Edit: sorry Newf - didn't mean to post this to you. Just getting my feet wet in here.
OK guys, here's my take on this banning deal:
Life's not fair and neither is BT. Boycotting is not gonna do doodly squat. There was a bunch of people there when I arrived and a lot of them are now gone. Some have left and come back. We're all just numbers to them and soon forgotten to all but the people we've met personally and the few others that spend way too much time there. If we become negative numbers rather than positive, we're gonna get booted. It's infinitely more important to us for BT to be the way we want than it is to Taunton. The Woodshed is more than likely just a burr under their saddle as it brings absolutely nothing to their mission. They gave us a sandbox and we pooped in it.
Now they've decided to house train us, but they've lost patience and we've developed really bad habits. They decided to take a couple of us out and shoot 'em to make the rest toe the line. I'm guessing that's the reason for the un-evenhandedness of the banishments. Seems to be working. Buttkickski decided to kill himself rather than letting them do it. The result was the same.
Bosshog doesn't know why he got banned. But they've told us creative spelling will not be tolerated. Maybe Ron didn't get the memo, but I knew to cut it out.
I've not had any quarrels with the Tavern since I figured out how to use the "ignore thread" function. If a thread is started by one of the 10 or so copy and paste artists operating, I just ignore the thread. If there's a pissing match going on thats starting to bore me, I never see it again. I read the paper everyday, but I skip the articles that don't interest me. Same deal.
The main thing that bothers me is the lack of communication about how long you're banned. I'm guessing that has pissed you off more than the actual banning. I'm hoping they do the right thing and contact the banned and let them know their sentence. It's starting to look like Guantanamo Bay.
I've made some good friends at BT and learned an awful lot from some of the people there. But, there's also a few aholes there I could do without dealing with. And the ones I know and love, I'll stay in contact with whether they're at BT or not.
Now, my thoughts on QT: No new blood ever comes here. The last post before this fiasco was in January. Cal has asked me for some pictorials and I'm gonna try to get them worked up to try to draw a few more random viewers. My advice to everyone that got booted is do the same. Since you can't waste time over there right now, quit your bitchin' here and let's be the Little Rascals and put on a show over here. Add some content other than "Taunton did me wrong".