This website is like a dictatorship

"His genes suck than." Now I could cry foul and exclaim my esteemed opponent has shifted the goalpost and thus his resolution is negated by default - but I will not, as where would the fun be in defending an argument so trivially. Thus to continue, the resolution now seems to be something akin to : Resolve : askbob should be removed as his genes suck than C1) askbob has mad hacks and doesn't afraid of anything From a pure utilitarian stance it has to be obvious that elite computer detective skills and innate +5 brave has to be a greater value than over zealous modding. The argument for this is as trivial as follows : Yes it is true that his actions will, and do, result in increased risk and liability of the site owners, admins/mods and even members to harassment, defamation and endangerment claims - BUT - if any member ever forgets the number and address of their ex-girlfriend/boyfriend then it is just one PM away. Truly can you put a price on that? While the threat of big brother is always looming around the corner, there is no need to wait and it is not just the seven deadly x's either that can be so revealed. Weather it is a friend that ate your last poptart and replaced it with a horrid toaster strudel or the much desired, and well hidden, diary key of your over bearing jealous big sister, there is no need to suffer such indignation in silence no longer. C2) we are a normative species You may look at askbob now and see a mighty villain but when he is removed will you be so content. Will you now no longer get aggravated if a member voices disapproval, does your volume knob no longer go to 11? No, there will always be in you the potential for maximal frustration and you will have the same frequency of net rages, they will just be allocated for lesser and lesser evils as the banhammer keeps falling. And in the end when the dust settles and order is maintained, after they have come and come and come again - who will be left but you alone, sitting in silence pleased with what has been achieved. Basking in the order and stability in the zero point vacuum of a dead forum and page after page of self-debates. Is this the ideal, is this the american dream of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness? C3) that way leads to nothing but a quantum of solace It is well known that acting in violence breeds violence, for was it not said by the great prophet Alphonzo the Cosmic "An eye for an eye makes all the world blind, but a smile and some lube makes everyone a froody dude." So calm down, breath the good air in, let the bad air out. For do not follow the part of anger, for anger comes from fear and fear leads to hate and hate leads to the dark side of the moon and there be dragons. C4) you can't build something by destroying part of it If you care about the site, if DDO means anything to you then focus on improving it not removing the parts you object to. Just as you can not make a fruit pie if you get rid of all the fruit you do not like then what would a site be if you removed all the members you think are nobs. Ok, well you could still have a fruit pie but the only people that would like it are the people that like the same fruit you do and what about if you like some strange fruit like the ones that are full of spiders and when the spiders come out they shoot bees out of their mouths. Who is going to eat that hell crazy pie? In short there are four solid reasons to reject the modified resolution, I give credit for my noble opponent for continuing but warn him not to proceed for if he does I have no choice but to release the kraken.