YOU decide Tank/Anti-Polar Bear's fate at PackerRats

[Zool]

And happy endings.

[twoseven]

What's a Happy Ending? Does it have something to do with happy movies?

[retailguy]

What's a Happy Ending? Does it have something to do with happy movies?

"Don't ASK, Don't TELL".... :P

[Bretsky]

Well thats not 100% true. Mad gives us all shiatsu massages. Sometimes with a happy ending.

Spoiled brat zool!! I've never gotten a massage.

I WILL SEND VERONIKA RIGHT OVER TO TAKE CARE OF YOU

[red]

tank isn't a member of this forum

he's the very definition of a troll

i dislike tex every bit as much as tank, but you won't see me saying we should ban him. sure i might find his posts obnoxious, and insane, and not agree with 90% of what he says. but theres one giant difference between tank and tex

tex i firmly believe is posting what he actually believes. tank on the other, will only say what he thinks will piss off the most people. he's out to upset the forum, and turn everyone into an insane lunatic. most of us have witnessed this for many years, on multiple forums.

he has violated rules, been warned, only to step up his trolling and finally get banned. numerous times. only to have him start up a new account, sometimes multiple accounts, and trool away again. until the whole process repeats.

the fact is that he shouldn't even be here, he is and has been banned for awhile. only to find a loophole and get his way back on to the site. mad gave him a chance, but he started up his same old shit that we have seen too many times in the past. mad didn't even have to ask us, or give him another chance. he could have just banned him on the spot

and don't for a second blame the mods. i've been in their shoes before. they sacrifice their own enjoyment on this forum to play babysitter to us and make sure this site stays enjoyable for the vast majority of us. it is no fun to be a mod, no matter what you do, someone will bitch and ruin your day

[Harlan Huckleby]

which one is tank? is that the guy with a mouse avatar that looks like a pussy?

[Deputy Nutz]

The mods on this forum really have very little to do considering we govern ourself pretty good compared to other forums we have been on. I have been in there shoes and I myself didn't have much to do. I didn't like being a mod because it capped my potential in being a professional grade asshole, just ask Harlan.

[Tarlam!]

I WILL SEND VERONIKA RIGHT OVER TO TAKE CARE OF YOU

Well, B, you KNOW you now have MY full attention!

[texaspackerbacker]

Did he violate some explicit rule that would justify banning him? If not and you ban him anyway, you're setting a dangerous precedent by banning someone for being unpopular. By the way, letting the majority have their way with APB isn't democracy, it's vigilante justice. Democracy is defending the rights of the minority, no matter how irritating, dumb, beligerent or wrong they might be.

I don't believe it. Twice now in the same millenium I read a post by Hoosier and think wow, that's right on target.

In a business, which ultimately, this forum is, the business owner--which I assume from reading all this, MadTown is--has the unfettered power to exclude anybody for any reason.

As Hoosier says, though, it's "setting a dangerous precedent by banning someone for being unpopular".

[HarveyWallbangers]

As Hoosier says, though, it's "setting a dangerous precedent by banning someone for being unpopular".

Not really. This forum has been around for 2 years and Tank is the only one that has been banned.

[MJZiggy]

Tex, the way I see it, we're not talking about banning someone. How can you ban someone who's already banned (with cause)? The question seems to be should we let him back in after the behavior exhibited over the last couple of days or should we enforce the ban already in place?

To my mind this speaks less to the popularity issue as there was a good reason he was banned and not at all to first amendment rights as others have pointed out, but how much of an annoyance are we willing to allow back into our midst?

[Charles Woodson]

Does it really matter that much, I mean if you think about it were giving Tank exactly what he craves... Attention. I mean to have someone debate over you for 7 pages is proabaly his dream.
The people have spoken, via the pole
so shall it be done.

[texaspackerbacker]

If he really just snuck back in, then this is all moot. He was on borrowed time from the git-go.

If you want a parallel, he's like a Mexican who comes in illegally and does NOT keep a low profile. Even those of us who tend to overlook benign illegals have a hard time with that sort of thing.

I, therefore, flip-flop and change my vote to no.

[MadtownPacker]

If he really just snuck back in, then this is all moot. He was on borrowed time from the git-go.

If you want a parallel, he's like a Mexican who comes in illegally and does NOT keep a low profile. Even those of us who tend to overlook benign illegals have a hard time with that sort of thing.

I, therefore, flip-flop and change my vote to no.

Tex. I see you are failing to understand how this worked. It is said and done but I dont want you thinking it went down as you believe. Pay attention to Ziggys last post. It explains it all pretty much.

For the record I find the need to compare him to a Mexican a lowblow.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Free Tank !!! !!!!!!!



Give me tank or give me death.