PH and Giancarlo bannings discussion...

[Bosh]

*looks at punishments*
*scratches head*
PH mocks Gian
Gian threatens to carry out mass-murder
And PH gets double the punishment that Gian gets, (pre doubling) this makes sense how?

[Chris 62]

Hmm, missed all the fun (or actually, stupidity).

Only posted because of that little ditty that Krazy added, i saw that statue, it's a salute to political correctness, and most NY firefighters are mad as hell about it.

As for all the other stuff, BORING!

BTW, I think Bush was choking cause he had Miami, and it's contagious...

[MichaeltheGreat]

Re: Re: Enough of this horse****!

Originally posted by Rogan Josh


Interesting how 'choking on semen' is regarded as twice as bad as firing live bullets into a gay rights parade....

Grow up indeed...

Interesting how you come up with conclusions based on reading my mind. I didn't know you had so many talents. Interesting how you also don't bother to read what's in the same thread that's inconvenient to your little point.

The level of offensiveness of the remark and the length of the ban are not connected.

Provost Harrison started the threadjack, he kept it up, and he's been one of the crew that has fun pulling Giancarlo's chain. (edit - for months now) My banning him is to make an example and "motivate" the rest of that group to drop this BS. He's also got the brains to know better, he was just doing it for his (and others) entertainment.

Giancarlo's ban (which already had a week coming from last time), deals just with him. Since I've already banned him a few times for the same thing, he's now the second guest (after CivNation) in my ban-doubling program. Every time he gets banned for the same thing, the length doubles. When he gets to 16 weeks (a la CivNation), we have a little chat, and he's either in, or he's all the way out (a la CivNation)

There's about a dozen people who like to play the "pull Gianni's chain" game. Giancarlo is in his own little category of stupidity

Zhu -

Get a clue. Gian can't "threaten" diddly-squat.

Typical Giancarlo rant: "When my military coup takes over the US, everyone is going to blindly follow my orders and shoot everyone I don't like, because I'm charismatic and a great leader blah blah ****ing blah"

It's not a threat, it's a pathetic, childish tantrum with no connection to any reality.

<b>CB2034 - glad you approve of the job I'm doing. That'll be two days for the name-game with KH's handle.</b>

Rogan again - it doesn't deserve a banning until I actually see it, or get a complaint about it.

[Stefu]

Hey, Mikey, does this mean you'll be spending more time on these here forums?

[MichaeltheGreat]

No, I'm working 80 hours a week. That's on a good week. Bad weeks, it'll approach 100.

So I figure if I go for the quick, brutal, lethal approach to moderation, it won't take up as much of my time.

[SlowwHand]

Giancarlo was supposed to be ignoring people, though I know it's hard.
It could be turned around though.
You don't like Giancarlo (or whoever), then ignore.

Yes. I know. Sometimes very, very difficult.

[Solly]

I don't think any side is flattered by this latest episode of the Apolyton off-topic.

Giancarlo looks ridiculous for his gay taunts.

PH looks a bit daft for getting trolled into the game.

And the mods look as if they don't give a fig about any poster, and acted too late and too harshly. There isn't the moderator presence there used to be, allowing stuff like this to go on. There's been worse Giancarlo baiting than what PH did, but obviously it was by people the mods liked (the middle-aged Americans), or the mods just didn't even see it.

Hence my proposal that we need another mod.

And this time it should be a British or European poster for a ****ing change.

At least then we'll see a less heavy-handed attitude to jokey insults, which seem to be more accepted on our side of the Atlantic.

[lightblue]

Originally posted by Boddington's
I don't think any side is flattered by this latest episode of the Apolyton off-topic.

And the mods look as if they don't give a fig about any poster, and acted too late and too harshly. There isn't the moderator presence there used to be, allowing stuff like this to go on. There's been worse Giancarlo baiting than what PH did, but obviously it was by people the mods liked (the middle-aged Americans), or the mods just didn't even see it.

Hence my proposal that we need another mod.

And this time it should be a British or European poster for a ****ing change.

At least then we'll see a less heavy-handed attitude to jokey insults, which seem to be more accepted on our side of the Atlantic.

Second that. There does seem to be large differences between what people can get away with depending on what time it is, who they are etc.

I also agree that some of PHs comments would have gone down well in an (educated) UK pub (though the subject might have been slightly offended), whereas questioning someone's sexuality in the US seems to be just about the most offensive thing you can say. In the UK, if you're offended by someone's jokey insult, ignore it if you can't think of a fitting retort, otherwise trade some witty barbs (largely in jest) and get over it.

[chequita guevara]

It really wan't the comment that got PH in trouble. It was starting the whole Gian-gay-thing all over again. I think most of us are sick to death of the whole, is he/isn't he thread jackings. I love my PH, and give him his props, but he attacked the little troll one time to many.

[SlowwHand]

I must agree.
Giancarlo baiting gets taken to the extreme.

[red_jon]

Giancarlo seems to have succeeded in his attempt to get people banned when they respond to his insane rants.

Giancarlo has issues he needs to sort, but doesn't and takes it out on certain minorities which he can't deal with. He should remain banned like Civnation (I don't really see a difference - civnation never advocated mass executions did he?!)

My 2 penneth. MtG usually seems to do a good job.

[Asher]

I think the Giancarlo should be perma-banned for his own health. He's going to have an aneurysm if he stays here.

As long as he can't deal with how things are, I don't think he should be here at all.

And I certainly think he should have gotten way more than one week for the "live bullets" remark. That's way over the top. Talking about murdering minorities because they're minorities only warrants a one week ban?

[Dis]

Giancarlo must be fighting his gay urges. It's best not to fight them. Just give in to them. Pretty much every fanatical homophobe I've seen, has turned out to be gay just trying to fight what is natural to their brain chemistry.

I know some places here in Vegas where you can meet someone Gian. It's better to be happy than to take some imaginary moral high ground.

[red_jon]

And I agree we need a British (or at least a Western European) mod.

[Imran Siddiqui]

You have Markos, so shut your whining .

Not like he isn't shy to pull the trigger in the OT!