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Rugby ban

efb · 2011-09-11 08:08:11

I feel I was unfairly banned from rugby as I received my pm warning after my last contentious post. I was banned for that, I did not see the on topic warning and when I asked ruggie bear I was asked to take tr here. While the tone was somewhat distasteful, I wasn't the first to use the metaphor, and that seemed to be let…

11-09-2011 9:08am

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efb

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I feel I was unfairly banned from rugby as I received my pm warning after my last contentious post. I was banned for that, I did not see the on topic warning and when I asked ruggie bear I was asked to take tr here.

While the tone was somewhat distasteful, I wasn't the first to use the metaphor, and that seemed to be let go so I thought or was acceptable, until I received the first pm then I stopped

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#2 13-09-2011 10:38am

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Righto....I've spoken with the moderator in question. He believes that he was overly lenient by just warning you and I have to agree with that. Really distasteful stuff there. However, I understand that you may not have received the warning. I'm going to reduce your ban from a month to a week. I think that's a reasonable compromise.

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#3 13-09-2011 10:45am

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Fair enough

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