Petition to unban Straha!

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

Thanks opebo and MiamiU for standing by my side while I attempt to negotiate a common goal with the "Third Reich".  Reminds me of the following scene from Kelly's Heroes.   I'll allow you to pick which character you want to be, all three are cool in my book:



in the end, I don't believe there are any hidden agendas on either side.  We want a small slice of the forum to be used for more fun for all; they think our definition of fun is not funny.  We have the town surrounded; they have the Tigers stationed in front of the bank guarding the gold.

well, I better stop the movie reference, I'll be accused and shot for "trolling"...funny thing about that moive, though...the Nazis were willing to strike a deal to end the standoff:

[opebo]

Obviously I pick the Donald Sutherland character.  I'm really quite the Donald Sutherland fan, and in some ways a Donald Sutherland type.  Who wouldn't want to be Donald Sutherland?  Success, gravitas, and from the look of him **** like an *****.

[Grumps]

The way you're racking up death points, jmf, let me must say = Nice knowin' ya'. 

[Big DaddyTX]

**yawn**

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

Obviously I pick the Donald Sutherland character.  I'm really quite the Donald Sutherland fan...

ok, I'll take Telly Savalas.   I like Clint's one-liners, but Telly was just all around smooth:  Who loves ya baby?

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

The way you're racking up death points, jmf, let me must say = Nice knowin' ya'.  

what part of...

sorry to all for the drama, but there's just something about an execution that gets my blood flowing.  they're just so...final.

...did you not understand?  I meant that in a literal, even prophetic, sort of way.

[Inks.LWC Supports Chuck Hagel]

Count them again... Not all of the points you're referencing were from your 'serious' proposal threads.

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

I don't know, I think the beat-back that happened in the wake of the Inks-Deluge debacle (and the descent of Leip to address it) means that the Mods don't have the standing right now to pull off a ban of a big-name poster.  this place would absolutely erupt, at least for opebo.  jmf maybe a bit less so, but still an outcry.  doesn't mean it could not happen at a future point.

[start: non-trolling light-hearted blasphemous joke/]

Careful… Leip described in this way the righteousness that is by the TOS: “Just, relax, and have a good time!”

But, the righteousness that is according to the Mods says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend beyond reach of the Mods?’”(that is, to bring Leip down) "or ’Who will descend into the Forum?’" (that is, to bring Leip up from the dead).  But what does the Nym say? “The death points are near you; they are in your back and through your heart,” (that is, the word they are proclaiming).

[/end: non-trolling light-hearted blasphemous joke]

[opebo]

Count them again... Not all of the points you're referencing were from your 'serious' proposal threads.

But isn't handing out any death points at all for posts politely questioning or critiquing you moderateors in the designated forum for such purposes by definition just self-serving censorship of dissent and elimination of transparency?

Btw, jmfcst, how many death points do you have at the moment?  I have at the moment 48.

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

But isn't handing out any death points at all for posts politely questioning or critiquing you moderateors ...

it wasn't even that, rather it was a thread to get user feedback on a new proposed sub-board.

I think the numerous citations noted "Trolling" as the crime...though I am not sure how it is "Trolling" to propose an idea for a sub-board which 90% of posters favored...I would think having a 90% majority would be the opposite of Trolling.

It would have been nice to give Naso a proper venue for his video making talents.  Maybe even his Teddy bear could have made a cameo appearance.

[opebo]

Nevertheless I suppose they perceived it as an implied critique of their censorship.

[Inks.LWC Supports Chuck Hagel]

But isn't handing out any death points at all for posts politely questioning or critiquing you moderateors ...

it wasn't even that, rather it was a thread to get user feedback on a new proposed sub-board.

I think the numerous citations noted "Trolling" as the crime...though I am not sure how it is "Trolling" to propose an idea for a sub-board which 90% of posters favored...I would think having a 90% majority would be the opposite of Trolling.

It would have been nice to give Naso a proper venue for his video making talents.  Maybe even his Teddy bear could have made a cameo appearance.

How many people had actually voted to get that 90%?

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

How many people had actually voted to get that 90%?

I think it was 9 out of 10...but if you are going to claim the turnout was light, you need to factor in the following:

1) you deleted the thread while it was barely 2 hours old.

2) your past black panther intimidation techniques probably kept some voters away from the poll

3) I still consider you my friend

[So the Heroes Fall]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX4Xh5uO_Hc

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX4Xh5uO_Hc

LOL!  A very good effort....but...didn't the original screenplay have the Mods in the role of the Nazis, and not Straha's supporters as the Nazis?

A freudian casting slip, perhaps?  A moment of self-actualization involving a thinly veiled confession?...you should be more careful with your work, lest your conscience become self-aware and testify against you prior to your own banning and execution.

[So the Heroes Fall]

It's the Downfall meme. Kind of the only thing where one would use Hitler to promote their opinion.