As you know, our new Charter states:
In this case, SF protested to the Rangers that Solictr sent him a series of highly abusive PMs. What was in those PMs was something that none of us would tolerate in the public forums, and was especially egregious when posted in private.
Quote: However, the Rangers are also charged with ensuring that the culture of respect is maintained, in those rare instances where simple member-moderation is not sufficient. Rangers have broad discretion to take whatever actions they deem necessary to accomplish that goal, including but not limited to editing posts, moving posts or threads to the "Bike Racks" forum where disputes are to take place, or, if necessary, restricting members' rights to post in one or more forums.
Though members may think that they are free to abuse other members while cloaked in a "right to privacy", no such right is explicitly extended by our new charter. And as you all have seen from past famous examples, emails are never guaranteed to be private. When you say things in private, by email or PM, that are too ugly to say in public, there is always the chance that someone will leak that PM or email.
I did not give Solicitr a warning, because he has been told many times to back off his attacking style. I was concerned that if I gave him only a warning, he might retaliate in public or private.
I will not repeat all of the PMs. The most recent one was this:
The only reason I did not ban Solicitr outright is that I have only SF's word that Solicitr actually wrote these PMs. Rangers do not have the ability to look through private messages. The only way I would be able to verify that people have actually received unacceptable PMs is if the people abused allowed me (and the other rangers) to log on as them with their passwords and look through their private messages.
Quote: Weak, peasant, weak. Typical Leftard response. We can censor you! We rule! This is a logical argument? nobody (in our little 'pinhead clique) likes you' and 'The mods at HoF (who won't tolerate opposing opinions) exercised their power to silence.'
Yes, the rabble always resent their betters.
The fact remains, you are a malignant mental midget who knows nothing about anything, and prove it loudly every day. To call you a clown would insult Barnum and Bailey. No wonder you are such a union booster- without 'em you would never have been allowed to impersonate a teacher for years, even in a system as wretched as Detroit's.
BTW, 'people' implies human beings, which you are not. I certainly have no need to justify my intellect or attainments to such as you; especially since your muddy mind would be unable to comprehend them.
But have no fear: even though in general I'm inclined to make allowances for the mentally handicapped, when we take our country back from the Ogabe regime I will see to it that you are one of the first against the wall.
Once it has been determined what actually happened, outright banning may be warranted.
Solicitr is reminded that:
Quote: Any member who is restricted from posting in one or more forum for longer than two weeks time can request that the action be ratified or rejected by a vote of the whole membership, with a simple majority prevailing.