--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@...> wrote: > > > > > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of raunchydog > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 12:19 AM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Internet freedom converning Ravi's posts > > > > > > "It makes me afraid to post" is a bit hyperbolic. We have plenty of button > pushers who could use a time out, but you aren't one of them. Ravi was in a > class by himself. I believe he took Robin's beautiful post to heart. Maybe > he could have learned something from his mistakes if Rick had had a "three > strikes [timeouts] and you're out" policy, perhaps a warning prohibiting > gratuitous abuse. Now we'll never know. I'll miss the motherfucker. > > Ravi had been booted before. He came in with guns blazing when he first > joined FFL and was soon so offensive that we had to let him go. He was later > reinstated after he appeared to have mellowed. In this latest instance, he > was booted not so much for being offensive - there are plenty of examples of > that here - but for intentionally and repeatedly violating the FFL > guidelines about posting the real names and personal details of those who > prefer to remain anonymous. As far as I know, he is only the 3rd person in > the 10-plus year history of FFL to be booted. One of those two has rejoined > and the other is welcome any time (and is a good friend of mine). Ravi will > be welcome back eventually, if I'm convinced that he has changed. But I > don't have the time to play school marm. >
Thanks for the clarification about guidelines honoring anonymity. Ravi's slanderous attacks on Curtis definitely qualified him for the boot. No one ever pays school marms enough. It's a good thing we have so many responsible adults on FFLife that you can enjoy extended vacations away from cat wrangling and the pathos and ethos of free expression that make FFLife such an interesting place to be.
