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Hi everybody, my name is Dermot and I'm a stalker.
Seriously mate, if you don't stop spending your every waking moment rabidly attacking me then I'm literally going to phone the police and have you arrested. Idiots like you belong in prison because your solitary goal is hurting other people.
I'm serious, btw. Keep going. Give me plenty of evidence.
Hi everybody, my name is NumberOne and 31 alt accounts and I'm a stalker.
Seriously mate, if you don't stop spending your every waking moment rabidly attacking me then I'm literally going to phone the police and have you arrested. Idiots like you belong in prison because your solitary goal is hurting other people.
I'm serious, btw. Keep going. Give me plenty of evidence.
Hi Antrim , the piece of filth is in a right old rage , I see itโs just posted up yet another debate dedicated to you and me , we have really upset the big child
Maybe he had his welfare cut today as heโs in a right royal rage
Translation: Should we bully this person off the site through sheer force of numbers for daring to have the audacity to confront us with common sense?
Answer: Sure. Isn't that exactly why our species is in such a mess in the first place? We literally would rather live in a world where psychopaths shoot up children than be forced to confront our own bigotry and/or social conditioning.
Hold a 'Trial' for particularly disruptive members on the Forum?--Yes
I would argue, there is a need to host a 'trial' for problematic elements by creating a Thread where the charges will be submitted--then a Community conversation will be held, ultimately leading to a vote which will decide whether or not the 'offender' shall receive a suspension, expulsion, or exoneration. Then, if a member is suspended, they should be put on the auto-ban list for newly created debates for an allotted amount of time, call it 'x' (sentencing to be determined). This is a way to self-police the Forum in an efficient, fair manner.
Youโre very charitable X and itโs a credit to you , people like Nom I think should be given three public warnings and then a ban of two weeks , should the behavior continue the ban time should increase to month etc , etc ,
Noms a troll who Iโve yet to see actually debate on C D he takes every challenge to his โ arguments โ as a personal attack and flies into a rage , very strange behaviour indeed
people like Nom I think should be given three public warnings and then a ban of two weeks , should the behavior continue the ban time should increase to month etc , etc ,
Yes--This is along the lines of what I am thinking. If a member is performing egregious offenses, than another member can create a 'Hearing' Thread, presenting the accusations/charges against them. If a sufficient number of members agree this is in fact occurring, it will proceed to 'Trial'--later a vote and 'Judgement' with potential 'Sentencing'. Repeat offenders will be allotted a certain number of 'fouls' before 'fouling out'--receiving a permanent ban.
Note: WinsonC pioneered this idea by creating a Thread presenting very clear charges and evidence against Quantumhead (aka. Nomenclature) some time ago. This is precisely along the lines of what I am considering, just expanded more. Here is a link to the Thread:
Why would I do that?....................................................................................................................................................
I know he's not the most intelligent of God's creatures but he is endowed with more than his fair share of animal cunning.
How would you describe using an alt account to hide your identity while you make a baseless character attack? Is that illustrating your intelligence or your lust for hurting your enemies at all costs?
Is it not true that your intent here is simply to turn the truth upside down, and project your own guilt onto me? I believe so.
He knows that by swearing at his opponents will detract from their expose' of the weakness of his argument.
So you make a three paragraph comment, all of it being a personal attack, and you conclude by accusing me of making personal attacks at the expense of an argument?
I fear that you have not thought this through, have you?
Just who's "collection" should "we" shame? Yours? Mine? Bronto's? Joline's? This used to be a free country. This is supposed to be an opinion site in an opinion free country. This type of attitude is the type that makes Putin smile ... "It's WORKING"! "Everybody in the U.S. is attacking everybody else! Vodka for everyone!"
Grow up. We have more than one Amendment. Number Two has a number for a reason, Number One also counts .... first!
If you intend the word 'collectively' to mean that you desire to act as a gang or a group to harass an individual, I don't think that's any way to behave. Don't you think that when a group of people ban together against one person, isn't that rather cowardly? Would you ever want to be the person who is the victim of a group assault? I realize that this isn't out in the street were talking about where real personal harm or even death could result, but in my opinion it's still wrong. You're a decent young man, I would suggest that you don't want to develop what could become a bad habit. Surely you want to be respected in your life. Don't you think that a man who stands alone against a group is more deserving of respect than those individual members of the group who attack him? I do.
And I'm not claiming here that you're opinion is more valid than his, or his more than yours. I'm only talking about fairness. Disagreement over a subject doesn't have to always result in name calling and chaos. The idiots who do that aren't mentally capable of winning an actual debate so they have to sink to name calling and I find that disgustingly infantile and it ruins the fun for the adults. Personally, I wouldn't piss on somebody like that if they were on fire.