MJF said:

If you find a loop hole....do you not have the right to exploit it? 

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MJF said:

If you find a loop hole....do you not have the right to exploit it? 

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1) No Flaming
-- Flaming hurts others. Flaming is an instance where one individual directly attacks another. A person's character is undermined, or their beliefs and worldview are undermined, in a visibly hurtful manner. In flaming, it is clear that the intent is to hurt. If you can't state your case or refute someone else's case without calling them "stupid" or an "idiot"..etc...Then don't bother posting here. This forum is for intelligent discussion, not to try to belittle someone that doesn't think like you. THIS WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED ... If you have been warned already, you will receive a temporary ban, if you continue to flame you will be banned permanently...choose your words wisely or suffer the consequences.

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This is just a warning, after receiving a notification regarding this thread
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/4538776/page/0/fpart/3/vc/1

Please, don't flame or insult anyone ,anymore ,or you'll be baned next time.
I know sometimes it's difficult to keep a clear mind after someone has contradicted your position. But that doesn't give you the right to insult anyone. Look, regarding that thread, i hear you and i mostly agree with your reasoning. But if you want to keep posting at S&P, you must obey the rules first.

Thank you,
MAIA

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geokills said:Essentially, it was your failure to heed the direct advice of the
staff that landed your ban. Namely, the fact that you kept
creating threads of like nature, when they kept getting closed
for the same reasons.

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MJF said:

I got banned because offense was taken when it should not have been (misunderstanding).

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First a warning, then a temp ban. It's written, those are the rules.

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MJF said:

My logical conclusion would be because they know they are doing something wrong and they do not care.

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Careful there, logic =

Icelander said:

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First a warning, then a temp ban. It's written, those are the rules.

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If I remember right those flames were left undeleted at least for quite a long time. So no one could tell any action was taken. I never understood that and still haven't gotten an explanation. Why would anyone leave those posts undeleted for so long if not forever?

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Mods?

MJF said:

geokills said:Essentially, it was your failure to heed the direct advice of the
staff that landed your ban. Namely, the fact that you kept
creating threads of like nature, when they kept getting closed
for the same reasons.

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What again was exactly wrong with the nature of my threads? All I remember is being told to stop playing childish games. That in its self could be looked at as flaming in my opinion.

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You should go back through your PM's or Email (not sure which one the notices are sent to) to view the locking notice for the threads that were closed.  They explain why each closure took place, and yet you continued to create similar threads.

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MJF said:
Also.....does anyone know of this posting after the thread is closed "gliche"? Because I have a feeling I was lied to. If it is a gliche it is only a glitche for a moderator and is still a poor excuse. MAIA posted after threads were closed...IMO so that he could get the last word in...and to rub it in our faces. I had a thread open before it was closed and when clicking post it would not allow me to post and say it was locked. Maybe I am mistaken here...but even if it was a mistake MAIA's posts after the closing of a thread should be deleted. Has any non mod been able to post after the closing of a thread?

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More than one staff member has explained this to you I'm sure (at least, I know I did!).  When a thread is closed inside a forum, both the administrators and the forum moderator(s) still have write access to the threads, in case they need to edit offending material after the locking has taken place.  Upon locking a thread, the link to the "reply" screen is removed from the thread itself, however if the forum moderator or administrator was already at the reply screen before the thread was closed, the write permissions will allow their post to go through upon submission, even after the thread was locked.

MAIA was actively posting when all of this was taking place this morning, so it shouldn't be a surprise and certainly not a conspiracy that some of the locked threads end with his posts.  If you look through the locked threads in WA&F, you'll notice this has happened before with other administrators and moderators.  I just can't believe you are making such a big deal out of this, and to suggest that myself and MAIA are outright lying to you about it.  Come on man, have a little faith.

MJF said:

If ya'll (the mods) do not care or have become sick of our complaints....then quit and let someone else take your position.

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