Dave W,
Thanks for addressing the situation.
I do however have a concern about the "troublesome user" ban. Could you please explain what constitutes "troublesome user".
From what I saw the person refered to was simply trying to express herself in words that meant a great deal to her. She was trying to use excerpts that were relevant in the context of what was being discussed. Sure some may not have agreed with her methods and I also found it difficult in one discussion to discern exactly what was being said. Having said all that I am dissapointed that we as a whole group would rater show anamosity and hostility to an individual that may or may not be having trouble expressing themself, rather than that I would have expected that we try and draw that person in and get them to open up in a gentle way.
Personally I think we have all missed a wonderful oportunity to be commpassionate to another individual, and as corny and lame as this may sound it saddens me greatly. It saddens me because I believed that most of the individuals in this place were above that kind of behaviour, I don't care if your a wiccan, witch, satanist, Christian, Jew, JW, SDA, WHATEVER! We are all prone to making mistakes in what we say here, we all express ourselves in unique ways, we are gloriously human and a very diverse group of personalities, and we all hope and expect to a degree that people will at least try to listen to what we are saying and try to go beyond the words and understand what we mean.
So Dave W please do explain what constitutes a "troublesome user" as I expect that we should all be branded as such from time to time.
I know this is your site and all Dave and that final say is yours, but i do not understand how these decisions are made. Did a number of people complain directly to you?
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Personally I did not see anything offensive or vulgar in what Theword posted.
As I said above I know its your site and you have final say on posts, you even mention that you can delete posts for no reason whatsoever. Fair enough its your place, but I could see nothing regarding "troublesome user" and what constitutes one. Sorry to keep on about it Dave it just kinda sticks in my throat a bit.
Honest regards and sincerity
Tony H2o
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