Author Topic: Where's Blackburn? (Read 2977 times)

Lo.Com.Denom · « **on:** June 15, 2006, 01:55:26 PM »

Well, just noticed that he's not around, so where is he?

Don't tell me he got kicked off...

Or worse, got a social life and stopped posting! Nobody desearves that!

Preacherman · « **Reply #1 on:** June 15, 2006, 04:14:47 PM »

He is no longer with us.

Antibubba · « **Reply #2 on:** June 15, 2006, 05:29:24 PM »

Does that mean exile, sabbatical, or dirt nap?

Gewehr98 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 15, 2006, 05:41:27 PM »

Do an online search for his posts here on APS. Under his username, you'll get your answer.

Sindawe · « **Reply #4 on:** June 15, 2006, 06:02:54 PM »

I see he got bounced, but don't really understand the reason. Oh well, just another of lifes little mysteries I guess.

Antibubba · « **Reply #5 on:** June 16, 2006, 02:45:15 AM »

Well, Gewehr, I did the search, and I don't see any cause for removal. What was I supposed to find?

280plus · « **Reply #6 on:** June 16, 2006, 03:26:43 AM »

IMHO he consistently detracted from the board. He was more of a liability than an asset when it came to the overall scope of APS. I can see where Preacher took offense to his last post. There was no need for it. It served no purpose other than to just spout unnecessary BS. We may all do that at times but he was a bit excessive. Too bad, underneath it all he seemed like a bright kid. Maybe that's why he lasted so long. He was given chances to cool it but never took any of them.

Preacherman · « **Reply #7 on:** June 16, 2006, 04:25:54 AM »

I should point out that here at APS, banning is very much a weapon of last resort. I don't think we've banned more than five or six members in all the time we've been operating. Unfortunately, some folks insist on pushing the limits right up to (and occasionally over) the line of simple common decency and mutual courtesy. In each case, Oleg and I will discuss it, and perhaps bring in others for a broader range of opinion. Only when there is no other alternative will someone's membership be terminated.

We'd hoped to avoid it altogether on APS, trusting our members to keep one another up to a high standard. 99% of the time, that works. The other 1% . . . well, that's when we have our job to do.

K Frame · « **Reply #8 on:** June 16, 2006, 05:29:22 AM »

"IMHO he consistently detracted from the board."

HEY! That's MY job!

Looks to me like this thread was the root of all evil...

http://armedpolitesociety.com/viewtopic.php?id=3386

Winston Smith · « **Reply #9 on:** June 16, 2006, 05:32:21 AM »

Your post doesn't mention notification of infractions, but I'll assume that took place.

The only thing I can see wrong about his last post is that he didn't put "Warning adult content on it." I don't think that in and of itself is ban-worthy but I can see how that added to many other things could warrant some admin action.

My impression of this place was an anti-roundtable, or at least how roundtable was near the end. A place where we could discuss what we wanted WITHOUT heavy moderation, where we would all police ourselves and be responsible for our own actions. This situation with blackburn on the surface seems to contradict my impression.

I'm not trying to stir up trouble, I'm just curious to find out whether my impression was wrong or this place is changing.

Edited to add: and I genuinely enjoyed his posts.

Preacherman · « **Reply #10 on:** June 16, 2006, 08:27:39 AM »

No, Winston, you're not wrong, and this place is not changing. Oleg and I moderate here as little as possible, preferring to let members keep one another in line. Interestingly, everyone who's been banned here (very, very few, as I mentioned before) was the subject of complaints to us by other members before the deed was done. We trust APS members to keep a high standard here without our active assistance - most of the time, we're right.

Ex-MA Hole · « **Reply #11 on:** June 16, 2006, 09:01:47 AM »

I'm a little confused.

I tend to be a sick individual. I'm warped. I can swear and be vulgar with the best of them.

I saw the his post (the one linked above) when he posted it. My first reaction was that this dude most have been drunk. Reaction #2 was that this dude needs to go bye-bye.

If I want cheap talk, Audiworld Off Topic does the trick.

Folks, this was started because WE couldn't behave. This site is for us to come here and talk like ADULTS. You know, have "Grown-up" conversations.

Get you heads out of your "What about the 1st ammendment" butts. This is a PRIVATE forum for us to come and behave and talk to others that we may not have a chance to meet otherwise.

Aside from being an idiot, what practical purpose could that post have had? He was trying to stir up trouble. Let's stop playing dumb. He got what he was asking for.

LET ME FURTHER SAY- I am not perfect, and I make mistakes, too. I am not preaching.

Ok. Yes I am. I'm having a bad day. Sorry.

K Frame · « **Reply #12 on:** June 16, 2006, 09:13:41 AM »

My two favorite banned individuals?

Masterpiece Arms.com and Lifer.

Wonderous "debaters," those two!

USP45usp · « **Reply #13 on:** June 16, 2006, 01:56:27 PM »

I remember masterpiece. Strange fellow that. Didn't know lifer.

This may sound stupid, what is an IM?

Wayne

Ex-MA Hole · « **Reply #14 on:** June 16, 2006, 03:05:48 PM »

Instant Message. Sorry, but that is the extent of my knowledge on the subject.

Antibubba · « **Reply #15 on:** June 18, 2006, 04:28:11 AM »

Well, Preach, I'm not going to question it too deeply-it may be the first and last board I check each day, but I'm not invested in it the same way you are.

Sergeant Bob · « **Reply #16 on:** June 18, 2006, 05:47:18 AM »

Preacherman, I admire your restraint.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #17 on:** June 19, 2006, 07:49:35 PM »

Quote from: Sergeant Bob

Preacherman, I admire your restraint.

Now if you could show some where puns are concerned. Tongue

Preacherman · « **Reply #18 on:** June 20, 2006, 03:36:43 AM »

Well, I could always start posting limericks to vary the tone a little . . . Cheesy

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #19 on:** June 20, 2006, 03:39:35 AM »

And we banned Blackburn?

K Frame · « **Reply #20 on:** June 20, 2006, 04:51:31 AM »

"And we banned Blackburn?"

Nah, this entire thread has been a dream within a dream...

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #21 on:** June 20, 2006, 08:41:32 AM »

For Mike in Rio Linda, I'll translate my comment:

With Preacherman's bad puns and threats of limericks, we banned Blackburn rather than Preacherman? What were we thinking?

Preacherman · « **Reply #22 on:** June 20, 2006, 09:19:23 AM »

It's good to be the King . . .

cheesy

K Frame · « **Reply #23 on:** June 20, 2006, 10:11:13 AM »

And for Fisful in Fantasy Land, I'll translate MY comment...

Where do the most series of improbable things happen?

In dreams...

peteinct · « **Reply #24 on:** June 20, 2006, 10:13:25 AM »

There once was a man called the Preacher
A sage, a guru, a teacher
his puns made us sigh
and then made us cry
a punster's an asocial creature

pete

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Author Topic: Where's Blackburn? (Read 2977 times)