lorak wrote:^
I disagree with yours opinions (maybe because he is not native English speaker you see him that way?), but even if that's the case, then who cares? It's basketball board and how much quality information someone provides should matter the most. And mystic was GREAT on that area. You guys are too sensitive and care too much how someone act on internet board instead on focusing on quality of information. And thus maybe you have more polite board, where no one will say unpleasant truth about other people, but also where less quality information is provided. Think about it that way: would you like people like Doctor House talk about medicine or Sheldon Cooper about physics or even Kobe Bryant about basketball or would you rather ban them from discussion, because they are jerks? If the latter is the answer then it's a shame, because it means the truth no longer is a goal in the discussion. And in fact banning mystic is a sign, that realGM moderators don't care much about the truth.
We have a basic minimal standard of politeness; if you continue to ignore it and abuse people, then you may be a genius like Bobby Knight but you don't belong on a fun discussion forum. Do you think Knight should continue coaching despite his abusing his players? Many people do. Do you think House should have been allowed to practice medicine when he was stealing drugs from the hospital to feed his addiction? Not without treatment and an agreement to change the misbehavior.
I didn't ban Mystic and haven't looked at the details of the last straw stuff for him, but we aren't on an ultimate search for truth here, we are just posters like you that are here to enjoy ourselves. If someone is ruining it for others, they might be better off doing something else.
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