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This guy is ridiculous

I'm not saying the trolling is good, but when does someone get banned for "offending" someone?

Plenty of things I read offend me.
 
A bigoted troll on vacation makes this forum a better place.

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However long his "vacation" is, it's not long enough.
 
Originally posted by: BDawg
I'm not saying the trolling is good, but when does someone get banned for "offending" someone?

Plenty of things I read offend me.


That's true but consider if people were to post that gays should die, then blacks are, well if I even hinted, I might be banned, not vacationed. Would you settle for threads saying that blacks should be burned because it would make the world a better place? I wouldn't be thrilled by any means. Substitute the religious for blacks and eventually a slap on the wrist commences. Eventually.

Fact is that this is a board controlled by some people who at some level are sympathetic with the poster. Oh, not advocating violence but certainly convinced of their superiority and don't question that.

I would say hold everyone to the same standard whatever that is, but that's fantasy.
 
Originally posted by: allisolm
A bigoted troll on vacation makes this forum a better place.

AnandTech Moderator



However long his "vacation" is, it's not long enough.

I agree. He is unproductive and a troll, why bother keeping him around at all?
 
Originally posted by: Malak
Originally posted by: allisolm
A bigoted troll on vacation makes this forum a better place.

AnandTech Moderator



However long his "vacation" is, it's not long enough.

I agree. He is unproductive and a troll, why bother keeping him around at all?

Seconded.
 
Originally posted by: allisolm
A bigoted troll on vacation makes this forum a better place.

AnandTech Moderator



However long his "vacation" is, it's not long enough.

Agreed, no need to keep the OP around in these boards with that kind of behavior.
 
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
Originally posted by: BDawg
I'm not saying the trolling is good, but when does someone get banned for "offending" someone?

Plenty of things I read offend me.


That's true but consider if people were to post that gays should die, then blacks are, well if I even hinted, I might be banned, not vacationed. Would you settle for threads saying that blacks should be burned because it would make the world a better place? I wouldn't be thrilled by any means. Substitute the religious for blacks and eventually a slap on the wrist commences. Eventually.

Fact is that this is a board controlled by some people who at some level are sympathetic with the poster. Oh, not advocating violence but certainly convinced of their superiority and don't question that.

I would say hold everyone to the same standard whatever that is, but that's fantasy.

My point is not that this poster crossed the line or not. Advocating killing anyone is probably over.

My point is that the original complaint is that he's offensive. Do we send everyone who's offensive on a vacation? It's going to be a pretty barren place then.

I'm not religious but his anti-religious blather offends me...

Truthfully, this seems less of an offense than a whine to me.
 
Originally posted by: BDawg
My point is that the original complaint is that he's offensive. Do we send everyone who's offensive on a vacation? It's going to be a pretty barren place then.

Not, but it's pretty obvious that his posts are intended to be offensive and get a rise out of people. It's the canonical example of trolling/flamebaiting.
 
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