Sometimes people come here only to insult, rile and argue with people. Those people get either suspended or banned.
That certainly does not sound like PapaG he seemed like he was here to talk the Blazers and spread the virtues of republicanism while occasionally insulting, and often riling and arguing/ debating with people.
This is the thread that led to PapaG being banned - http://sportstwo.com/threads/264973-Forget-Embiid/page2 First, I like PapaG and we have already made plans to get together for beers next month. I'm not here to slam on the guy. PapaG along with a few others have a problem with personal insults. He has been suspended and banned previously for insulting people he disagrees with. Each time he has come back he has told me that he would not do that anymore. In the Embiid thread he and Mediocre Man got into once again. Post after post of trading insults. Honestly I should have suspended both them but I didn't because I didn't feel like getting into a long drawn out discussion and debate about what a power hungry asshole I am. So instead I edited all of the insults and was glad that they took the hint and stopped. Except they didn't stop. Mediocre Man was PM'ing telling me that because I edited one of his posts he is leaving and never coming back. PapaG is complaining that I edited more posts of his than I did of MM's. And then I discover hours later that they didn't stop arguing and insulting they just moved it to a different thread. Nate was on vacation and when he came back he saw all of this. Arguing/debating with someone in this forum is fine. It's one of the things that make forums fun. Nate and PapaG were having an argument/debate. There is nothing wrong with that. PapaG then posted a personal insult. Nate decided enough was enough. PapaG when he was un-banned the last time was told not to do that again. He did many many times and finally someone did something about it. Nate did nothing wrong. Yes, Nate was arguing with PapaG but Nate was not personally insulting him or his family. There is a difference. . . Now, I am not unreasonable. I don't like seeing PapaG get banned. I actually like the guy and a lot of his takes on basketball and politics. I have brought back PapaG from being permanently banned before. I could be talked back into bringing back PapaG from being banned this time but that is up to some of you. Are any of you going to step in when he is getting riled up and starting to insult someone? Are you going to tell him in the thread or via PM to mellow out? Are you only going to complain about how unfair and how much Nate and I suck or are you going to help and try to defuse things? I treat this forum like a community and I treat all of you with respect as members of that community. That is what I am asking of you too. Will you be part of the solution or will you only sit back and complain when something happens that you don't like?
PapaG has a long history of disrespecting the staff here. He's been suspended for it in the past. I would prefer we move along and find basketball topics to discuss.
Sly, this community is better off without him. His type of posting talks down to other posters and he typically includes insults/slights in his arguments. It wouldn't be so bad if he didn't proliferate the forum 24/7. I'm with Denny. I prefer to move along and find basketball topics to discuss.
I agree with moving on but I just want to say it doesn't bother me when people disrespect me. It's when people insult S2/RC2 members is when I get irritated. It's part of the staff's duty to make the forum fun and the conversation flowing. Members insulting members (insert penis joke here) makes this forum not fun for the people being insulted or everyone else who has to read it.
I am sure some of us here will help out and others will continue to complain about the job you and Nate do as mods.
Can we also try talking basketball in those topics, since every thread either dies from a lack of replies or blows up because of drama or stupid drunk off topic postings.
It seems to me the staff(1) was primed and ready, even goaded the man on. My first encounter with Nate was not so great, now I am convinced he is a bully with a hammer. I would fire his ass, might make a better man than what we get. One member of the staff tried to talk him down but Nate ignored the suggestion. Overall, I rate the performance, poor.
Hobbs my friend, you are just a little sensitive to perceived insults and slights. Perhaps the community is not better off without him, not all of it for sure.
Well, I didn't see anything in there worth banning him over. Are you sure it's this one? Thought it had to do with an interaction between he and Nate?
If that kind of behavior is keeping the forum down, I would say that the forum is better off without that kind of behavior.
You do realize they weren't really talking about how sexy I am right? Multiple personal insults were removed.
