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Please vote to either Ratify or Reject the Ranger’s decision to impose a six month ban on hal.
Poll ended at Thu 11 Jun , 2009 10:31 pm
I vote to ratify the decision of the Rangers.
  
89% [ 40 ]
I vote to reject the decision of the Rangers.
  
11% [ 5 ]
Total votes: 45
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Eruname
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Posted: Thu 04 Jun , 2009 10:31 pm
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As of June 4, 2009, halplm has been put on a 6 month ban by the current Rangers for violating the terms of his prior Jury ruling and continuing to post in a confrontational manner. The following section of the Charter gives hal a means of contesting this decision:
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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.
The Rangers have received an email from hal asking for such a vote.

You are being asked to either Ratify or Reject the Ranger’s decision to impose a six month ban on hal. Please vote accordingly:

1. I vote to ratify the decision of the Rangers.
2. I vote to reject the decision of the Rangers.

Per the terms of the Charter, this vote will remain open for a period of one week. The poll will close on Thursday June 11 at approximately 23:30 GMT Standard time. At that point a simple majority of votes will prevail.

Thank you for your cooperation.

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Holbytla
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Posted: Thu 04 Jun , 2009 11:14 pm
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Ok this is going to sound weird coming from me, but I find myself in the position of not being able to support this decision.
I have had a long contentious history with hal and I am fully aware of what he is capable of. I have witnessed his recent behavior and I could easily see he was heading off the cliff once again. Of all people, I would expect myself to be the last one to go against this decision, but I want to vote how I think is fair.

The trouble I have is I think the punishment doesn't fit the crime. I think it is too harsh for what he actually did.
I've read all of the back and forths he was involved in again and I did see the way he tried to skirt around his conditions of reinstatement.
I also saw many willing people become involved with his back and forth instead of just ignoring his rants. Certainly I have been very guilty of the same in the past, so I do understand.

The whole thing just seems a bit heavy handed at this juncture. Granted I think it would have happened eventually and I know full well people have had their fill of that type of behavior from him, so I don't expect much in the way of benefit of the doubt. It just seems to me he is more being punished for his aggregate behavior than anything he did recently and I think the 6 month term is too harsh.

I didn't want to just vote no without some type of explanation, so there it is.

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Posted: Thu 04 Jun , 2009 11:17 pm
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I'm through with mercy and second chances for hal. He's had plenty. The outcome never changes.

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Holbytla
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Posted: Thu 04 Jun , 2009 11:21 pm
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I understand that and I wasn't trying to be merciful. I was just trying to base my decision in this specific incident.

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Riverthalos
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Posted: Thu 04 Jun , 2009 11:24 pm
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At the same time though, he had terms laid down for him by his jury. He tried to weasel around them and showed no signs of correcting himself when his hands were slapped. I doubt that this second banning is going to teach him anything either; I fully expect that in six months he'll come back and we'll be doing this all over again. But it'll be six months without having to do the halplm tango and I'm all for that.

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yovargas
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Posted: Fri 05 Jun , 2009 12:01 am
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Holbytla wrote:
It just seems to me he is more being punished for his aggregate behavior than anything he did recently
Correct. And exactly appropriate IMO.
Real courts often do the same, if I'm not mistaken.


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tolkienpurist
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Posted: Fri 05 Jun , 2009 12:09 am
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Holbytla wrote:
It just seems to me he is more being punished for his aggregate behavior than anything he did recently
I think this is correct. I don't think that his recent behavior, taken out of context, would justify a six month ban. Put differently, if any member of this board with no disciplinary history posted as he did, I think six months would be excessive. However, I don't think that we have to view hal's recent behavior divorced from context.

By analogy: Someone with no driving violations who is over 21 in the United States may drive with a BAC of 0.06 (for instance). However, someone who has had a DUI will not be permitted to drive with ANY alcohol in their bloodstream for a period of time; because they broke the rules once, we consider it fair to hold them to a higher standard for a period of time (usually a year, in many jurisdictions.) After they've completed that "probationary" period, they are again subject to the same standards as the rest of us. But, if they again drive >0.08, they're going to face much stiffer penalties than a first-time offender. If they do it four or five times, their license will be revoked for ten years.

hal is like a tenth time DUI offender who has been arrested for an eleventh time for driving with some alcohol in his bloodstream, after being ordered not to drive after drinking period. Sure, he's in trouble for 0.06, where the rest of us would be allowed to skate with that BAC. But that's the downside of repeatedly breaking the rules. Those second, third, fourth, twentieth chances come with stricter conditions attached.

hal will come back in six months, and he will do exactly the same thing again, and the Rangers will be foolish if they do not seize that opportunity to ban him permanently. hal will be satisfied with no less.

ETA LOL, cross-posted with yov and River, who made both of my points in fewer words.


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Holbytla
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Posted: Fri 05 Jun , 2009 12:37 am
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He was banned one other time.
He had a forum ban way back when for a month.
IMO 6 months for that is too harsh.
But I didn't really want to get into all of this and debate or try and sway people.
I just just didn't want to post a blank no without an explanation.

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Posted: Fri 05 Jun , 2009 5:02 am
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Holbytla wrote:
I just just didn't want to post a blank no without an explanation.
Well, somebody did! ;)

I do not think the terms are too harsh and of course his prior behavior is going to be taken into consideration. Repeat offenders get a harsher sentence.

Hal made absolutely NO effort to change the behavior that got him banned in the first place. On the contrary, he came back with both guns drawn and lookin' for bear. And when people tried to engage him, he continued his antagonistic behavior. Given his history, I think the 6 months ban is lenient.


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laureanna
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Posted: Fri 05 Jun , 2009 5:40 am
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At vison's request, I have removed my comments about hal.

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Posted: Fri 05 Jun , 2009 7:48 am
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I'm not going to vote in the poll because I simply have not seen Hal's posts anywhere - and that is a function of where I hang out and how far (not) I wander around B77. I would not have known that he was back, or that he has been posting, or that he has been posting disruptively, if I hadn't happened upon this very thread. And...I think I've still got Hal (and SF, for that matter) on my list of 'don't let me read'.

I realise I could do some research on recent happenings and thereby acquire enough information to make an informed decision on this, but that would require me to read objectionable material - which is something that I've studiously been avoiding for months (that's why I don't know what's been going on in the conflict zones).

So, I don't object to the action, or the poll, or the discussion, but I don't feel qualified to vote on it.

I just felt the need to explain that, in case there is any debate on the statistics later. I'm not a conscientious objector, I'm just ignorant (deliberately so).

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Posted: Fri 05 Jun , 2009 8:50 am
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Let me come in here, not to defend my or the other Rangers' decisions but to say that I don't have any problem with anyone who disagrees with it. Everyone is entitled to a view about it and to express that view.

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Posted: Fri 05 Jun , 2009 3:02 pm
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I wish people would just vote. I respect Holbytla's reasons but see no point in him posting them. If he hadn't told us how he voted, we'd never know. Same for everyone else.

I really hope this thread doesn't evolve into one where everyone says what they think of the poster in question. First, he can't respond, and second, it's divisive to the board.

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Posted: Fri 05 Jun , 2009 5:56 pm
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Wow. That was tricky.

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Posted: Sun 07 Jun , 2009 6:31 pm
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Voted. Thanks!

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Posted: Tue 09 Jun , 2009 7:48 pm
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Easiest Vote Ever.


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Posted: Wed 10 Jun , 2009 8:29 pm
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Just wanted to post a quick thought here re: the optional two-part process for bans - i.e. that someone subject to a Ranger-imposed ban may decide whether or not to put it to a boardwide vote. I remember some people asking, "Why not cut straight to the vote?" I think the current system is better. I don't expect a lot of us will potentially be subject to bans. However, if I was in that situation, I would prefer the discretion of a quiet, Ranger-imposed ban rather than a week in which every member of the board got to weigh in on my status. I suspect that others may feel the same. I think it's better to give the "ban-ee" the option, as the current system does. /two cents


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I agree, and I'd add that it also prevents a week of drama.

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yovargas
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Posted: Thu 11 Jun , 2009 9:28 pm
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Can this be taken down now?


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Riverthalos
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Posted: Thu 11 Jun , 2009 9:33 pm
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Please?

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