Stevertigo wrote:
Would there be any problem (situation permitting) for user 24 to re-join the collective, as Adam and even RK have had the opportunity to do? Would it not be more practical?
Stevertigo, I don't think you understand what's going on here.
I tried. I let him come back as EofT for as long as we could take it.
Part of the problem is that he will not email me, he will not join the mailing list, he will not take part in dialog. He calls people racists and control freaks. He postures about being interested in policy, but then he always makes it perfectly clear that he intends to ignore any policy that he doesn't agree with.
More than once, he has frightened people, including me, by making remarks implying a personal level of intimidation. He likes to speak of death for people who disagree with him, and says things like "There is no co-operation with such people." "They were warned."
More than once, he has been accused of writing things that were tantamount to death threats.
Because of him, I have issued strict instructions to my wife not to open mysterious packages, should any arrive.
Say what you will about Adam or H.J. or anyone else who has been banned, they were not frightening in any way. Adam and I have an ongoing semi-friendly dialogue in private email, arguing about politics and what not. H.J. wrote to me for months on end asking me to help finish erasing her name from the website, etc.
But this guy, well, he's in a category all his own, I'm sorry to conclude, and I think there is very little chance of him learning how to behave in a civilized fashion.
--Jimbo