One of the things everybody complained about in the past couple months as things went bad and worse is that the enforcement and moderation was very unevenly done. This was compounded by the fact that almost nobody received any answers to emails questioning, "What did I do wrong?"
here is a great chance to ask and to recieve - not to back up and hash over every slight and wound, but to clarify what is the intent and the rules, and how will it be enforced.
To bann one person the first time they step over the line or barely do so, while others get away with the same or worse multiple times confuses all of us. That frustration then boils over in ways that is bad for the forums.
Time to man-up and put the bruised ego in a bucket someplace and say it is time we can behave like professionals, if not gentlemen.
and JP - you might consider after detailing some things as requested about rules, a blanket pardon for members caught up in the sweep as a sign of goodwill, along with a warning to those who persist in acting like trolls while complaining overmuch about their own bruised egos, that as Mike Smith suggested, THEY might be recognized as the source of the problem and likewise banned again too.
From myself, I am sorry for my own acts stepping over the line and acting ugly. I really have been working to correct that. It really doesn't hurt at all to practice some humility. Not at all.
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