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Old June 30, 2001, 08:35   #1
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Banning of Civnation
While I completely respect the fact that this is a private website, and it is the owner/moderators discretion as to who gets banned, I would just like to protest this banning.

The spirit of the internet and of Liberal Democracy itself is to expose these festering, rancid views to the clean light of day through debate and public viewing.

To 'ban' Civnation will merely reinforce his fantasyworld by making him a 'martyr'.

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Old June 30, 2001, 08:58   #2
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Re: Banning of Civnation
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While I completely respect the fact that this is a private website, and it is the owner/moderators discretion as to who gets banned, I would just like to protest this banning.
and you are free to do so here (in a civilized manner of course)

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The spirit of the internet and of Liberal Democracy itself is to expose these festering, rancid views to the clean light of day through debate and public viewing.
sure, just not here. the internet is a huge place and this is still just a gaming site, not a general discussion site

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To 'ban' Civnation will merely reinforce his fantasyworld by making him a 'martyr'.
not our problem. our concern is to provide a good service to civers. hate has no place in civilization (games)

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posting here is a privilidge, not a right. if he was put in jail the above quote might mean something
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Old June 30, 2001, 09:19   #3
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Re: Re: Banning of Civnation
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hate has no place in civilization (games)
You must play like a perfectionist. I routinely eradicate other races in my games. In CTP they enslave them!!
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Just how did his banning come about?
And how long was he banned for?
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Old June 30, 2001, 13:26   #6
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I agree that it would be nice to see a link posted or at least an official explanation of why CivNation was banned. We've seen examples in the past of people being restricted because of who they are rather than because they broke the rules any more than the next guy. Could this be another such case, since Seeker felt compelled to draw attention to this? Until we have some more facts, all we can do is guess. Which is a little troubling.
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If you really want to know, the answer is buried somewhere in this thread
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Old June 30, 2001, 13:52   #8
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I agree that it would be nice to see a link posted or at least an official explanation of why CivNation was banned.
<a href="http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?threadid=21545&perpage=30&pagenumbe r=7#post355608">http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...r=7#post355608</a>
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Old June 30, 2001, 14:16   #9
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Hmm. Another case of a poster being told not to repeat something that arguably isn't against the rules, the moderator full well knowing the poster cannot comply from the nature of his belief/political stance/personality etc. - and thus will be banned instantanously. Much to the contentment of the majority of the other participants in the debate.

Mission accomplished. Yay!

Pathetic, really. But PC, so nobody will lose any sleep over it. Not until it becomes more widespread across the OT that is, and starts to affect a larger fraction of posters. If it does, people will start taking notice. A few already have.

I don't think it's very becoming for Apolyton.
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Free CivNation!!

Well at least he still has his EVC and Giancarlo personas...
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Old June 30, 2001, 15:19   #11
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Hmm. Another case of a poster being told not to repeat something that arguably isn't against the rules, the moderator full well knowing the poster cannot comply from the nature of his belief/political stance/personality etc. - and thus will be banned instantanously.
Or, looked at from another angle, another troll DL gets a well-earned break. CivNation is a troll DL and will be back when the person in question next gets bored.
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Old June 30, 2001, 15:26   #12
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If a mod tells you not to do X, and then you go and do X, you can't really complain if you get banned. And others shouldn't either
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Old June 30, 2001, 15:38   #13
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something that arguably isn't against the rules
hate posts ARE against the rules
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Old June 30, 2001, 15:47   #14
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There's no thread for us
There's no place for us
What is this thing that builds our dreams yet slips away from us
Who wants to post forever?
Who wants to post forever?
There's no chance for us
It's all decided for us
The mods have only one sweet moment set aside for us
Who wants to post forever?
Who wants to post forever?
Who dares to flame forever?
When the ban must come
But start your own forum
Invite all of us to post there
And we can have forever
And we can flame forever
Forever is our today
Who wants to post forever?
Who wants to post forever?
Forever is our today
Who waits forever anyway?
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Old June 30, 2001, 18:25   #15
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Was this supposed to be sung to the tune of "Somewhere There's a Place For US" from "West Side Story"?
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Just mouthing off and saying that gays are immoral wouldn't have gotten him banned, in my opinion. What really ticed me off was his use of the word "f-ggot". It wasn't even a joke. That word is a purely hate word, as there are many other words ("gay" or "queer" are two obvious examples) which would have gotten his point across and would, by themselves, not be offensive. I'd been arguing pretty good naturedly with him for two days, but started needling him a little bit toward the end. In response, he lost all semblance of rationality, and started striking out. I feel bad that my actions might have provoked the reaction which got him banned, but at the same time, I think he knew what the consequences were going to be. His response to Ming's warnings was not enough, by itself, to justify banning him, but then again, I'm surprised that Ming even gave him a second chance, given the content of his ealier post.
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Krazy, it's too bad you weren't here when he first showed up. In his very first post he told us that we all should be stoned to dead, according to biblical law
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Was this supposed to be sung to the tune of "Somewhere There's a Place For US" from "West Side Story"?
I had that impression too.
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I thought queer was considered a slur?
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Nah, I'm pretty sure that gay people have co-opted "queer" and turned it into their own name for themselves. See the Simpsons episode where Homer's afraid that Bart's gay. Also great for the famous (infamous) gay steel mill ending.
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I'd just like to say that I am completely disgusted by the liberal ****** of this forum. I will continue to say "queer", "faggot", and whatever racial slur I like. If you ban me I will just get another name, simple as that. Try to ban my IP, you'll have to ban all of Florida and eventually all of the southeast in order to get me. So the ****ing queers and god damn chinks of this forum can go to hell! MUWHAHAHAHAA!!!! And no I'm not who that guy was you're talking about that got banned. Just showing my defiance. QUEERS!!!
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I'd just like to say that I am completely disgusted by the liberal ****** of this forum. I will continue to say "queer", "faggot", and whatever racial slur I like. If you ban me I will just get another name, simple as that. Try to ban my IP, you'll have to ban all of Florida and eventually all of the southeast in order to get me. So the ****ing queers and god damn chinks of this forum can go to hell! MUWHAHAHAHAA!!!! And no I'm not who that guy was you're talking about that got banned. Just showing my defiance. QUEERS!!!
This is really bright, eyes. Post this in the one place the mods are sure to look. Calling people "chinks" isn't an intelligent expression of defiance; it's just plain ignorance. Hueij, who do you mean by "us" and "we"? I'll admit that I'm homophobic enough to be paranoid that I've given the impression that I'm gay.
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I'd just like to say that I am completely disgusted by the liberal ****** of this forum. I will continue to say "queer", "faggot", and whatever racial slur I like. If you ban me I will just get another name, simple as that. Try to ban my IP, you'll have to ban all of Florida and eventually all of the southeast in order to get me. So the ****ing queers and god damn chinks of this forum can go to hell! MUWHAHAHAHAA!!!! And no I'm not who that guy was you're talking about that got banned. Just showing my defiance. QUEERS!!!
Are you seven years old? Because that's what you sould like. You know, that little kid in the store that cries and cries because mommy won't get you the shiny toy. I'm not a big fan of most of what those "liberal ******" say. But at least they act a litte more mature that what you are. Well, most of the time anyway.
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Hello eyes - all the kooks seem to be coming out
At least Ming gives fair warning.

Civnation would love being banned for this. DL or no DL.
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Was this supposed to be sung to the tune of "Somewhere There's a Place For US" from "West Side Story"?
I believe that should be"Who Wants to Live Forever" by Queen.
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Yep, Paul got it right.

BTW, EyesOfNight, are you unable to understand a simple rule? YOU DO NOT OWN THIS PLACE. If an admin here wanted, he could just ban the whole of USA because everybody posted so cutely. Now, if Ming asks X not to do Y, and in the very next post, X does Y, it is a perfect justification for the ban. A justification which was never even needed.
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Hueij, who do you mean by "us" and "we"? I'll admit that I'm homophobic enough to be paranoid that I've given the impression that I'm gay.
The "us" and "we" I'm talking about are all the people on Apolyton that are not CivNation. In his first post he threatened every poster here... And all in caps too

I'm a bit confused about that paranoid thing. Wouldn't life be much easier if you try to give the impression of who you really are instead of not being what you don't want to be. That's one thing I've learned, just being yourself makes you feel much more comfortable. And not only for gay people, for everyone.
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It was a bit of a joke, Hueij...sorry if that didn't carry through so well.
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You libwral wee-wees awe stoopid. Queew queew quu-eew! Faggot faggot fagg-gott!. You can't stop me! You can't stop me! You can't ban me! You queews and chinks suu-uuck! Ha-ha ha-ha haa haa! And I'm not the othew bad boy, I'm just showing what a big boy I am! Queew queew quuu-eeew!!1!!111!
Mature, certainly. But oh-so-adorable little scamp.
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It was a bit of a joke, Hueij...sorry if that didn't carry through so well.
My mistake... I shouldn't be posting that early on a Sunday morning
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