Oh, it is so very simple, Skybird. Go to the SubSim Review comments forum and read the Brig and Keelhauling FAQs. In it, it is specfically stated that petitions and pleas regarding banning will not be tolerated. It is clearly stated. The Dowly thread was heading in that direction.

Now, there is no stated regulation regarding the question of why X thread was closed. Accordingly, this thread may remain open, so long as we refrain from calling people names and antagonizing each other. Thus far, we are okay. Furthermore, this is giving people an opportunity to clear the air, and to correct members so that they may behave according to the rules, preventing future lockings and bannings in the process. This helps to improve the overall quality of the postings on SubSim.

There's more to moderating than locking threads, you know. However, if the discussion degenerates, you may have your wish.

Well said, Oberon. The only valuable contribution in this thread.

Happy Times-please reread both treads.You will get a clear answer.I'm not going to start an argue any more.If I confessed you what I think I would probably joined Dowly.And-I appologise you for the "shotgun & brain" comment it Pope thread.I was pis*ed off. I'm waiting for Chock's response in Irving's case unless some Mod closes this thread.(I hope they won't)
AL- I know what you meant-and don't give me **** right now.Btw-you got a very specific way of evaluating-why other conc.camps aren't as evil as Auschwitz? How about Dachau(Germany), Riga(Estonia) etc.Why they aren't so bad?

SUFFAH!
I never said the others were any less evil. I was not the first one to bring up the subject of Auschwitz nor of disdain for Israel's flag. Try placing things in the context they were written in or do you revise 4 day old topics like you revise holocaust history?

Jesus wept, why do things get to hostile so fast?! Take your little damn tiffs to PM!

AL-the word "evilest" means "the most evil".While saying this you were probably aware of the existence of several Conc.camps all over the Europe. By saying "evilest" you made an evaluation:this was the most evil.As simple as ABC. The same question why auschwitz was the evilest? Maybe because of "Polish crew" ?
I was never revising the Holocaust history-I've only mentioned Irving's theory which DOES NOT question the Holocaust existence.

Only one problem, fool. Go back to the locked thread and you will find my exact words were: "flying over one of the evilest places in history".

Comprende?

Enough of this.Mr. Mod-I demand that you punish AL.I don't care how.This is the second time she insulted me PERSONALLY.If you don't-you'd better ban me coz I'm going to pay her off.

The Avon Lady- JUST STFU!

oh man:rotfl:
im gonna go grab my self some popcorn
anybody else want some ?:rotfl: :rotfl:

See, the latest exchange is why I say it was a stupid idea to let this second thread continue at the point where the first (pope) thread was locked. Kranz neither knows the limits, nor cares for the appropriate tone and wording neither there, nor here. If one canot see that this second thread was meant as a provocation, I cannot help it.

Sorry for the delay. I was doing small things, like sleeping, eating and occassionally using the bathroom. PMs on the way.

Thanks, Tak.

Avon Lady 10 days in the Brig for "I just wanna piss off some folks." It's woprking. Every time there's a fire in GT I see you standing in a pile of burned matches. I thought for a moment you had mastered the situation by pointing out you meant "Auschwitz", not Poland in general, but you had to follow up by calling Kranze a "fool".

Kranz 10 days in the Brig for "JUST STFU!" and "you'd better ban me coz I'm going to pay her off." whatever the hell that means... it sounds like a threat, so don't pick up where you left off when you return, mate.

We don't like to lock threads or ban members, and we recognize some new members will come into the Subsim forum and still act the way folks act in many other Internet forums--harsh, rude, and excessively sarcastic. The first time in the Brig should make it clear, we mean to keep a civil

Tak took the right action closing the Ferret thread. Usually with a first offense the Brig is meant to be taken lightly, as a friendly warning. It's our way of saying, "Hey, that's not allowed, but we undertand everyone makes mistakes. So, grab a potato peeler and we'll save your seat for you." In those cases, we don't mind a playful protest.

In Dowly's case, he has been warned and warned, and warned on numerous occasions. I've asked him as a friend not to lose his cool, but he keeps winding up in the Brig. And this latest episode was way over the line. What he did is not funny, at all. If you are one of Dowly's mates, I suggest you turn that petition energy into working with Dowly and getting the point across that we (you, me, and everyone on this forum) will not accept multiple obscenity-laced posts just because Dowly gets angry.

I've e-mailed him twice, he's more unhappy with his meltdown that he is with his ban. Let it be.

thanks,
Neal