Quote Originally Posted by Harlan Huckleby View Post
"forum rules" - heee heee heee. The only rules are the rush of chemicals in Madtown's head on any given day. There aren't any consistently enforced rules.

Tank's crime is that he annoys some people. IT's that simple. I've broken the "rules" many times, including having two accounts once, but Mad laughs it off because I am a sufficiently entertaining ant in his ant farm. Tank was not banned because of rules, he isn't allowed to post here now because of rules. He gets banned when Madtown feels like it is best to please the people raising pitchforks. KY has been ragging on Tank for three years running. If there were actual rules, uniformly enforced, then the "just legalities" argument would be true. This is a pissing contest, and some people have a strong and endless flow, despite aging prostates.
Given your account of the management system here its even more understandable for KY to "raise pitchfork" in pursuit of Tank's exile as that is the justice system.

In my experience enforcement of the rules has been remarkably consistent if graded on a curve with other forums. Mad's a hands off dictator for the most part but bans are always prefaced with a logical progression of warning shots and reserved for only the most egregious offenders. His laziness is in phase with the natural ebb and flow of the forum such that we rarely endure multiple cancers at a time. Should we all start agreeing with each other he'll show mercy and unleash a plague of the forgiven on us lest the pot grow stagnant.