Author: KarinsDad
Date: 20:09:22 01/25/00
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On January 25, 2000 at 18:36:11, Pete Galati wrote: >On January 25, 2000 at 17:50:59, KarinsDad wrote: > >>In response to an Email of mine today, Tim sent back the following information: >> >>"At this time, Chris Whittington (as such) is not a CCC member, banned or >>otherwise. There is nothing preventing him from signing up as a new member >>with his real name and e-mail address, provided he uses an IP address that >>is not one of the ones which were blocked for signing up multiple false >>accounts." >> >>Now, there has been significant evidence that Chris came onto CCC as Herman >>Hesse and Bella Freud. Not withstanding this, the fact is that Chris is not >>banned. >> >>So, knowing that Chris had come on under alias' and created trouble, he has also >>posted some very good messages and quite a few people have indicated that they >>enjoy reading some of the things that he writes. >> >>The reason for this post is that my fellow moderators think that Chris should >>stay banned. However, he is not currently banned (according to Tim). >> >>I think that he should be allowed here if he behaves just like anyone else and >>in fact, since he isn't banned, he can join at any time. >> >>What do other people think? >> >>KarinsDad :) > >A few things; what good does it do to ban somebody if you're just going to lift >the ban anyhow? And since he's obveouslly posting here today with another name, >what good has it done to ban him? Have his other incarnations been banned, or >did they just vanish? And last, how much do you _really_ think that he's >changed? (read his posts today as the man with no caps in his name) > >Pete Four good questions. Here are some potential, but not necessarily the only answers or good answers. 1) Nobody has attempted or even suggested a method for tracking down all of the alias' of a person. If you have a somewhat foolproof suggestion on that, please contact Steve. 2) Banning an alias does very little other than force people to come up with a new persona. 3) Some of his other incarnations have been banned. Some have not been found out. 4) I think everyone has the potential for change. The HH and BF posts were a LOT more abusive than anything recent. I was hoping to have Chris join back up under his real name so that he may potentially contribute like I have seen him do in the past and possibly with better behavior. I am the type of person that likes to give people second chances, especially productive/capable people. That's all. Probably naive of me. KarinsDad :)
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