Hi --
republique & SYH both have engaged in behavior that crossed the line of mere disagreements.
SYH received a couple of direct warnings, apart from the fact that he participated in several topics where other members were publicly warned about similar activities.
I have made numerous attempts to keep people focused on not degenerating into personal attacks, and very especially I am not interested in seeing relative newbies to this board getting piled upon.
republique is warned for exactly the same reasons.
There is a distinction between being frank and crossing the line into abusing other members.
If a few senior members want to engage in a bit of fisticuffs, I might be willing to overlook that should the engagement remain relatively sane and not spill into an across-the-boards flamewar.
republique - your viewpoint is noted. However, having reviewed the thread(s) in entirety, I disagree with how you've characterized your behavior.
I characterize it as inserting remarks into a discussion designed to be denigrating and disparaging of other members, and then using their reaction as justification to derail a topic with a number of rather uncalled-for remarks.
That is the opinion of this Admin, as well as other workpermit.com employees who reviewed the posts.
I urge all members to refrain from personal attacks on other members.
We try as hard as possible to keep this forum open to free speech and freedom of expression, but we do draw the line when the replies start to turn nasty. As well as offering advice on how to break the laws of any country.
Borderline cases get a strong warning and get put on - thin ice - for a while. People who cross the border get banned ... especially if they've received warnings previously.
Final word on this (applies to
EVERYONE): If you waste our time dealing with these sorts of issues, be assured that you are irritating us to the point of banning you. Play nice with each other and bring your civilized manners to the table.
I direct everyone's attention to these policies:
-> Announcements -> forum trolling
-> Announcements -> multiple member ID's
I have tried to keep the rules around here very simple and clear:
- we are here to help each other
- no trolling
- no abusing this forum or its membership
- do not introduce liability upon the forum owners
- play nice, be kind to one another
- this is an adult forum, so you have the responsibility to behave like one when participating here
the Admin
NEVER MIND. Moving on.
Maybe these memoriescolour my judgement somewhat, but, anyway...