--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <authfriend@...> wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In [email protected], "Alex Stanley" <j_alexander_stanley@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 
> > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], Michael Jackson <mjackson74@> wrote:
> > > (snip)
> > > > He left a carpet of broken lives. This is my opinion. I know
> > > > others, including the creator of FFL feel differently and if
> > > > Alex and Rick want to ban me for expressing what I believe
> > > > (which ain't much of a stretch given his behavior) then so be it.
> > > 
> > > As much of an asshole as you're showing yourself to be,
> > > nobody's about to "ban" you from FFL for expressing your
> > > views on Maharishi and the TMO.
> > > 
> > > That you would consider being banned for doing so even a
> > > faint possibility is a very clear demonstration of your
> > > inability to think rationally about anything TM-related.
> > > (Or anything else, for that matter, given your recent
> > > idiotically paranoid tirade against vaccines.)
> > 
> > Banning people for the content of posts has been done very
> > sparingly over the years, always by Rick, and the offenders
> > are usually allowed back after some time. Kirk, Ravi, Dan
> > Friedman, and Tom Pall are the only ones that come to mind
> > right now. Rick also gave the boot to docwhammo, and he has
> > not been allowed back; personally, I would have allowed
> > docwhammo to stay, but Rick makes those decisions.
> 
> But they weren't banned for expressing negative views of
> Maharishi and the TMO, were they? 

No, of course not. They were banned for being egregiously offensive (extreme 
profanity or racism) or repeatedly breaking the rules. I should also point out 
that in this discussion, I'm referring to legitimate FFL participants; I 
routinely boot spammers.

> Because that's what Michael is suggesting may happen to him.

Well, http://youtu.be/e5JCp2Hd5L8

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