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I'm noticing that my posting style has become more restrained, and my courtesy improved

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  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.

    I get that, but the thing is, there are other options besides just "indefinite ban" and "do nothing".



    Any other punishment wouldn't fit the offense, though. 


    I mean, we can probate her, but her threads were not the issue, we could temp ban her, but, well, it seems like a slap on the wrist. 


    I'm not saying that what she did was particularly heinous. To this day, I still think there was a level of overreaction, if only because she didn't actually post a link to a kid getting fucked or anything, but I will say that it was a horrible thing to do and there simply is no other way, with the means that we're allowed to.

  • CrimsonCrimson
    edited 2012-04-10 18:29:55
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!

    Personally, I think the offense really IS that bad. Pedophilla is not something that should be taken lightly under any circumstances, and what Vorpy did was incredibly tasteless to say the least.


    Good riddance I say.


    To this day, I still think there was a level of overreaction, if only because she didn't actually post a link to a kid getting fucked or anything


    "Well she didn't EXACTLY post anything horrible" is part of that dangerous precedent that others were talking about.

  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue

    I mean, we can probate her, but her threads were not the issue, we could temp ban her, but, well, it seems like a slap on the wrist.
    I guess we're going to have to agree to disagree, then, because I remain of the opinion that a temp ban would have been sufficient, given that she meant no harm and she caused little trouble otherwise.

  • NyktosNyktos
    edited 2012-04-10 18:36:00
    a little muffled

    It is worth noting that you probably wouldn't find any actual child porn if you followed the link anyway, since Google filters it out of its results (as it legally must).


    Not that it makes what she did less bad of course.

  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue
    edited 2012-04-10 18:57:45

    never mind

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.

    I think it's also important to take into account that there was a lot of outrage and outright fear of authorities taking action against us. It's the sort of thing that in hindsight, was, once again, overreactive, but it still is important to take into account.

  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue

    Honestly I was just as irritated by the overreaction then as I am now.

  • PonicalicaPonicalica
    (void)

    How long has it even been?

  • IronweaverIronweaver
    if u do convins fashist akwaint hiz faec w pavment neway jus 2 b sur

    More than seven months.

  • All NinesAll Nines
    Has friends besides tanks now

    I've just been irritated in the past when some mods (or at least Everest) have said they wish they hadn't had to ban Vorpy, as if it was something they needed to do instead of something they chose do.



    Given what she did, I honestly don't see how it was much of a choice. I'm seconding INUH's sentiment that, while I enjoyed having her around, some basic decencies are too important to be ignored on a respectable forum. The fact of the matter is that what she did crossed a line.

  • LegionnaireLegionnaire

    (and even if they were, linking to tasteless Google searches isn't illegal)



    -raises hand-


    Now, don't quote me on this, but I believe that, in Australia at least, searching for child porn on Google is illegal, or will at least get you a warning from your ISP or something similar. This was a minor point raised back when she originally did it.

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.

    As I recall, the counterpoints raised for that were that ISPs can't simply know right away what you've searched on google, it requires a warrant to search your computer's history and that taking into account how google is used by billions of people per day, you can't simply pinpoint a particular search and let that be that. 

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    Depends on your ISP, but yup, it's a reportable offense, and no matter what comes of the actual legal problems, your ISP is likely to drop your service immediately as well.


    It's not likely to be noticed, let alone reported, though, but still.

  • InsanityAddictInsanityAddict
    Diet NEET

    Meh, I've lost interest in many social issue discussions due to increased reluctance to get involved. Which is a good thing, since I didn't take time to read up on that stuff to form an informed enough opinion anyway.

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