Originally posted by William
In each case, these people were banned not for what they say about our topics, but for how they behave toward other members and/or go against Simon's
Terms of Use. You'd be surprised to know that Tyler is here, he's been allowed back, and he's doing quite well. As are other personas believed to
be banned.
It just seems anymore that it's too easy for too many members to get caught up in fabricating non-existent fictional mystery about the complex
behind-the-scenes operations of this site... rather than focus on world events and the reasons they came here in the first place.
This is what I believe to be DR's beef.
I haven't been on in a few days but have been in contact with JediMaster, and what i gathered from his info seemed like a simple misunderstanding
between DR and the rest of the administrative team.
Was I ever wrong.
It seems that the old battle of discussing hackers is what this is all about. "Deny ignorance" is our motto, yet our head administrator(referring to
William, hate to say it but he has most of the power here) doesn't live by his own rules. Not only does he forbid the discussion of hackers, but he
doesn't even let us know when an old friend(or maybe enemy, in the case of Tyler) is back under a new name?
It saddens me to see.
I couldn't get on ATS for half a year. Half a year spent trying to get on, deleting cookies and trying to get myself back on, and this is what I come
back to? The same old stuff that I left behind in April has resurfaced. I had hoped that the ringing in of ATS 3.0 would bring in a new era of shiny
peace.
Yet I was wrong. Proven wrong. William still insists that everyone is "hush hush" about hackers. I was against this before, and I'll be against it
again. And because of his defiance of his own motto, this happened. A person who asks questions arose in the administration and William demods him.
Just because he believes that someone was not a hacker, he is demodded. William, THIS IS NOT "DENYING IGNORANCE." THIS IS DENYING INTELLIGENCE, THE
FREEDOM OF SPEECH THAT MADE ATS GREAT IN THE PAST. THIS IS MAKING ATS INTO A SOCIALIST REGIME BOARD.
In fact, I am against many things Jedi informed me of. I'm ashamed of the hero dragonrider who seemed like a good person. But does that mean I don't
agree with him? Hell no.
William, you need to start going by your own rules before you preach about "denying ignorace." Period. Now the two of you just shake hands and get
back to the old ATS.
Signing off,
HLW
EDIT: I hate repeating myself.
[Edited on 10/16/03 by High_Lord_Warrior]
