I have banned shahani from the community.

There will be no more chances for him in this community.

Originally posted by shahani
Epidemic, for whatever reasons, US Marines are murdering Iraqi citizens.

Maybe self defence, maybe offensive, maybe fun.

I don't think we will really know.

But if they get out then we will know they are not murdering any more people.

If they don't there'll always be that suspicion that maybe they are killing for target practice or they is bored.

I will not allow him to post such garbage under the guise of free speech. His feelings will not be considered above most of the other people in the forums.

Here is the excerpt from my email with him.
We were talking about my opening his forum account again.
He needed to use the PM system.
> Sounds like a plan. Thanks. What do you mean "You will open my account"? So I can use PMs or open as in OPEN?

To which I replied,
OPEN
if I can cover my butt with Fingers and say you sent me an email promising to stay out of war threads. Or open to all but the community if you can't.
I'm sorry about everything and all the hot tempers etc. I'm sure that if both of us knew what would happen we would have both handled it differently.
I know I would have.

Now I guess I misunderstood. I thought he was saying he would stay out of war threads and not upset so many members with his slander of the US Military.
I guess I was wrong and I made a mistake to ever let him back into the community. I should have just opened his account to the Tech forums only.
I am correcting the mistake I made in trusting his word to be a statement that he would be more considerate of the others when he posted.
Rather than semantics used to mislead me.

I am posting this so you guys know what's going on.

[Fenris Wolf]

I'm new here, I just don't want to get in the middle of things without knowing it, but, just tell me something:

You banned him because you don't agree with him? Just because you can't stan he thinking that about the US?

[]s

[Telexen]

Wow..never knew this was done before...or was ever being considered

[Martoch]

Shahani you big dummy!!!

I do take offense to those statements as a member of the US Military even though Shahani is a good friend of mine...I'm not quite sure why he posts such trash.


You handled it well Surreal...

Tsk Tsk buddy...


FENRIS- There is a long history behind this, too much to explain. PM Surreal if you need further clarification.

[sixf00t4]

wish he would have held his tongue...or keyboard.
but i think he knew the agreement when you so graciously let him back in. sad to see him go, like the great martoch once said... "you handled it well surreal"

[Martoch]

Originally posted by sixf00t4
like the great martoch once said... "you handled it well surreal"

Please, please...

Yep, you still da man sixf00t4!

[Brainchild]

Well after once you would think that if his membersip here had meant anything he would have enough self control to stay out of the politics

Sorry to see ya leave Shahani

Ah, shahani.

Free speech does not mean you can go around hurting others with your words. Sorry to see you banned from posting in IMO Community, but it seems that Surreal has handled this in the best possible way.

Fenris - like Martoch says, it's a long story. But the moral is: TechIMO is a place with a principle of respect for others. Once you cross that line, it's not about your opinion, it's about your behaviour.

IMO
Mick

[Mike]

So is this a permanent ban or a temporary thing?

[Martoch]

Permanent ban if I understand correctly.