mondeo
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Maybe Greg should just shut the forums down for a couple weeks, let everyone and the weather cool off some.
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Maybe Greg should just shut the forums down for a couple weeks, let everyone and the weather cool off some.
Posting PhilPug's PM, all over flame war with OSME, insulting Jerry for trying to be a better person, some other stuff that I won't bring up again...
He's been pushing the boundaries of trolling for a long time. I can take the political views, but his post today was a slap in the face to Dork, DHS, and Marc as a firefighter, along with others who haven't posted their personal connections to the attacks. And he did to watch what happened, for his own entertainment, without regard for how others would take it. I don't think it's necessarily the worst he's done, but I can see it being the final straw.
My opinion, nothing more....
Banned for chronic immaturity and it's accompanying insensitivity.
As much as I have the right to think that the GSS persona is a jerk and to either read or not read what he posts on an internet forum, he has the right to comment on an *open* forum as he sees fit as long as no irreparable harm is done by his comments.
:lol: Nice!This affects my life in so few ways that I don't even need any fingers to count.
How would you take this:
"My wife was murdered 8 years ago today."
"Well aren't you glad the idiot jerks convicted the wrong guy and put him to death?"
That's sorta how I read it. It was just a flat out inappropriate place to make the comment, the thread was pretty pure in purpose up to that point. Hawkshot making one of his comments in the thread I would've seen as equally inappropriate.
There are other members (myself included) that get much more political than GSS ever did, on both sides of the fence. If the mods were that quick to ban on political grounds for statements they in that vein, DMC wouldn't have gotten a chance for self-banishment, he would've been gone before I had even joined. Probably 10% of the people on the board would be gone for politics before GSS, even if you assume only half of the people posting that level of politics would actually be banished (i.e., assume only those Greg disagrees with get booted.)
Agreed. Far less attention would be drawn from deleting a few posts and a PM warning that a line was crossed. In a day, nobody would even remember about the deleted posting.Yeah, FULL BLOWN CENSORSHIP. Why not close the forum for good? That'll solve all the problems. Step up to the challenge, bite the lip and this too fades away. It always does.
As someone who has had the pleasure of banning GSS on more then one occasion as well as skiing over 200 days with him in the past 4 years, he is 99.9% harmless. I think you're doing this site a disservice by permanently removing him. His passion for skiing is undeniable, and he really likes posting on AZ. I can't tell you how many times he's said to me "make sure you post that on AZ as well". For those of you that have skied with him can attest (well, besides mondeo maybe, he's got something against GSS apparently) that is is genuinely a nice guy, and will make you laugh constantly. I haven't seen his 9/11 comments, but I can only imagine. When he says something stupid on PASR, we just delete it. Why ban people? Isn't it just easier to delete 1% of his posts and enjoy the other 99%? I hope the administrators here do consider letting him back once the season starts back up.
Difference is GSS did it all the time. This whole thing is a repeat of several past occurances. That's not a mistake, that's just an inconsiderate person. At least that's my take on the matter, I may be wrong.Have you never said something and then realized that it was insensitive or an inappropriate time to say it? I have and I'm glad most people are willing to forgive. At least he didn't just edit his post and pretend it didn't happen, instead he admitted he was and a-hole.
When he says something stupid on PASR, we just delete it.
I had the pleasure of skiing with GSS and you too Atomic Jeff, back on opening day 2007/2008 at Mount Snow. You were both stand up nice guys and excellent skiers too. To tell you the truth due to his posts on this forum, I didn't expect GSS to be so tame in person. He was reserved and actually extremely polite and just an overall fun person that I had the pleasure of spending 1/2 day skiing with.
He adds so much to this forum and makes me laugh almost every day. I really can't see myself visiting the forum without GSS.
Hey, let's vote on it. Who wants GSS back???
That's because he's perpetually baked out of his mind. Not that there's anything wrong with that................![]()
He wasn't stoned when I saw him. He didn't even remotely remind me of a stoner at all. That's just an act of his, probably to get you fired up.
He seemed more quiet and reserved than most guys his age.
I have read a lot of this thread but my eyes are too tired to read the last 4 pages, but I'll say, from my moderating experienceI'm not opposed to temporary bans but when we proposed it, it was met with a fair amount of opposition. Less than 50% of the members supported it, and usually I won't make a policy change unless a clear majority supports it. We'll likely revisit the idea at some point.
Agreed. Far less attention would be drawn from deleting a few posts and a PM warning that a line was crossed. In a day, nobody would even remember about the deleted posting.
Hey, let's vote on it. Who wants GSS back???