Everybody,
It is said that the greatest judge of a character is how a man is treated while he is down. The last two days have proven to be a veritable treasure trove of data in regards to this forum. I won't name names unless absolutely necessary, but everybody knows who they are.
I was going to await Chaim's judgment on me, but my disgust at some of the mischaracterizations and darn near complete lies being perpetuated against me by certain individuals who absolutely should know better reached a boiling-point threshhold and I believe I have every right to defend myself from wanton tarring.
1: F-bomb: Yes, this was absolutely true and Jeffguy warned me about it, and I apologized and duly stopped. This was a poor and indefensible choice on my part and I did not defend it once, and for this to be used as ammunition against me when the matter was dealt with long ago is nothing less than backstabbing.
2: "Missionizing"?!? As said before, I would not name names unless absolutely obligatory and unavoidable. A: When Sarah was a MUSLIM and PUBLICLY VOICED wanting to leave her faith, yes, I did send her a series of messages about Christianity. She told me she did not like this and shortly thereafter Yacov posted a warning against missionizing. Needless to say, I stopped immediately. The matter has been dead for close to three months. B: RationalThought sent me a long series of questions about Christianity, and I did my best to answer them. After a while I mostly stopped--not because I did not like to reply or talk about my faith, but because the volume and frequency of his PMs to me exceeded my ability to answer them in a quality manner.
At no point was I ever warned by anybody about so-called "missionizing", and this is a complete and utter lie being used to slander and destroy my standing with Chaim and the rest of the forum.
3: Fruit of thy Loins: I disapproved of the way Allen handled the banning and very publicly voiced it. Then Chaim let it be known he must be banned and I made a thread, which is still here, apologizing to Allen and letting it be known I accept without reservation Chaim's judgment. How this was a violation of the rules is beyond me.
4: Rabbi Ovadia Yosef: Again, Chaim told me to stop attacking him and I did.
If I deserve to be banned for my recent posts, which are clearly NOT calls for members to rape Muslims, so be it. I will completely respect Chaim if he decides I should be banned for this incident with no complaint or bitterness of any form. However, I will lash out against treacherous backstabs and blindsides against me. It is profoundly hypocritical for members to suddenly and unanimously declare that I am evil and reprehensible (with me unable to defend myself) for comments made about Muslims and then turn around and level attacks against me that I am pretty certain also violate the rules of the forum.
BANNEDFAN