Okay danish, without trying to sound completely exasperated by this saga I'll try once more.
BBH - He was on a permanent site ban. I bought him back to the site in a show of good will poster amnesty. ( This was also given to Cerny who didn't take up my offer. ) Despite being in the last chance saloon, bbh still couldn't help himself by getting a bit close to the mark on quite a few threads. Especially the off-topic ones. For the sake of board harmony we decided to let these go. Even after a few requests to think twice about what he posted and to self moderate a bit more he ignored us and chose to post in the same vein. This came to a head recently after a few close episodes which culminated in him questioning a mods credentials and propositioning their daughter. This bought about a closer inspection into the user and it was then discovered that bbh had dual accounts. This is a permanent ban regardless of anything else. Our forum's rules and more importantly the site's rules state that anyone found or discovered to be in possession of dual accounts will be banned permanently. Case closed.
Swords - I've never come across a poster who rather strangely has as many cronies as he has detractors. It would appear that those posters who have lamented Swords ban have never been subjected to his wumming, baiting, bullying etc. Call it what you will it all amounts to the same thing.
Just sticking him on ignore is a rather romantic notion but as pointed out in a post above it's not as easy as that. Once again the posters who say just 'stick him on ignore' probably haven't been on the receiving end of the forum cat. You might be singing a different tune had you had the misfortune of being the recipient of the board's cat's claws.
No other single poster has caused the mods on here more hours of sifting through posts and threads researching complaints and infringements made against him. He has been banned more than any other poster on this forum and has been the subject of umpteen warnings. Did he take heed? No of course not, he had to push and push every single time. He couldn't help himself. Of course most of the posters on here couldn't give a **** about that. As long as you're not on the receiving end and your getting entertained at some other sod's expense it's all good. We do however have a set of forum rules and guidelines. How steadfastly we apply these is at our discretion. In Swords case he has benefited from our benevolence far more than he deserved. Did he acknowledge or show his appreciation to us for that? Did he ****, he threw it back in our faces repeatedly. Again as in bbh's bit above, despite numerous requests to curtail his posts he got more and more carried away. He couldn't help himself and admitted as much. As far as he was concerned this was his stage and it was all about him. This is by his own admission btw.
So when you come on here bleating about his absence, just remember that when you post on here you can jump in and out at will. Whether you're just a voyeur, an infrequent or indeed a frequent poster you drift off back to the real world. You don't have to try and clear up the carnage that's been left behind. Or worse still, have been victimised and subjected to his personal agenda.
If you don't quite grasp why the bans have been enforced and try to justify why they should still be posting on here. Try re-reading the above. Hopefully you'll eventually get it.
