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Couple things.
For starters, banned or not (which I will get into in a moment), it does absolutely no good to go and keep up the attacks on him or from him. So please, lets give that a rest.
I asked Bill what I should do in his case based on the amount of trouble that goes down, both the trouble caused by him and the trouble directed at him - sometimes justified and sometimes not. I asked him what I should do because things could not continue the way they were going. He suggested that banning him for a while would be the right way to go. A difficult decision for both of us I am certain but I put up with a lot more because of him and by him, as as other members and the moderators here, than necessary. Not fair and not fun. But his suggestion and I agreed.
So, don't let Bill get everyone all hot and bothered that he is getting "censored" for his opinions as he is not. He is having his posting privileges indefinitely removed. Subtle difference but there is a difference. He is no longer posting due to the fights and antics that goes down. Not as he states, his opinion.
It is not his "opinions" getting banned or censored. Nor is it, as he states "I guess its only a certain few who are allowed to have opinions anyway, thats that". We probably under censor here to a fault. So again - it is not "opinions" but the personal attacks that causes a lot of the unneeded flame wars to break out. It is the the fights and the attacks. And that cuts both ways, just because he is not posting here, it does not mean that it is OK to take shots at him.
In a nutshell, the personal attacks stop now. This winter has been a lot crappier than it needed be and I am personally sick of it.
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