Originally Posted By Mr X ***How about something about a boy wizard who doesn't know he's a wizard until he gets his welcome letter from a wizarding school? I'm thinking a 7-book series here. Oh, who am I kidding. Who'd want to read something like that?*** lmao!
Originally Posted By utahjosh Jonvn, you and I disagreed on pretty much every level, on every topic we discussed. Primarily about religion, but other things, too. I didn't ask for your removal, and I didn't complain directly to the Admins. I did make public statements about your lack of civility, and encouraged politeness from you often. All I got back from you was more underhanded comments and zero respect. I won't miss you on these boards, but I hope you'll be treated fairly here.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Isn't there anything WE ( us LP'rs)can possibly do to try to help get Jon back?
Originally Posted By jv3 It's ok, Josh. I want you to know, though, that I never meant to say anything to hurt you personally, and respected your views and fully supported your right to have them. I still do, even though I don't at all agree with them. I would defend to the death your right to believe whatever you want and practice your beliefs whatever it is you believe.
Originally Posted By Mr X Send a message to Doobie and Rebekah, I suppose. Ask them why it happened, and to reconsider. If they got enough messages, I dunno. Maybe that would help. However, Jon mentioning that some vip's might have gotten angry and demanded he be removed is not all that hard to imagine. If that be the case, the guy is GONE no matter what.
Originally Posted By SFH Does he have a blog? If not, he should start one. It doesn't have to be fancy. Then, as long as he follows the fairly-lenient guidelines of the hosting service, he can say whatever he wants to say, and only people who want to read it will be exposed to it. If he wants to argue, he can invite others to join his blog or to at least comment. I'd visit. SFH
Originally Posted By utahjosh Thanks, Jonvn. I feel the same way. A few times I may have been more rude that I'd like to think I was, though.
Originally Posted By jv3 Well, got to run an errand now, and I suspect this will be deleted the next time I get a chance to look. So, thanks everyone. You've been very kind and thoughtful. Best of luck to all of you.
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF Let's see how long it takes before this topic gets shut down...the ADMINs don't like to be questioned here...and rarely do they respond...
Originally Posted By utahjosh I believe the posts about jonvn in the "Girl...Prayer" thread may have been removed because it is so off topic. These posts in this thread are still here. And yes, I realize that off-topic posts are everywhere. But when it's a personal and touchy situation that may be the rational.
Originally Posted By Mr X Actually Josh, you missed the fireworks. A TON of stuff got erased, including Jon trying twice to write a "good bye" topic in which he basically wrote "thanks to any friends out there, and I will respect the management's wishes and not post anymore". Words to that effect, anyway. They deleted all of THAT. It was pretty heartless. Given that, I can understand why he's feeling obstinate about the whole situation now. I sure would. The guy has been around for YEARS, for petes sake!
Originally Posted By Mr X They also erased his attempts to offer his email so friends could get in touch. Seriously...heartless stuff here. NOT the finest moments for Doobie and/or the admin crew. Heartless to say the least!
Originally Posted By sherrytodd I'm not a big WE poster, but as opposed to a few other previously banned posters, I've seen that while jonvn and I may disagree, he is a LPer with a pretty big heart and he has made me laugh on several occasions. I wish this weren't true.
Originally Posted By Mr X Seems to be true, Sherry. Sad story...there was absolutely no justification for it, other than some new poster named Bob Benchley making a note of the fact that he was preparing to complain loudly about Jon and suggesting other posters do the same. I have no idea why the management decided to take his word for it (the guy was, frankly, a bully and a jerk anyway).
Originally Posted By utahjosh I'm not going to run around celebrating, but I'm not going to miss jon's style of posting.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight So much for freedom of speach huh? WE was a perfect place to exercize that very rite. I'm saddened.
Originally Posted By utahjosh Freedom of speech has nothing to do with this issue. This is a private website, and the the freedoms being used here are those of the owners of the site.
