I sense a disturbance in the force. Amazing the things I find when I check back here sometimes.
Upon review, DM is a wanker. His posts are indicative of juvenile Ch@0t3 style. The unfortunate part is, as a board founded on Grant Morrison, Invisibles, Chaos Magick, and counterculture revolution, this is in a way the sort of thing we should expect to attract. In a sense, its what we came from, and out of this eventually sometimes grow more reasonable and contributive posters.
Prior reference to Fetch is noteworthy, as here we had another psychotic wankspammer but one who did evoke useful discussion, even if his posting style was nearly incomprehensible at times. He was eventually cut when he went over the line on the conspiracy theories and the anti-semite knee-jerk became too much for the collective to bear, as it often will. On that, I do not consider in DM's case quoting David Icke's (known lunatic at that) slurring to be making a slur onesself, but certainly in poor taste and sloppy editing, which is its own crime.
DM shows the same difficult and possibly psychotic style, but his ravings are arguably content in the context of chaos magick study. So, I hesitate on the bannination.
But the spirit of the board has evolved, and the prevailing desire is for a more mature environment for intelligent discussion. We have made a conscious choice on the environment desired here, and are doing so again with this matter on DM. I recommend action in such cases first with lockings, deletions, and warnings given that cite the desire of this board to encourage a more evolved form of communication. If that fails, the stronger message is bannination. Perhaps they will rethink their suit and present themselves again in a new form more congruent with the stated environment.
My point here being, be aware of the choice we are making by this action, and hold future actions to principles of board vision rather than knee-jerk reactions to content. Gods help us all, the counterculture is growing conservative.
I submit bannination #7. |
