banned as C3.
He came back as M7 and posted a few threads. Couple of them ok, one of them kind of silly. But, nothing against the rules.
M7 gets deleted. For what reason, I cannot fathom. Since TubaDiva said in the other thread that if he came back and acted nicely under another name he wouldn’t be banned.
I don’t think he is Adolph Hitler. Thats not C3’s style, he criticized both the Loverock antics, and the antics of GOD, both were believed to be regular posters out for a joyride.
Now I guess this chief guy is c3. I don’t know.
But, M7 has been deleted. So, he has never been three posters at once.
C3 deleted.
M7 born.
M7 deleted.
Chief born?

pat

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I think you misinterpreted me, “cheif.” I was asking Satan if it was possible that the mods banned C#3 not for his opinions but for what they felt to be an inappropriate way of expressing those opinions. I wasn’t bashing creativity, just suggesting that they might have felt he consistently went overboard in presenting his opinions.

-andros-

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…but why the deletion of Martyr #7 given the assurances of TubaDiva and CDextHavn?

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I just reread my OP and realized I wasn’t too clear that I was being sarcastic. No wonder the Cheif attacked me.

I was speaking tongue-in-cheek about the “porn spam,” since there wasn’t any.

And I thought it obvious that M#7=C#3. No need to place odds at all.

-andros-

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Please note the comments from Ed Zotti:
http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000280.html

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Ticktock. Ticktock.

Time’s flying, people. Is a moderator ever going to answer why a post which was basically the exact same thing that got yanked by Nickrz in GQ was allowed to stay up for 17 by Eutychus in MPSIMS?

The only response I’ve gotten from a moderator on this is from Eutychus, who asked me if I could kindly show him where the thread is. No offense, Euty, but I said in my post that I’m already underpaid enough, and it’s easy enough to find.

What’s the official stance on this little dichotomy, folks?

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Connie, I have a simple question for you.
Why are you here?
I am not being sarcastic or nasty, but I am curious as to why you wish to post on this board.

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You think YOU’RE underpaid! :wink: Remember that the only pay we get as being moderators here is the love and admiration of millions.

However, to answer your question … I will admit that I probably missed the post in question in my forum. Nickrz to his credit caught it in his. My time online is limited ; I do have a full-time job, and a family which contains not one, but two autistic children. There are times when I can’t watch things as closely as I might and I certainly don’t have the time to post as much as I would like. But the crowd in MPSIMS are a generally well-behaved lot, and a little bit more leeway is allowed as to posting standards. However, if I had recognized it as spam, I would have pulled it as well. I didn’t. I’m sorry,

That being said, I don’t really have the time to go back through 17 days worth of postings to find where this post is, so if you do know where it to find it, that certainly would make my job easier.

Thanks!

Saint Eutychus
www.disneyshorts.org

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C#3 tells me that he is here because he enjoys it. He says that it helps him to unwind and deal with stress. This board makes him laugh sometimes. Sometimes he learns something. Sometimes he shares. He has met and corresponded with several people that he has met out here. He gets a fair amount of mail from them and has lots of supporters.

Simply put, he likes it.

He says that even though the mods and several members have a vendetta against him it’s still worth it.

He wants me to ask you the same question Slythe. He has noticed that the MAJORITY of your posts these past months have been to insult or provoke him. He says that’s why he calls you his pet troll.

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The majority of my recent posts have been about you? Interesting. Multiple personality disorder coupled with a persecution complex. :wink:
I spend time here conversing with people of many backgrounds about various topics for two reasons: to learn and to laugh.

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I’m pretty new to this board, so I’m not in a position to judge the wisdom of throwing a particular contestant to the lions.

But it seems to me that the core issue becomes one of censorship and the making of judgments concerning the precise point where content and mode of expression “cross the line.”

While its true that this is a member site as concerns postings, it is also a highly publicized site that is open for anyone to read.

So how does one explain censoring an ‘adult’ link while defending and rationalizing the kinds of things my 13 year-old niece is perusing in places like the FUCK-YOU thread, among many others on this Board?

Dr.Watson

“There are a lot more ways to fall off a tightrope than there are to inch forward.”