Originally Posted by Arrogant-One
It is with a heavy heart that I make this announcement.
Upon request from a valued and upstanding member of OzChess, two posts recently made by the member Bill Gletsos were referred to the Admin moderation team. The possibility of editting the posts was raised as an option to alleviate the hurtful and derisive nature of the posts. However, the poster disparraged felt this was not sufficient enough to address his concerns and the understandable distress caused to him by these two (2) posts.
Accordingly, Bill Gletsos is the first non-spammer to be banned from OzChess without a security threat issue being present. His ban is for 24 hours to allow him an opportunity to reflect on his aggressive and unfriendly attitude, and hopefully to change so as to accord with the standards of civility and courteousy that OzChess is famous for.
Sincerely,
Alex
i have no problem with people being banned from time to time, but the timing of this one seems peculiar. generally this forum is well behaved, but there have been occasions in the past when there have been bun fights and no one was banned then. how can we take ourselves seriously if we don't allow free voicing of opinion? is this really necessary?