You're clearly very sensitive to tone. "A party made out of it," I mean. A new thread tends to have a festive atmosphere, especially if it's getting a lot of posts. I think nothing unseemly or untoward happened there, myself. The thread's existence is itself traceable to CH's own behavior, so I decline to feel regret or guilt. I tried to imagine what, aside from saying some individuals couldn't be discussed there but not mentioning names, would be an acceptable tone and how it could be arranged, but failed.
As for naming who's banned, this is what it says:
A small number of persons are pre-banned for previous violations of the above rules. Refrain from commenting on members who have been moderated off this thread. As of now that consists of Christopher Hodgkin and bonnuss_in_austin. If you have a dispute with them, take it to a thread where they can respond. This is only fair.
It instructs posters not to discuss those two people.
I see no reason why those names shouldn't be removed at this point, though, if they are offensive to anyone. I"ll send a link to this exchange to the moderator and see if he has any objection to simply eliminating the names themselves.
No, didn't know CH was banned from many threads. It isn't the case that Poet can ban him from any of hers, though, because her main 'personal' thread is Poet's Corner on IHub and she can't ban him there. She can keep removing his posts, but that's not the same.
I'm PMing a link to Laz now. Maybe he'll take my suggestion and remove those names, we'll see. |
