The banning of Phoenix must surely relate to comments he made in the Divine Brown thread, but I don't understand something. The Mod edited two of Phoenix's posts there, and also one of Divine's. Were his posts somehow more offensive than hers? Was he warned first, and then ignored the warning?
It's well known that the TERB family of boards are a for-profit business owned by Fred Zed. Advertisers are given more privileges than other posters, and, in some instances, can have posts deleted or request a no-review policy (it has to be all reviews, not just negative ones). No matter how much anyone complains, that's not likely to change. However, Divine is not an advertiser here. So, what gives? (The moderators on MERB are far more tolerant of minor transgressions than those on TERB and now,it seems, PERB).
Now, Chronic has been banned too. WTF is going on? It's all very well for the Mods to say their decision is final, but when they ban prominent members, detailed explanations should be forthcoming. I doubt that either of these guys posted personal info about the ladies, which is clearly grounds for banning.
I don't have a problem with protecting the ladies (or other posters for that matter) from unwarranted personal attacks, but we're all big boys and girls here, aren't we? Surely we can handle a little flak without running crying to Mommy.