Bueller_007
Posts: 39 Joined: Nov. 2008
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Apropos to the topic of being banned for things said on other forums, here's an exchange Barry and I had a while back when my TheYellowShark account was banned for calling one of Dembski's ridiculous posts "a pile of tard".
Quote | From Barry Arrington To me
Your recent comment Was not approved. As CH said, your next comment should be an apology or you will be banned. You are now banned. If you care to reply to this email with an apology that you would like for me to post, I will reinstate you.
As to the substance of your comment, "I will not say sorry for my insults unless that other guy has to say sorry too," is petulant and childish. Given the obvious intelligence behind your comments, which I will miss, I am surprised.
Barry K. Arrington
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My reply:
Quote | I appreciate that you took the time to reply to my comment by email.
To be honest, I don't feel that I should have to apologize to Dr. Dembski for posting a comment that I made on a different website as a precondition for posting to UD. On the contrary, I *do* feel that an apology would be more than appropriate for a much more serious breach of 'ethics' that was made on the front page of UD itself by one of its contributors, particularly when there is much suspicion that BaylorBear is a Dembski "sock puppet". I don't think it's childish to point out this obvious double-standard.
If Dr. Dembski was aware of my comment prior to its repost at UD by Clive, and if he took offense, I do apologize and you can pass it on to him personally. However, I think it's far more likely that he would realize that it was a *joke*, particularly if you consider his own sense of humour (e.g., the flatulent animation of Judge Jones, etc.)
That said, I don't believe that Clive actually cares about the apology itself, and is merely using the situation to 1) assert his authority, 2) attempt to undermine my status at antievolution.org--of which I admittedly have none, since I've only made about 10 posts--by forcing me to apologize, 3) attempting to ban someone who disagrees with him. I see that as pretty much par-for-the-course for UD.
So you can pass on my apology to Dr. Dembski if (and only if) he knew about it and he was actually offended, but I would prefer that you didn't post it to UD, and I will accept my 'bannination'.
Take care.
Also, I would prefer if you or Clive would make a "TheYellowShark is no longer with us" comment on that thread, because: a) the people at antievolution.org keep track of such things b) it won't just look like I took off without any kind of reply
Thanks.
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Of course, I was not reinstated, there was no mention of my bannination, and Barry did not reply.
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