Don't you love how "The Mods have spoken, and no, we are not biased" is a thorough and perfectly clear explanation?
Actually, I did, and quite a few of them made comments considerably more imflammatory than anything I'd said, and yet didn't get banned--and I know they were warned because I hit the button myself. Any other non-existant conversations to relate?Typical conversation:
"Hey, I was banned unfairly from EoEO! There were plenty of people saying worse things than me!"
"Did you Warn any of them?"
"Well...no."
Previously, I hadn't used the "Warn" option--just because I might get my tender little feelings hurt, I figured, is no excuse to try and get people kicked off a forum. Even after getting banned, I made no claim that I shouldn't have been (I did, after all, call some guy a worthless loser who should be hurled into a pine box and tossed into the nearest abandoned mine--Sasquatch's banning, on the other hand, was indeed ridiculous.). My complaint was, and still is, the proportions to which the penalty is applied, and the double-standards thereof--I can dig out the list again, if you like. This complaint was greated with "No, we're not biased, and that's the end of it--oh, and you're an asshole, too. Now the thread's closed so you can't respond", and that's when I got Warn-happy.
It's been done. The mod who did the banning stated the ultimate defense ("We are mods, and you mortals have no right to question our omniscience"), a few of their supporters jumped in to toss out a few random insults, and then the thread got closed. That's the way to make progress, there....you politely make your case instead of running in with mocking accusations.
