On 2 Jan 2008 at 15:45, Brian Holtz wrote: > Wow, banned from two Libertarian forums in as many days, and > a total of four in the last three months. Verily, I am... > Brian Holtz > Thinker of the LP's Most Dangerous Thoughts > Citer of the LP's Most Dangerous Facts > Quoter of the LP's Most Dangerous Words > Wielder of the LP's Most Dangerous Links > Compiler of the LP's Most Dangerous Bytes
Or, perhaps, incredibly tactless, annoying, self-centered and disruptive. On the face of the actual, individual post, I would not have banned you. However, I wondered at the time if you were partly a victim of your reputation preceding you. This confirms it. It also suggests that you are clueless about what your reputation is, and why it draws the responses it does. Banned from four lists, presumably by at least two different moderators? Could the problem be you and not them? I moderate several lists as well, and when someone posts a message whose subject header is an ad hominem attack, I immediately put that person on moderated status, even if the rest of the list is unmoderated. It's not because he is thinking dangerous thoughts, etc., but because he is pissing in my living room. If he becomes too much of an annoyance, I pull the plug, just as Susan did. Again, I didn't think Susan was right when she did this, but not that I see this response, I'm guessing she probably was. -ds
