With regard to the following charges, the jury rules as follows:
1) "A temporary ban of specified duration can be imposed for persistent posting of objectionable content......"
The jury is split, not because any jurors condone hal's behavior, but because some question the applicability of this particular section of the charter. However, the point is rendered moot by the fact that the behavior in question is covered under items 3 and 4 below.
2) "To refrain from using PM capability to harrass other members of the board."
Once again, the jury is split. Despite this, the majority agree that a warning is appropriate due to the fact that some of the recipients of the PM had previously asked hal not to contact them. Any further PM's to such members should be deemed harassment and immediately dealt with as such.
3) Interfering with others' right "...to post free of disruptions caused by the personal disputes of others."
Guilty by unanimous decision.
4) Misuse/abuse of the Bike Racks
Guilty by majority decision.
Penalties
The jury was split 3-3 as to the duration of the penalty to be imposed. The charter states that in the absence of a majority, the lesser penalty considered shall be implemented. By that rule, the jury rules that hal shall:
A) Receive a three month ban from b77.
B) For the three months following his return from the ban:
---1) Be banned from the Symposium.
------ a. Replying to threads from the Symp outside of it would count as breaking the ban.
---2) Be required to put the poster sauronsfinger (SF) on ignore and
------ a. not reply to him
------ b. post towards him
------ c. post about him (even obliquely - i.e. "a certain poster" or "the poster I must not name")
---3) Following the three month Required ignore, he shall be put on a three month parole with the poster SF. If, at any time during those three months, the rangers or three or more posters feel that a personal dispute that may disrupt the board again has started, a three month required ignore of SF can be reinstated to be followed by another three month parole. Hal shall be allowed no more than three such paroles. If he breaks all three, he shall be required to put SF on a permanent ignore and follow the rules outlined under 2) as above.
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It is a myth that coercion is necessary in order to force people to get along together, but it is a persistent myth because it feeds a desire many people have. That desire is to be able to justify hurting people who have done nothing other than offend them in some way.
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