Rick wrote:
Jimmy, you need to know the whole history of the case.
In order to know if Lance should have been blocked by someone, yes, I
would need to know the full history of the case. But we have a
cardinal rule, that goes all the way back to the existence of sysop
powers in the first place, that they must never be used in a dispute
over content that we are personally involved in.
If you think we get silly complaints now about sysop abuse, just
imagine what it would be like if we let sysops win arguments over
content by blocking people who disagree.
--Jimbo