Checks and balances

[Dave: Blackeye15]

He didn't bother me THAT much, but it sounds like he treated a bunch of other people badly, so I guess i'm glad he's gone if he was really that rude.

-the first rule of fat club-

[Brother Ragnarok]

Required the police?  What happened?  I'm afraid that was before my time.

Brother R

[Funk, E.]

I have to agree with you. I don't think you're out of line and I was seriously considering writing you an e-mail to do that very thing. I whole heartedly support youd decission. He was a very immature poster and was really an eyesore on the BBS. Thank you

[Conrad]

Well, it's Andrew's board and website, so he calls the rules.  Not that he seems to impose a rigid discipline.  As to not having swear words on the boards, that's a good thing for me - we have software here at work that prevents access to pages with any profanity.

[JohnL]

>Required the police? What happened? I'm afraid that was before my time.

Josh Patrick started out as a normal poster, then one day he posted a message saying that he had just been informed that he'd contracted AIDS from the dentist. A few days later, he posted that his little brother had used his computer to post the AIDS message and that he was fine. Then he started getting abusive and admitted that there was no little brother, he did it himself as a joke. He was banned and then started sending Andrew abusive email. Andrew got the police involved, he was tracked down and apparently given a good talking too. Check out these threads;

Thread 1

Thread 2

If you want to review the whole Josh Patrick incident, click the search link and type in his name.

[BoyScoutKevin]

I have had my own little run in with Master Blister, and right then I knew he was . . . Nevermind, what I knew. I do wish him well, and hope he comes back, if he promises to behave and promises to cease the senseless need to insult those of us who might disagree with him. I would like to see him back, if only, unlike the other people who post to this board, I disagreed with almost everything he posted. For example: "Jack Nicholson was great in 'Wolf.'"Indded?!  Compared to who?

[ahab]

I think we are all in agreement with your decision to ban him. I never had any run-ins with him but his posts changed the tone of the board I thought. One of the reasons this is one of my favorite boards is that pretty much everyone who posts here can disagree intelligently without resorting to swearing every other word which adds dare i say a little more class to the internet where anybody with a keyboard can swear and insult  and become nasty with a few keystrokes.