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Originally Posted by TruthFatal  I think I'm starting to picture it: You, an established member, no stranger to heated discussions; They, a pair of [relative] newcomers who take umbrage at the attitude of your posts (an attitude which is becoming apparent in this thread*).** These poster then begin a campaign to somehow lessen you in the eyes of your peers. This campaign escalates. |
Close enough.
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It seems to have annoyed you. Perhaps some "Formal Complaints" against your antagonists' statements would have been appropriate at this point, then maybe it would be them posting here about the prejudices of NewEgg administration.
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Any annoyance was not due to those members actions, it was due only to the admin's actions. I can't remember if I stated it or not, but up until that time, this forum was TOTALLY unmoderated, and it would have done no good for me to lodge complaints against them, even if I had been inclined to do so.
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It's good that you adhered to your principles. I respect that.
I believe that this statement is triggering the debate that you later state that you do not wish to begin, because whie you may not think there are any offensive phrases in the Bible, a lot of people disagree.
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Without question, if I had wanted to offend anyone, I could have chosen a verse that would have been far more effective in that manner.'
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So, shortly after you issued what could easily be taken as a direct threat (though indirectly issued) to the forum, you were banned. That seems very reasonable to me. I would hope that you weren't surprised when it happened.
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There was no surprise. I made it very clear from the outset what my thoughts were, and what I would do. The admin made a concerted effort to convince, coerce and even placate me, but it was all lip service. Had I actually done anything wrong, I would have commended him for his behavior, but I had not. The timing of my banning in regards to this communique with my friend may have been coincidental, because I had found that the admin had edited my signature to exclude the signaturebar himself, and I then replaced it. Either one or both were the deciding factor in his actions. Either way, it had less to do with me, than it did with the Biblical reference.
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From what I can infer, you were treated quite poorly by certain non-members of the forum and very fairly by the administration.
The forum administrator issued you a request to remove something from your signature block, you refused and got into an argument over it. If that were all, then your banishment was unfair, however, you proceeded to threaten the administrator with something that could at worst, have a financial impact on NewEgg.com and at best, cause a nuisance of people registering only to harass and flame the people who support the administrator's opinion.
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It was not a threat, it was a promise. The only thing that I have ever done is to request that people advise Newegg's public relations of their thoughts and feelings about this, I never told them what to say, nor what to do.
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I didn't reply with the intention of debating my statements either, but that doesn't make my statements any less susceptible to critique and discussion by the other members of this forum.
I don't find that even slightly offensive. Even in the context of the section of bible that contains it. I also like James 1:27 
There are plenty of good quotes in the Bible, many of them even offer good advice. Isaiah 13:15-18*** is plenty quotable, but certainly not benign in any sense of the word.
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I do not mind critique in the least. Your's is the first post on this thread that has discussed it intelligently.