Shalom Chaim,
We lost a number of good people during the times that we had, regrettably, crooked moderators practicing taqqiyah and pretending to be our friends at the time--while all the while working to destroy our movement from within. Over the time I have been here a good number of trolls have been banned, but also, in my opinion, several legitimate members whose only, or at least chief, offense was to offend one of the evil moderators. I am going to list four right here whose cases I strongly think should be reopened.
1: Babylonian Jew: He was a weird poster, who constantly made posts about race, but never violated any rules and appeared to support our entire mission. He was banned by Yacov at the behest of Skippy, who claimed that he was a Whorefront member. We all know how that went, needless to say. I think we can all safely conclude that all of Skippy's official decisions should be vacated in full.
2: Iron Greek: I did not know a whole lot about him, but he was banned for making a comment about beating women after being provoked and harassed by Tina as well. Although battery is no laughing matter, I think we would unanimously conclude now that we should consider the context of why he said what he did.
3: ScotcH: He was another somewhat oddball poster, and I remember he was disciplined a few times for making some nasty attacks against blacks, but he stopped it. I do not remember who actually banned him--possibly Shlomo (then Jeffguy), but I do remember the circumstances. Sarah the Muslim started a thread flaming him for no reason and he was banned when he tried to defend himself. I disagreed with this from the beginning.
4: FOTL: This surely will be the most controversial person. Yes, I know he constantly made batty posts, comments, and threads, but what is undeniable is that he had a heart of gold for our cause and completely supported all that we did. He never once responded to everyone's attacks on him (and they were many), and although mentally unstable, he maintained a constant spirit of support for Kahanism and our goals.
Shlomo banned FOTL at the lobbying of Anus-T, who had long had a personal vendetta against him because he would not support his Crusades-style Christian jihadist outlook. Unfortunately, in those days, Anus was very persuasive and had a lot of sway with Chaim, Jeffguy, and others. I am not denying that Fruit did a lot of inappropriate things, but it is undeniable that the atmosphere of hate towards him was magnified tremendously by Allen.
I know full well that most all of the mods will disagree with me here, but just please read this and consider it. I propose that we exercise mercy towards Fruit considering that he is genuinely mentally ill (he has bipolar disorder), and has acknowledged this fully. However, I don't advocate that we just let him back on. I think Yacov or another admin should approach him privately and ask if he would be willing to abide by the forum rules if given a second chance. We could then take it from there.
I request that all of the administrators would prayerfully deliberate in all of these cases, and consider the individual facts and merits separately and come to the best possible conclusions with each. I definitely think that all of the above either got a raw deal, or merit another opportunity to prove themselves.
Chaimfan.
Topic: How about inviting some old members back who were banned? (Read 7075 times)