Announcement: Regarding Recent Moderation Decisions

[Severyane]

At this point, I feel like the only answer you will all be satisfied with it "Blac and Flo were biased against Lom, and because of that they implemented a ban just because they felt like it." That's not what happened, I don't know how many times I have to say it. There's no statute of limitations here: if it takes a day, a week, or a month to deliberate on a ban then we can and will take that long, it's about getting a majority to agree to a solution. We don't just go gung ho and pull the trigger immediately. Rom, you're a good dude man, but what would happen to you if you just dropped the N-word at work because you know it's not allowed to be said? You know what would happen. What would happen in ANY other community if you did that?

You keep saying that "no one is really arguing he shouldn't have been banned" but all you guys have done is argue against the fact that we should keep the month-long ban in place. As I mentioned there's a ZERO TOLERANCE policy when it comes to language like that, like it or not. The Guidelines on Punishment can be adjusted if needed by the administration team. There's a saying in the legal world that goes "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime." That's exactly what we, as the admin team, discussed. We doled out a punishment that fit the infraction. We had every right to permanently ban him, every right. Instead, we chose to give him yet ANOTHER chance to prove to us that he can and will behave. He's more than welcome to return to this community once his ban is up.

If we want to get all legalese on this case we can, and I would point you to Rule 3B:

3B) Harassment is any behavior that disturbs or upsets, is characteristically repetitive, and often intended to be disturbing or threatening. Willful and deliberate harassment of any person will not be tolerated in our community, by any person, or against any person. Harassment of members and nonmembers outside the forum is still subject to you being banned from the community, including the forum, discord, chatbox, and anywhere else where the Eternity name is displayed. If you are found inequivocably guilty of harassment either on these boards or off-site, you will be permanently and irrevocably banned with no appeal.

That right there gives us the power to ban persons for harassment, and we very clearly could have permanently banned him. Uses of language that disturb, or upset an individual are subject to this rule.