Re: The Tye & BillyBob distraction
Originally posted by Knight
I assume most of you know what I am talking about. And if you are new to TOL I am sure you will notice rather quickly that there is a running feud between Tye Porter and Billy Bob that seems to spill out on to almost every thread and even into the ShoutBox.
If possible, then I suggest a ban of the shoutbox, per se...but see below for rest...
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I am now seriously considering banning one or both of them.
So tell me....
If you were a TOL administrator what would you do?
Well, I would not be a TOL administrator because I have seen the headache you put up with on a regular basis (even at some points due to my own threads which can become heated). So I'd like to take a special point to thank you and those whom make TOL run as smoothly as it does and for putting up with all you choose (freely and with foreknowledge) to put up with.
Second, I'd like to see some limitation on the ability of Tye to misquote others. As soon as a statement of a quote is edited in ANY way the poster should use the quote in a way that does not change the concept nor the meaning of that given quote. I have seen Tye do this repeatedly and it is a childish and ill mannered thing to do.
BillyBob is much harder to speak against as I have had enough run-in's with Tye that anything I say would be concidered biased, therefore I shall only vote for the ability of the Mod's to modify either/all of their posts of the offensive style speach. I see no problem with theological arguments which are "childish" in nature (if you see Billybob and Tye talking it is a good cause to pre-label that thread as childish because Billybob has to go down to Tye's level of understanding)...sorry, there goes my bias showing.
Anyways, if it comes down to a ban, my vote is for Tye, Billybob brings indepth thought and discussion. Tye's ignorances and misquoting is of the greatest grief-style childish behavior I have met...and is of the greatest annoying tactic of the mentally challenged who have no other means of communicating their ignorances except through a misquote. Also, Tye should have at least been warned when he posted the thread named after me due to it being off-subject and a character assassination attempt.
So, I say that the community regulates itself pretty well, Billybob and Tye's "fights" are funny to read sometimes, but Billybob's statements (even in jest) are quite humorous. Again, the middle road is more than likely the best road to travel. And outright ban of either one would really make TOL a different place, without Billybob to make fun of Tye's ignorance then I'd have to step in...and then I'd get banned...it is an ugly path to take.
But if you do ban Billybob...at least you already have a sign-up to take the place of Billybob to keep Tye's ignorances in check. I mean, what would Tye do if no one questioned the self righteous ignorances he spews. :nono: