- I don't find an offence so a terrible injury that it can't be resisted. Sometimes strong friendships are born this way, after reconciliations. Hey, I'm italian. I'm used to verbal wars like SYM has never seen, for a soccer game.
All have outbursts now and then. It's more suspect when they don't. - Second, I never wanted anyone banned (except maybe the guy who posted about white superiority..)
- Third (first?) I find it sometimes a worse action than the offense. An act of cowardice sheltered by the...
You know when kids taunt the "spy"? Sometimes kids are wiser than us.
Point one.
I have a bad temper. This is mitigated, and (maybe) little noticed, 'cause I usually reply from off-line, sometimes hours after having read the topics. I read to take a short break in what I do, and reply when I have really free time.
So my posts are less hot than they could be, even if something annoyes me, as I read it.
But I understand the outbursts. They're part of my being. Even more, they're part of my sister's being. She has the worst temper ever, it's really hard to stay close to her.... I love my sister.
Others are always cold, and subtly avoid direct flames and all is well. Good to them. They'll be able to wander the forums longer, it seems.
Point two.
Sailor Saturn, gnomethingy, at99, Gruntboy got banned while I was "here"...
I have not well defined opinions in many fields (exceptions: science, terrorism and... italian soccer
).I usually disagree with the majority of posters here, but I always enjoyed the reading, and I changed *some* of my positions. I disagreed with Sailor Saturn in the debate that led to her banning. Waverly's replies were brilliant and to the point. She did flame Waverly. But my point is: I'm sure, absolutely SURE that Waverly did NOT report the flames himself. Call it intuition. And this leads me to
Point three.
Not that an innocent, "rightful" report has to be blamed, per se. But behind it..
Nobody is really shocked by a few taunting words, come on. My feeling is that reports are done when someone dislikes the poster. You just have to grab the occasion, the casus belli that is, to get rid of him.
But the bellum started is easily won, without even having to show your face, and the opponent is down.
The "threats" made to Buck speak for themselves (yet it seems all have showed up to salute Gruntboy, with just one coherent exception...) Unappreciated posters get banned sooner or later, it's their fate.
So, my leaving. Why?
Maybe the excessive flatness of the forum, after the decapitation of eccentric/interesting members?
Uhm, no, survivable.
Maybe the excessive political correctness needed, translated again in flatness?
No, I can bear it (or even appreciate it)
Maybe the (accidental?) political shift, determined by said decapitations (read the names again..)?
No, I don't really care about politics.
No, it's the... expedients. RL is enough to see people use their *little* expedients, carry their *little* hatreds, achieve their *little* victories. Such mechanisms make me sick. I always try to stay clear of them.
Gruntboy *flamed* me when I entered SYM the first time... I mailed him now and he replied very nicely.
A couple of PMs I sent to others - particularly one sent to smooth an unwanted friction- are, so far, unanswered.
Let people be judged by mods and "solert reporters". Let people win and lose. Let people count warnings.
And... let people go away when they get sick of it. As Waverly did I think. As I do, unnoticed as it may be.
Maybe for a while, maybe for good. A pity for the thread about Hard Determinism I was about to start
Maybe I'll post just in BG2 forums. Maybe this post will be "reported" and I'll be banned.
PS: if someone wants to contact me, I'll be happy of course
