We don't look at a small sample of posts to determine a person's intent.
Good to know that you won't let two posts stand out.
For the longest time, we took MIXUM at his word that he really was a Blazers fan and we stood behind his right to post here. All that against the complaints of numerous posters. Then he made two posts that were an admission he viewed his part in our community to steal from the people you call the "moral majority" and he believed that the rest were rooting for him in doing so. We don't take issue with people having abrasive personalities or posting unpopular opinions, or he'd have been banned a long time ago. We do take issue with the lying and stealing and the lack of respect for the people you call the "moral majority."
I've noticed I'm missing a silver pocket watch. Aside from his lying and stealing, I'm 100% behind your policy to ban any scumbag who doesn't respect Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority. Every night before prayers I hear the Founding Fathers calling in the wind, asking us to clear the liars and thieves from this hallowed board.
As the thread title says, did you hear that? The dishonor is gone. Now that Mixum is gone, you cleaned them out. You didn't miss anyone who admits to non-sincere, non-honorable intent.
Nah -- just poking some satirical fun at folks actually getting bent out of shape over MIXUM's absence.
Guilty as charged, Ed. I admit to throwing the last part in purely for pun value.
It's an example of teasing, yes.
Yeah--I don't think it's a location thing so much as an attention thing. MIXUM loved to start threads because he loved to see how many responses/views those threads would get. You ever notice how often he would refer to that? I'll be honest--I do the same thing whenever I start a thread.
Ooh, look at the above examples, this is awful and I'm not adult enough to handle this. Someone, while being criticized for how they post, satirically teased back that yeah, I'm a bad guy. Just like the satire and teasing in Mixum's famous two posts. He humorously responded to critics by saying ha ha, I love it, keep criticizing me, I'm the bad guy. It was not a sincere admission that he was here to cause arguments. Even if it was, so what? Isn't that what a sports message board is? Or is it a place for us to love each other? Is this a sports message board or a whorehouse?
Honestly I think Denny is trying to say that this is a forum for guys. We talk shit and like to fuck with each other but for the most part we can laugh it off and be friends again 5 minutes later.
Now we're talking. Good explanation of why the tantrums against Mixum are pretty sissy. Cynic Mixum liked to find an ordinary event and put a negative twist on it. Then some supposed man would throw a tantrum against him. But cynics are amusing. Toughen up, lighten up, and stop requiring idealism on a message board. If I can put up with people who want to kill hundreds of thousands of human beings in a stupid war, others can tolerate a cynic.
The moral majority finally wins out. Officially Denny cited to some violation of the rules...
Correct. Mixum's famous two posts (which Denny never links to, because you'd see how normal and innocent they were) gave Denny his immediate, current justification to do what he was going to do anyway, ban Mixum. As I posted in that very thread, if the rules of this board (e.g. Rule #1 is you must have honorable intent) were actually enforced, activity on the board would immediately die. The rules exist only to justify bans after they happen, not to guide the decision process before the ban. That decision process has no rules, and is a law of the jungle political process in which the squeakiest wheel gets the grease.
The political process was between two of Denny's lieutenants, Natebishop3 and Ed O. Natebishop3's few allies were squeakier wheels than Ed O's. Natebishop3 himself has posted dozens of times in the last week about banning Mixum, dominating each of the ban threads (for example, he started this one), while Ed O has posted maybe 3 times.
