> reason I have done this is that I am FURIOUS about the handfull of TWERPS who
> are stuffing up VPF for those of us (the majority) who are concerned with
> pinball only.

I guess you must really hate the existance of the Outlane then. Is it the next forum to be deleted?

> I would like to see Pacdude turn it all around and consentrate on his pinball
> making and IGNORE anyone who tries to "BAIT" him BUT,

Well, if you had ignored ME, we wouldn't be having this conversation right now, now would we? "Hook, line and sinker" as they say. Cha-Ching!

I was banned over something that was really none of your business, after all. I broke no rules in the argument and it didn't involve you. Now you want VPForums to be happy happy world. Sorry, but unless you drug everyone there, it's not going to happen. More people are just going to get banned under these ridiculous new rules (no posturing or finger pointing; right; let's all sing Kumbaya now!) "No personal flames" is a reasonable rule. "No arguing" is ridiculous. I can't imagine how the "new improved" debate forums is going to work if people can't posture anymore. "well you're right, but I think this is also right." "You're wrong..." (BZZZZZZZZT! Banned!) LOL.


> Call my actions here a "venting of my emotions" a "saftey valve" if you will.

So you can do that, but when *I* do it I'm a freespeech asswipe? What the hell does that make you, then? Welcome to the club. :)

The only difference between you and me is I at least have the balls to post behind the same name here.

You, however cannot even recognize that your behavior is IDENTICAL to mine here. You are being a pretentous, whining crybaby. But I'm at least one step ahead of you. I'm aware of my whining behavior on here. But then as whiny as I might be saying it, there's some truth in my words as well. But then I'd rather change my handle to "whining crybaby" than be a loser that has to use assumed names before he lashes out at the world.

Hell, Paratech and I have *NEVER* gotten along, but even he's ready to leave with the ridiculous way the forums are being run now.

> I don't know where these "freespeechers" got the idea that they could say
> whatever they wanted on the VPF. I've looked through

I don't know where you get the idea that this is about free speech. I don't recall an argument about free speech right before I got banned. This was about an argument between KC and myself over who has the right to use various images and what not and it's since been resolved on our own in private without the need for moderators or any other BS.

All banning me did (while only giving KC a warning) and locking more threads and introducing ridiculous new rules is prove that my whining here is VERY ACCURATE.

> I've felt much better now I've released all that pent up anger.

You say you think the best thing to do is IGNORE someone, but your "venting" on here only proves YOU YOURSELF *CANNOT* even follow your own rules. You simply do it here to protect your name. You gotta love hypocrites because they don't even KNOW they're hypocrites! That's what makes them so amusing. I firmly beleieve you don't even see it. Take your blinders off and come join the rest of us in the real world. Then we'll ALL get along better.

The real answer is not to ban people, but respect their right to disagree with you. That's how free speech really "works" after all. Supressing it only causes rebellion. Allowing it and even encouraging it is what acutally puts the rebellions to rest. If you ever get a little wisdom some day, maybe you'll see that I'm right. I guarantee the way it's going now you're only going to divide the community big time. You may think you want to get rid of all the "freespeech wankers," but I don't think you realize just how many "wankers" you've offended with that statement. My entire country is based on FREEDOM (speech, press, right to bear arms and otherwise). And most of us appreciate it. Some of us are even willing to fight for it, but I would have thought that would have been obvious in the past year or so. We don't put up with terrorists and we certainly don't make deals with them.