Oh dear, oh dear!!

The summer heat has been on for a couple of days and already the overheating has started!!

Two boil ups already!!

Get those helmet vents open it's gonna be a loooooong summer.

This message board is means of communication, help, advice, discussion with respect, nothing more.

Any club should be run in a manner that protects its interests and those of its members. In the DSC context if that means preventing someone from posting on this board then so be it.

Ray.

So - dibble isnt allowed an opinion if it disagrees with yours? And do you really think this kind of reply helps the situation?

whether or not I think Vman should have been allowed to stay here is immateriel, I am hesitant to be part of a club which takes decisions and considers it's members do not warrant an explanantion. Surely a simple 'this is what we've done' post, with no chance to reply, would have solved this. No debate, this has already taken place, just the outcome of the decision and the reasons behind it.

Hmmmmmm!

A big problem with the written word is that it's easy to misinterpit what is meant, or to take a light hearted comment as an insult. It would be a shame if members left for this reason.
Personally I've enjoyed Dibble's posts (and avator) and hope you don't leave.:sniff:

The problem is that you've already signed up to abide by the Club's rules, both as a member of the message board and the DSC proper. This is in the small print you agreed to when registering for the board and sending in your membership form.

These are the rules you must abide by otherwise action is taken. Those who go against the rules are dealt with accordingly.

It's as simple as that.

The problem is that you've already signed up to abide by the Club's rules, both as a member of the message board and the DSC proper. This is in the small print you agreed to when registering for the board and sending in your membership form.

These are the rules you must abide by otherwise action is taken. Those who go against the rules are dealt with accordingly.

It's as simple as that. [/quote]

agree - if you break the rules you accept the consquences. But it does not mean you are not entitled to an explanantion. Even if it is just as quick, and correct, as yours. :cool:

998, aksherley :P:D

Steve has ABSOLUTELY NAILED IT!!!!!

Over the last few years I've done a number of courses for developing soft skills (part of the being a consultant mumbo jumbo) and a large part of this is effective communication. SO much of the message you read into what someone is telling you is communicated through your body language, pitch and tone, and the speed of delivery rather than the words themselves. Whether you look into their eyes, etc .. I could go on ...

When you take that and look at a purely text medium (apart from smiley'semoticons) you can understand how easy it is to mis-communicate something, for someone to take what you've said the wrong way, out of context etc ... It's not surprising that it happens.

Lets all grab a BIG grain of salt and jam it down our necks and LIGHTEN UP!!!

Sheesh ...

In the words of the immortal Samuel L Jackson "Tell that b*tch to chill!"

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True, but I think that the webteam posts have given an explanation, albeit in a roundabout way!

The guy was doing himself no favours by winding everyone up - either through choice or just because he ignorant that what he was posting would cause offence. He had plenty of "polite words", warnings and more and in all fairness it did work once, but it continued and many people took offence. I personally had no problem with it and I admit that I enjoyed baiting this individual at times to see how he liked it himself, but with hindsight that was not the ideal solution.

If you go out to break the rules you have to accept that things usually catch up with you. I always liken it to the "drive on the left" rule we have in this country - you might get away with breaking this rule for a while, but something's gonna get you eventually!

Bit like speeding eh, Antonye :lol:

How exactly do you ban someone anyway? Dynamic IP addresses, no ID cards, and all?