Parachute

[scaramanga]

Why's he been banned from this here forum?

 

[beezy babe]

Come on Mr Scaramanga, even you must be able to work that out!! I mean it's not as if he ever broke any of the rules

 

[Sweepy]

I think he could do with the break from this forum. However he does send his regards to all the Chit Chat army.

I'm sure he will be back.

 

[scaramanga]

I've been away so what's he done? All i know is he speaks his mind and the pc brigade on here don't like a bit of honesty.

 

[Sweepy]

I'm not sure what he did. I didn't notice anything particularly bad, perhaps one of the "PC brigade", as you call them, can enlighten us.

 

[Edmundo]

He repeatedly broke both the Code of Conduct and his promises to the admins. Eventually even saints (which we are not) lose their patience.

End of.

 

[Edmundo]

I'm not sure what he did. I didn't notice anything particularly bad, perhaps one of the "PC brigade", as you call them, can enlighten us.

Most of the most offending posts, if not all, were removed. There are probably messageboards suitable for his specialist subject (as Magnus Magnusson might put it) but this isn't one of them.

 

[Sweepy]

But don't you miss the debates about where the few hundred votes went to, in some backward Lancashire town? lol

 

[Edmundo]

Wasn't that some god-forsaken part of the North East? And no!

 

[sdcgav]

bring him back
just cos his views arent the same as yours.. doesnt make you better than him

 

[Banana]

I'm sure he will be back.

How wrong can someone be!

 

[Banana]

just cos his views arent the same as yours.. doesnt make you better than him

sdc, I agree - we aren't better. However, this is a BFC Supporters' site - and nothing else. There has to be some ground rules. Myself and Ed went to the (metaphorically) end of the world and, literally, to the end of our tethers to accomodate parachute. He choose to repeatedly test the limits of the Code of Conduct and, therefore, our patience. I can promise you no-one has had as much rope as parachute. He had his final warning, and his final final warning, and his final final final warning.

He will not be back. Myself and Ed and the other moderators have had plenty of discussion on it. I don't believe there was a dissenting voice. Don't blame any of the other moderators however, the final decision was taken by Ed and myself.

I trust this clarifies the matter - there is absolutely no chance of this decision being reversed. As Ed succinctly says - end of.

p.s. I forgot to say - we tried just banning him from the Chit Chat forum - so that he could still express himself on the one thing we all love - BFC. However, this final final final final final step was not one he was prepared to accept - which he demonstrated by continuing to ride his hobby horse in other forums.

 

[SC]

a BFC supporters site with a chit chat forum where people can post anything non BFC related. His views may be offensive to some (and some other posts on other subjects may be offensive to others) but surely people can make up there own minds whether they want to follow his "prompts".

 

[Mikey Bee]

a BFC supporters site with a chit chat forum where people can post anything non BFC related. His views may be offensive to some (and some other posts on other subjects may be offensive to others) but surely people can make up there own minds whether they want to follow his "prompts".

Agreed. I think that if he was posting pro-SWP threads then he would still be here today. As for it being a life ban from the GPG well that is just pathetic

 

[beesbeesbarmyarmy]

I think it was the constant hijacking of threads which has been his downfall, not just the things he said. Even in General Bees Discussion, he raised a point about how many ethnic players we have got, absolutely nothing to do with the thread. If he had repeated warnings, I don't see why he should have to take up any more of Banana and Ed's time.

 

[SC]

I think it was the constant hijacking of threads which has been his downfall, not just the things he said. Even in General Bees Discussion, he raised a point about how many ethnic players we have got, absolutely nothing to do with the thread. If he had repeated warnings, I don't see why he should have to take up any more of Banana and Ed's time.

You mention that specific post but had that been posted by anyone else, would people have cared, especially with its comment underneath about how we should be encouraging the ethnic community. Yes, maybe it was in a slightly irrelevant thread (isn't that the case a lot of the time anyway) and he should have opened a new topic. Fair enough I may have missed the constant hijacking of threads if thats true but I was under the impression that most of the threads he started/posted in were clear to all what they were about and where they were heading. Indeed some provoked some interesting debating.

I'm sure Banana & Ed (and all the other moderators) don't need the constant hassle - they do a good job on the whole and we have a site we can be proud of but sometimes you can waste time of your own accord.

Anyhow, the decision seems to have been made and from Bananas quote, it's never going to change,

btw I don't know Parachute or indeed the vast majority of members on here so I'm not 'sticking up' for a mate. Just providing a totally independant view on the matter.

 

[Brickie Chap]

He should be given detention rather than a ban

 

[Indian Bee]

well i think i may have been the cause of his ban! oooppss! didnt mean to!

We were have a discussion and well just came back from NYC for a few days and hadn't been on GPG for 2 months and i couldn't resist and called him a para-pratt and he responded by calling me In-bred...which i have to say i found it funny and its was quite witty for our para-pratt! If this was the reason then i dont think he should have been banned as no offence was taken on my side, if anything i'm always rude to him!