In the end, it boils down to the same old shit: GEEK PRIDE.
You're gonna lose a few, kids, if your pre-emptive policy is to ALWAYS BE RIGHT and DAMMIT THE ASSHOLES CAN'T WIN IT'S NOT FAIR. Lord knows I've lost more'n a few times with that strategy. Let it go; laugh at your own stupidity; accept life. Any egalitarian posturing isn't because you have some sort of altruistic urge; no, you're just pissed because the current system doesn't play easy for YOU and you hope that a change WILL put you closer to the top.
It's a FORUM ON THE INTARWEB. You choose to be here. We listen to you because we think 90% of you are good chaps, but when you think you can cut your place in this forum without any consideration for the rest of the posters -- and that includes your ability to sling epithets, act cutesy, demand unqualified consideration, or wage personal feuds -- well, that's when you run afoul of me.
By whining about your bans or attempting to subvert the system, you send me one clear message: you NEED to be here. And that's okay. But when you refuse to change so you can satisfy that need and expect US to change for YOU -- well, that's the recipe for a permaban. Fishie ran up against it; m0rphix ran up against it (and apparently figured it out); and leguna will continue to run into it until he gets that this is a COMMUNITY, not a soapbox for personality pimpage.
And no, I don't have it in for Leguna. I actually expected him to answer my question and tell us why we should take him seriously, or to at least treat it rhetorically indicating that he GOT THE POINT. He chose to puff up his chest, and he likewise chose to take the fall.
PRIDE, motherfuckers.