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Originally posted by KESTER
I'm sure Umichgrad07 didn't intentionally do anything to harm ATRL. He just made a thread that got big.
It's not his fault
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Originally posted by Kworb
No he kept posting and posting in the thread. I wonder if a friend of his went on his computer or phone or something as a prank. It was a bit out of character.
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I agree with KESTER. If umichgrad07 had 7 points, and then got three points and was banned -- fine, fair enough. But to try to
crucify umichgrad07 or paint him negatively over something so arbitrary is unnecessary. Then there's the question of responsibility for the matter. Where does the responsibility lie:
with the parent or the child? Who is more responsible:
the moderating staff or umichgrad07? If a moderator was online, the thread would have been closed within minutes, umichgrad07 would have gotten a couple points for his random thread (most likely what he was expecting), SYG, HQ, and RT would have stayed open, and there would have been no mass bans. But because apparently there was no staff available, the thread exploded unexpectedly... and that is definitely not umichgrad07's fault. That's just what happened.
So, let's cut down on the over exaggeration and not try to subtly imply that umichgrad07 is some disgusting troll of member that needs to be permabanned, because everyone knows that's not the case. I've never even seen a negative post from umichgrad07. It was an inappropriate thread, there's plenty of them on ATRL, it happened, now move on. There's no need to make a mountain out of a molehill by trying to make some unnecessary, uncalled for 'public example' out of a good, contributing member like umichgrad07 by permabanning him or giving him permanent points.
(If that's even being discussed.)
...Vin