Comments | wolvenone: Banned

wolvenone

Banned

Jun 09, 2008 03:22

Well tonight I was banned from the TSA's IRC channel, my place of hangout for about a decade. The reason is, to put it simply, that the admins decided that it was against the rules for me to discuss politics in any way shape or form, once they decided that I figured it was only a matter or time. I'm not going to go into anymore detail beyond ( Read more... )

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viqsi June 9 2008, 14:06:02 UTC

If that's what you believe the reason to be, then I'm very frustrated at the whole affair, because that means that nobody really picked up on anything ( ... )

wolvenone June 9 2008, 17:49:16 UTC

While I am not one to easily change my beliefs, I'm pretty much fine with agreeing to disagree, plus I have a rule not to take differences in opinion personally. Getting emotional over a difference in viewpoints is in my point of view a waste of time and energy ( ... )

viqsi June 9 2008, 20:40:41 UTC

(Due to LJ comment size restrictions, this is a two-part reply. Part 1 is below.)

While I am not one to easily change my beliefs, I'm pretty much fine with agreeing to disagree, plus I have a rule not to take differences in opinion personally. Getting emotional over a difference in viewpoints is in my point of view a waste of time and energy.

That's all well and good so long as you know when it's time to pull out, and in the eyes of many your ability to recognize this has not been adequately demonstrated, unfortunately.

As for last night, basically a political discussion occurred on its own without prompting from me, during which I was almost entirely AFK during the entire affair. I came back, made a comment about there being a politics channel, which I had just opened and was preparing to move the discussion into to avoid violating my probation, and I was then informed that I had just violated my probation and was banned fairly promptly.Hrm. I'd be interested in seeing the chat logs of that, if that's possible. I may ask around. ( ... )

viqsi June 9 2008, 20:41:33 UTC

(This is part 2 of a two-part reply.)

All of that is mostly irrelevant though, it's speculation over inconsequential events in the past and has only little bearing on the future. As it stands I don't feel there is any future on TFchat anymore, the bans looks irreconcilable, and frankly I'm tired of having to put up with unwarranted hit and run quips about my religion and beliefs anyway.

My only regret is not being able to talk to the people I got along well with anymore, Phil, Snow, Morgana, I don't really have any other way of getting in touch with them for a real time conversation, so I will miss them. However I will not miss little comments about the Book of Mormon being fiction, my politics being horrific or my world views being idiotic.

Frankly I don't think anybody should have to put up with that sort of crap, so on some fronts I'm actually a little relieved.I think these events have a tremendous bearing on the future, because I virtually guarantee that if you do not take any important lessons from this then it is going to ( ... )

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