<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by tcook052:
I disagree, Canarsie. Violating TOS is like a speeding ticket: everyone, however much a productive citizen, who breaks the law gets a ticket. Simple as that. Plus, it sends the message that posters with some history are allowed to flout some rules because of who they are. What does that say to newbies?</font>
Please read my most recent post in this thread again,
tcook052, especially the portions I highlighted in
bold type in the last part:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Canarsie:
This should NOT excuse Dovster if he indeed violated the terms of service of FlyerTalk (and he has supposedly subsequently been warned), but
he does not deserve the attempted public character assassination instigated by a supposed FlyerTalk member who blatantly and intentionally violates the terms of service by posting using a multiple FlyerTalk handle to promote his/her own agenda.
Threads such as this one serve no other purpose than to:
- attempt to malign the reputation of an otherwise exemplary fellow member of FlyerTalk, and
- to waste everybody’s valuable time.
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FlyerTalk members who violate the terms of service as a first offense receive a warning, which
Dovster allegedly did receive from a moderator in the OMNI forum. I read my post again carefully, and not once did I encourage anyone to have
Dovster be excused from being appropriately penalized for his actions.
If this is not
Dovster’s first time violating the terms of service of FlyerTalk, I will repeat what I wrote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Canarsie:
This should NOT excuse Dovster if he indeed violated the terms of service of FlyerTalk...[/list]</font>
As for defending
Dovster’s character, I did so because the original poster in this thread decided to attempt to publicly assassinate
Dovster’s character in a manner that appears to be slanderous in nature. Instead of starting this thread, the original poster should have privately e-mailed the moderator.
Even if
Dovster violated the FlyerTalk terms of service multiple times, criticizing a fellow member of FlyerTalk publicly in a forum is generally frowned upon, unwarranted, and certainly not encouraged.
What purpose does threads like this serve to new members of FlyerTalk — or anyone else, for that matter?