The Nehor wrote:That strikes me as crass attention-grabbing. To seek intentionally to be banned to increase your status is kinda childish.
Joke. Too bad you have no sense of humor.
I do and I considered that it might be a joke but also thought you might be serious. I erred on the side of caution.
"Surely he knows that DCP, The Nehor, Lamanite, and other key apologists..." -Scratch clarifying my status in apologetics "I admit it; I'm a petty, petty man." -Some Schmo
Yong Xi wrote:If you ever choose not to participate at MAD, you should at least consider getting banned. It is not that hard and holds a considerably higher degree of status than leaving voluntarily. There is a pecking order here. Documented, multiple bannings are held in high esteem. Consider your future!
There is? Hmmmm... Does that mean I have high status, since I've been banned from multiple LDS boards and have managed to piss off such illustrious apologists as DCP himself, and Juliann, Nighthawke, Cal (who had to clean up the mess on Z), Maklelan, Smac, and CI himself? If that's the case, that's silly. I see no pecking order here. Posters are valued individually for their insight, no matter which side of the fence they reside on (or even if they get splinters occasionally from perching on top of the fence). Personally, I like Nehor. I think he adds a needed dimension here.
harmony wrote:There is? Hmmmm... Does that mean I have high status, since I've been banned from multiple LDS boards and have managed to piss off such illustrious apologists as DCP himself, and Juliann, Nighthawke, Cal (who had to clean up the mess on Z), Maklelan, Smac, and CI himself? If that's the case, that's silly. I see no pecking order here. Posters are valued individually for their insight, no matter which side of the fence they reside on (or even if they get splinters occasionally from perching on top of the fence). Personally, I like Nehor. I think he adds a needed dimension here.
Of course that Tsuzuki's "joke" could be misconstrued so easily by people who frequent MAD says a great deal about its practices.
Alas, I shall never be a banite because I will never post there. I long ago decided, "there be monsters," or "that way madness lies" (in this case, my own).
From the Ernest L. Wilkinson Diaries: "ELW dreams he's spattered w/ grease. Hundreds steal his greasy pants."
It is neat that Tsuzuki can humorously tweak the MAD mods propensity to make bannings based on capricious decisions. I know I always dread seeing that red ink over there, but with Tsuzuki's incantation spell of banning himself, it takes the sting out of it.