GBM Banning

[OTBn]

Gotsome has decided that Moron's posts were "objective." His opinions like everything else in the thread are "subjective" based on individual beliefs.

Well, props to Moderator for splitting out the earlier thread and leaving this one up/open:

The objective, subjective plays prominently in this discussion. GBM laid down a challenge by offering comment on the actions taken by Israel… it was in response to the (BcMod) delete of an earlier post. His “let’s see what happens to this post” was a pecker measuring game – that he lost.

Was the banning a result of the challenge (to authority) or the post content? If the banning was the result of the authority challenge, then a banning is warranted; however, 6 months is extreme. If the banning was the result of the post content then objectivity has been lost. Many (of us) following that thread would agree with what GBM wrote – many wouldn’t. Frankly, it was rather tame in relation to what’s written on many “political boards”. Political posturing on a hooker board seems strange – censoring political posturing on a hooker board seems stranger.

 

[shedevil]

I always really enjoyed reading his posts.

I didn't read the post in question, as I really don't care for political debates. Not on a fuckin' smut board anyways. There are better places to carry on these conversations.

6 Months is a bit much IMO. 6 Months with no George. Shedevil is sad.

SD

 

[totravel]

GBM has a rather prickly personality, which he ultimately paid a price for.
I always read his posts, because he put more effort into them than most. His sense of humor, though often sharply barbed, was very entertaining.
After a layoff, he started to contribute reviews in an inimitable style that often revealed just what a self-confessed asshole he could be. He never sugarcoated any examples of rude or boorish behavior in those reviews.
His having an SP for a SO certainly put him in a unique position to provide insight most of us don`t have.
https://perb.cc/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=46190
I believe the above poll was the first sign of the impending collision with authority that was inevitable.
I hope I haven`t just delivered his eulogy on this Board.

 

[Bartdude]

Guys - he got banned for being an asshole to the mods. Perhaps it's not the first time, I dunno. Maybe they're just trying to ensure it doesn't become a habit. Obviously they are trying to send a message that it's not acceptable.

 

[CJ Tylers]

Funny, there was a time was *was* a mod.... don't know if his mod account is still active or not...

 

[PeterLongwood]

Guys - he got banned for being an asshole to the mods. Perhaps it's not the first time, I dunno. Maybe they're just trying to ensure it doesn't become a habit. Obviously they are trying to send a message that it's not acceptable.

As you correctly quoted Don Cherry:

"If ya mess wit da bull, ya gets da horns...."

 

[50 Mile Radius]

Never read the thread, don't give a flying fuck.....

Bottom line for me is this.....PERB isn't a decmocracy. Mods have a job to do.

Play nice with the herd or go play elsewhere. There is a whole other shithole for people that have prooven they can't play nice.

 

[Avery]

It seemed pretty obvious to me that GBM was pushing the envelope, especially in the last week.

IMO, his final post crossed the line from legitimate political opinion into racism. Prior to that, in the DATO thread, when Maggie Belair gave him a mild shot about his handle containing the word "moron", he responded, not with wit, but with witless vitriol and name-calling.

His apparent racism and vitriol were pretty new to his posts, though. For some reason, he seems to have decided to be as outrageous as possible. He surely knew he would be banned eventually, although he probably didn't think it would be for six months. Another poster was recently banned for racism, but that ban was for one month. I suspect GBM's much longer ban was for an accumulation of offences.

In a way, it's too bad, because he was generally an intelligent poster, even if I often found his views to be at odds with mine. However, it seems he got what he wanted.

 

[Maury Beniowski]

Never read the thread, don't give a flying fuck.....

Bottom line for me is this.....PERB isn't a democracy. Mods have a job to do.

Play nice with the herd or go play elsewhere. There is a whole other shithole for people that have prooven they can't play nice.

Ouch! Your thoughts will certainly ripple "elsewhere", where subterfuge reigns supreme, and logical thinking is almost nonexistent.

(Boy, am I gonna get it now...)

The hard, cold truth is that after a few weeks or a month, the board doesn't miss you, doesn't remember you. People will move on. They will in this case too.

Yea, I suffer nightmares fearing the day when I shall permanently cross the threshold into the real world...

 

[LeBeau]

The hard, cold truth is that after a few weeks or a month, the board doesn't miss you, doesn't remember you. People will move on. They will in this case too.

I disagree, I miss several of the Perberts who've left or been banned that had strong personalities. There were several I enjoyed, despite at time being over the edge.

GBM had a strong personality. But for goddamn sure, he wasn't boring. I'd rather live two weeks as a Tiger than a life time as a Sheep.

My suggestion, reduce the suspension to a few days and welcome GBM back. He was a hoot!

Hell, who wants to be nice all of the time. It's like doing all the decent things while on earth, you make it to heaven and there's beautiful woman with a big smile waiting for yer ass but she ain't got a pussy.

 

[nowayjose]

Mods

As I don't know what he did to get 6 months it's impossible to comment on whether it's too light or heavy of a sentance. I can say that GBM's posts and other's replies were always entertaining to me. Banning him means less revisiting threads to see what kind of shit GBM stirred up which means less ads served up to me. Just a thought. Keeping a few shit disturbers around keeps things entertaining. I hope you can find a way to shorten his ban simply because I will miss him.

 

[stryker]

Keeping a few shit disturbers around keeps things entertaining. I hope you can find a way to shorten his ban simply because I will miss him.

Hey nowayjose,,come on now,,the only shit disturber on here is me damit!!!

 

[wilde]

I did read the offending post by GBM before it was taken down. I didn't think anything of it at the time. In fact, I don't even recall exactly what he said now. I sure didn't expect him to get 6 months for unsportsman like conduct. It was a taunt to see how far he could push the envelope no doubt, but 6 months seems a little too harsh.

Like some others, I will miss his posts. And that 1,000 post has eluded me once again.

 

[westwoody]

I also read the post, I remember the line "let's see what happens to this post", but nothing else. The content of the post was less significant than the challenge to the moderator.

 

[hitrack]

I remember a poster at work that went like this..... no one gets ahead by losing their head. And there was a picture of some guy throwing a vase at the TV because the cat was on top blocking the picture, then the next frame showd the guy handing out money to the TV repairman with a uber sad face.

To bad GBM didn't see that poster aswell.

 

[gotsome2004]

I did read the offending post by GBM before it was taken down. I didn't think anything of it at the time. In fact, I don't even recall exactly what he said now. I sure didn't expect him to get 6 months for unsportsman like conduct. It was a taunt to see how far he could push the envelope no doubt, but 6 months seems a little too harsh.

Like some others, I will miss his posts. And that 1,000 post has eluded me once again.

All he did was list in gruesome detail the casualty list of Palestinian and Lebanese civilians as a result of the Israeli bombing campaign. He merely asserted the human tragedy that has befallen these unfortunate people as suffering human beings, and for that he was banned. Israeli propagandists and Jewish apologists can't allow us to see Palestinian and Lebanese as human beings.

 

[Claptix]

As someone who was very active in previous boards where I had lived, I initially expected to be very active on this board. However, very early on with PERB, I found that many more people were banned on this site than SF Redbook and that the mods here have a much heavier hand in getting involved. So, for the most part, I decided to take a lower profile and simply post some reviews. I find censorship deplorable. However, I respect this is someone's board and they have the right to choose censorship. I will continue to post reviews but I can not see getting overly involved in more intense conversations on PERB. It is not an environment that is very open to this. Now, as for GBM, he has been around here for a long time and I am sure he knew that banning is common here and knew the risk he was taking.

 

[Lurker 123]

I disagree, I miss several of the Perberts who've left or been banned that had strong personalities. There were several I enjoyed, despite at time being over the edge.

GBM had a strong personality. But for goddamn sure, he wasn't boring. I'd rather live two weeks as a Tiger than a life time as a Sheep.

My suggestion, reduce the suspension to a few days and welcome GBM back. He was a hoot!

I second that!
GBM thus has many intelligent posts.Is unfortunately he couldn't control his opinion or emotion and made a fatal mistake of crossing the boundary! I think 6 months is a bit harsh !However,I didn't know what he had written that caused him that trouble!

 

[planetsmurf]

The hard, cold truth is that after a few weeks or a month, the board doesn't miss you, doesn't remember you. People will move on. They will in this case too.

i agree with methos in the end very few people will ever have a lasting effect on this board because someone always comes on and replaces them. member vancourverman and maverik73 they were both major contributors to the board until they left and now its like they were never here. you may here the odd person(like me) make mention of them but in the end everybody is replacable.

 

[wildonion]

The Moderators own the board & will do exactly what they want with it.

They've shown their reactionary politics, so it makes perfect sense they'd come down on anyone who opposes their right wing fantasy world.

War is the only answer in their world view... whether directly by the US or by one of its puppet states... so if you disagree w/ a Mod you get what's coming to you.

why the Shurb & his rabid supporters will never stop supporting Israel or war in the Mideast... they have an unquenchable thirst for...