Really, I will post several of the numerous comments that I have not yet deleted.
Now tell me that was not worth a ban.
First of all, this language, and this tone disgusts me and frankly I want to apologize to the community, because I let YOU down. I let down Lyla, and I let down every single person that had to read these filthy posts.
Second: Everysingle one of these three posters are all people who have been warned before, and know full well what the rules of these forums are.
Third: BBQ Stop calling it a ban, it was not a ban, as I have pointed out to you before, it is a suspension. What you think is banworthy and what you think is warning worthy is NOT your call to make. This is not a college hallways, with limited access to people that are older and mature enough to take it. This is the internet, where people of all ages can be here.
Fourth: I want you all to look at this, foxy and I have talked about this and I agree with her. I have posted multiple times to stop swearing, to play nice with each other, and to stop spamming. While behaviour on a larger scale has conformed to this request, on a small scale it has NOT.
Look at it though, go look at that thread, and look at the posts that I have written up above. If you were a parent, and Lyla was your young daughter, and she wanted to join what seemed like a fun loving community of people who for the most part are all friendly, and she was greeted with THAT. How would you feel.
Fifth: I stated earlier, that as a Moderator I let you down, but you need to look yourselves in the eye and realize, that its not only my fault. This is YOUR fault too. Those of you who contributed to that thread, who silently abused that user by looking on and saying nothing. Or by making low level jibes at her and others, while you may have found if funny, I don't. For whatever its worth, and it may not mean much to you, a number of you have lost my respect today. Could you have taken action? Yes you could have. Could you have said hey guys quit that. Yes, could you have PM'ed me or any of the other moderators about it, and stopped it? Yes you could, but did you?
For those of you who think, oh he is just blowing this out of proportion blah blah, this is the internet, we can do what we like. You're wrong. The forums, are the property of EVONY, and they are the ones that make the rules not you not me EVONY. You may not like them you may not want to follow them, but while you are here in this domain space, you will abide by them. I am tired of this crap. Get your acts together, grow up, and act like descent human beings, not like dumb jocks in a locker room.
~L



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