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Patton243 is history.

He had sold dozens of items on the Forum, profiting considerably.

Now he is gone... and good riddance.

He was banned because:

1. He exchanged threatening insults and "fighting words" with another member, and was given a one-week time-out. (See text below)

2. In response to what I believe was a very reasonable and even-handed temporary time-out, Patton243 responded with insults directed at the Site owner, showing disrespect for the job I do.

Patton 243 Quote: "Like I needed a screenshot on what I said. Thanks captain obvious. Have a nice day forum dictator."

Folks -- I don't need this kind of response and I won't tolerate it. I work 3000+ hours a year on this site. And I have to deal with this kind of nonsense while working on the site during the Christmas holiday.

I want to add one thing. We are very close to 50,000 members. Given that number ... I do not have time to deal with bad apples. You will see more members banned immediately and permanently in the future if their posts are hostile, rude, insulting or aggressive. And you will see the trolls being tossed from the site too.

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Original Message to Patton 243 and Twicepop:

There was a hostile exchange between the two of you. Both sides exchanged unacceptable insults and the exchange devolved into fighting words.

Both parties are at fault. There is no point to discuss the levels of fault although it appears the first stone was cast by Patton243. Both parties showed hostility and poor judgment. Both parties will loose their Forum privileges for one week.

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Patton243 is history.

He had sold dozens of items on the Forum, profiting considerably.

Now he is gone... and good riddance.

He was banned because:

1. He exchanged threatening insults and "fighting words" with another member, and was given a one-week time-out. (See text below)

2. In response to what I believe was a very reasonable and even-handed temporary time-out, Patton243 responded with insults directed at the Site owner, showing disrespect for the job I do.

Patton 243 Quote: "Like I needed a screenshot on what I said. Thanks captain obvious. Have a nice day forum dictator."

Folks -- I don't need this kind of response and I won't tolerate it. I work 3000+ hours a year on this site. And I have to deal with this kind of nonsense while working on the site during the Christmas holiday.

I want to add one thing. We are very close to 50,000 members. Given that number ... I do not have time to deal with bad apples. You will see more members banned immediately and permanently in the future if their posts are hostile, rude, insulting or aggressive. And you will see the trolls being tossed from the site too.

---------------

Original Message to Patton 243 and Twicepop:

There was a hostile exchange between the two of you. Both sides exchanged unacceptable insults and the exchange devolved into fighting words.

Both parties are at fault. There is no point to discuss the levels of fault although it appears the first stone was cast by Patton243. Both parties showed hostility and poor judgment. Both parties will loose their Forum privileges for one week.

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I support you with this decision 100%
Get-R-Done Boss.
You do an amazing job, and most of us are grateful for your efforts.
CW
 
You have given us the outline of what you did and the obvious "why". Appreciated but - in the future, I don't feel you need to add this to your work load.

Tap with your hammer. Then, if that goes unheeded, drop it and motor on. Make it easy on yourself. You're doing a great job.
 
I am so sorry you have to deal with stuff like this. I feel that I can speak for the majority of the members here when I say thank you for all that you do to keep us going.

In this exchange, you were fair to a level far beyond that which could be expected. I applaud you for your patience.

While I'm at it, Happy New Year!
 
Very sorry you had to deal with this. Your actions were appropriate to the situation and justified. His final words showed that he got what he deserved. Sad to see people, so called adults act this way.
Sadly, dealing with people like this, it as a lasting affect.

Hope you have a very Happy New Year and an equally lacking exposure to this type of individual to deal with throughout the coming year.
 
No reason for it , any of it... There's one or two new members here that will probably get banned before long... It happens boss don't lose sleep over any of it... The world is full of people like that and there's plenty of other sites he can go and fit right in...99.9% of the people on here are wonderful For the other .1 I just use the ignore button , works like a champ....
 

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