On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 17:35, Bryan Derksen wrote:
Banning someone for being disruptive is not necessarily the top of a "slippery slope" towards censorship, as long as we're careful about doing it and keep a watchful eye on ourselves. On the other hand, letting disruptive yahoos get away with everything will eventually mean that only the disruptive yahoos stick around.
This would be a valid argument if the only way to prevent "disruptive yahoos" from "get[ting] away with everything" is to ban them.
But it isn't. Rather, merciless editing and ignoring personality has worked every time so far.
We already have sufficient policies in place for banning people. The harm in expanding them would outweigh the benefits.