First of all FYI Whalewager is not banned. I will explain what brought all this on.
Here is what happened on May 5th in The Politics Forum:
Barman started a thread about Miss California, Carrie Prejean being involved with the porn industry while also at the some time in her life being anti gay marriage and a so called bible thumper (a regular Political forum type topic) for some reason WhaleWager didn't like Barman taking the side of the Gay rights movement so he posted that if you opened a link posted by Barman in the thread you could run into a virus. This is a serious allegation to make especially if it was totally untrue which it was. The link was just a link to the article's source a popular blog for persons interested in the gay rights issue. Barman deleted it. Here is the sequence posted below.
Posted by Whalewager:
DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK GUYS...
I heard there was a virus associated with the rumored picks
dumb barman
a few posts later after Barman deleted the untrue virus warning which caused WW to post the following post dircted obviously at Barman:
fuck you barman and your gay fucking agenda.
Even if Barman was not a mod this is not what we are looking for from posters in the Politics Forum. I don't know how many of you ever had anyone work for you at somepoint in your life but you have to have their back when uncalled for profane insults are thrown in their face (remember this was not the RR). Bottom line is WW was banned from Politics only for 48 hours.
He wasn't happy with that so he left the site on his own save for a post he made on Friday, prooving he is not banned.
As you know this gay marriage and gay rights issue is probably the most volatile along with the abortion issue that is running rampant in this country today. I don't care what side WW is on but he has no right to use language like that to a complete stranger just because he has different political views.
TheRx is a gambling forum not a political one, posters who get so infuriated by Politics should seek out a real political forum where they can discuss the issues in a proper scenario.
Anyway, that is why WW is not posting, he can but won't. He was banned from the Political Forum only for 48 hours, a ban that expired last Wednesday.
The Rx.com does have standards and will not tolerate that kind of insulting language from it's posters towards posters and moderators alike.
This did not happen here in The Rubber Room but in The Political Forum where we try to maintain some decorum, although that is near impossible.
Sure you can blame WhaleWaher not posting here on Barman but IMO that is totally unfair, blame me if you want for WhaleWager leaving even though he is not banned in any way shape or form and he left on his own after telling one of our moderators to I quote "
fuck you barman and your gay fucking agenda".
Then with the 48 hour ban in place (only in Politics) WhaleWager posted the following:
whered the fucking politics forum go
why cant i see it
(of course he couldn't he was on a 48 hour ban.
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Barman posted in this where is the political Forum thread:
"WW, I'm giving you a couple days to enjoy the rest of the RxForum in hopes that you can figure out how to post without profane flames directed at other members...notably RxMods"
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WW made back to back one minute apart posts:
good choice barman.
heh
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how about you give me 6 months off from all forums fucker
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At that point I posted the following:
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That is not a problem.
wilheim
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Finally WW posted:
ban my ip while ur at it
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One minute later:
hes still a fucker
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I should point out the posts from "Where is The Politics Forum" on down originated here in the Rubber Room.
Botttom line, you can blame me for WhaleWager leaving because of my post last Tuesday here in The Rubber Room:
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That is not a problem.
wilheim
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Obviously that is the post that caused WW to request his IP be banned (it isn't). I have no problem taking responsibility for what happened over a thread in the Political Forum and WhaleWager's departure. I could post dozens of his mocking and in some cases very racist posts that we simply deleted and gave him as much leeway as possible, this time he went to far and received a slap on the wrist 48 hour ban from the political forum.
I would do it over again if it happened again. As head moderator it is my responsibility to try to keep discussions civil whenever possible and this one certainly was not. I am not going to allow posters to tell my employees or fellow posters either to go fuck themselves and their gay agenda period, especially when they are within their rights to post a thread that has been a current story in the Political world this past few weeks..
The Political Forum has a disclaimer dated Sept. 2008 that has almost 10,000 views:
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Enough with the name calling. Effective Immediately. Zero Tolerance.
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FYI - regarding what is or isn't allowable here in Politics.
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Everyone should also know that there is no regular moderator here in Politics and World Events - I do my best to look in occasionally but only read maybe 2% of the actual content so if you feel another poster has crossed the line in someway especially against you personally then you have to report the post in question. Robfunk does not work in Politics and World Events. He is an occasionl visitor who posts freely what he wants within the guidelines.
To report a post either email me personally at
person19481950@yahoo.com and tell me the thread, offending posters name and post number (top right corner of all post boxes). If you know how to cut and paste a link from an individual post to an email that would be helpful. Also include your poster name.
OR
Use the triangular icon
bottom left hand corner of all post boxes. Just click on it and type profane post, obscene post etc. and click on send report - thats it, very easy. In either case a moderator will look at the reported post and take action if action is deemed necessary.
If you are called profane names or abused by another poster in some way and don't report it most likely nothing will happen except on the small off chance I happen to see it by accident.
Thanks, wilheim
Since then Barman has been hired but he is not the so called political forum mod. His job is to monitor the entire forum late nights.
As a poster he is entitled to create threads like everyone else and other posters can disagree with his views but not to where it comes down to making up blatant lies and posting profane insults because you don't agree with another poster's (mod or not) polical views.
Thank you, wilheim
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