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[Swifty1638]

fatty, why would you say peter is "on a pedistal" ? I can vouch for him actually being a really decent guy. I've been drunk, he gave me a roof, i've needed to borrow a few bucks here and there, he's had me (I've paid him back, don't worry) and he's been a good guy to me to turn to for ME to keep my sanity through the SHIT i've been dragged through as of late. Does your opinion of me differ because I'm never out at the wednesday meets, or a few other meets that are had around here? I think many can contest to me being a good guy, as they could with him. Perhaps under a new light, you could approach him maturely, and hold a discussion?

Mods, I understand where you are coming from on certain things, and as always you know I love it here. I really am lost on how this "banning spree" came about though..opinions where asked to be given, so they where. you banned those who gave it, but not others who gave theirs? How is it spaz has skated by? Does that mean that I too will be banned for giving my opinion on certain topics? Is that not what you asked?

-A. Swift

[cmspaz]

Originally Posted by FattyBoomBatty

Maybe what should happen is instead of posting right away, the forum will make you wait 30 seconds or a minute then say, "are you sure you want to post that?" I bet it would give people enough time to reconsider what they wrote and change things that are "too much."

I usually do a "preview post" at least once before posting something, unless it's a quick reply, as last night's post unfortunately was.

Originally Posted by JET

Every time I have met you I have heard some ludicrous story about you driving drunk and recklessly. Nobody thinks that is cool or funny, it is stupid.

Really? I hardly ever tell stories, let alone stories of me being drunk, and even less stories about me being drunk and driving (and for the record I never drive if I'm even moderately intoxicated, so drunk is a relative term). The last time was the Civic, what other ones have you heard?

Originally Posted by Swifty1638

fatty, why would you say peter is "on a pedistal" ? I can vouch for him actually being a really decent guy. I've been drunk, he gave me a roof, i've needed to borrow a few bucks here and there, he's had me (I've paid him back, don't worry) and he's been a good guy to me to turn to for ME to keep my sanity through the SHIT i've been dragged through as of late.

Mods, I understand where you are coming from on certain things, and as always you know I love it here. I really am lost on how this "banning spree" came about though..opinions where asked to be given, so they where. you banned those who gave it, but not others who gave theirs? How is it spaz has skated by? Does that mean that I too will be banned for giving my opinion on certain topics? Is that not what you asked?

Two things... first, he roofied you as a joke? Some fucking joke. Not something I'd laugh off, that's for sure.

Secondly, this "banning spree." I managed to "skate by" because I was talking with Hughes and Scheides pretty much all day, trying to work this shit out, as opposed to the original banned parties who tried to make a huge deal out of the whole situation and dragged it out, a shitstorm neither Scheides nor Hughes wanted to deal with. The non-involved parties who're banned asked for it to try to make some ridiculous point whose logic escapes me. Hell, I even told Hughes I would rather he wait on the bannings until we at least tried to work things out on Friday, but he and Scheides felt things got too out of hand and made the decision to ban.

[JET]

Originally Posted by cmspaz

Really? I hardly ever tell stories, let alone stories of me being drunk, and even less stories about me being drunk and driving (and for the record I never drive if I'm even moderately intoxicated, so drunk is a relative term). The last time was the Civic, what other ones have you heard?

Well that is odd. I have met you 3 times and heard a drunk story each time. One was quite elaborate where you were talking about launching on a cop like 6 times, but he was out of his jourisdiction (which we busted you on, I believe TKR was the other one) and you said you were completely wasted. The last one you were racing some random car while you were drunk, a civic I think. I didn't pay much attention really.

So you say here you don't drive while drunk, but I have heard 3 stories where you say you are drunk and race people. Lying to try to impress people doesn't work. The stories all sounded quite fabricated, so I would guess you are telling the truth here. I would hope so anyway. Like I said before, just chill out and be yourself and you will be fine.

[scheides]

Originally Posted by JET

Well that is odd. I have met you 3 times and heard a drunk story each time. One was quite elaborate where you were talking about launching on a cop like 6 times, but he was out of his jourisdiction (which we busted you on, I believe TKR was the other one) and you said you were completely wasted. The last one you were racing some random car while you were drunk, a civic I think. I didn't pay much attention really.

So you say here you don't drive while drunk, but I have heard 3 stories where you say you are drunk and race people. Lying to try to impress people doesn't work. The stories all sounded quite fabricated, so I would guess you are telling the truth here. I would hope so anyway. Like I said before, just chill out and be yourself and you will be fine.

I think he actually just told the stories while drunk, and wasn't drunk while the stories actually happened. LOL @ launching w/ the cop story(told while spaz was several beers deep!), that was awesome!

[hellomynameis]

Originally Posted by JET

The last one you were racing some random car while you were drunk, a civic I think. I didn't pay much attention really.
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Emphasis mine. He mentioned that he had imbibed earlier in the evening but I'm pretty sure he didn't refer to himself as being drunk.

Pay attention. This is how shit gets started. It's sad really, because you already admitted that your impression of the guy is based on barely even paying attention.

As far as the original point this thread was trying to make...if you post pics of yourself doing gay stuff on the internet, don't whine when people poke fun. Seems to me, that's exactly how one of the threads in question started. Why it gets out of hand, I don't know. If we all acted like decent adults, it probably would never go 'too far'. Kracka and I constantly take jabs at each other both on- and off-line and we both are still awesome friends because we understand the differences between joking and being an asshole.

The instigators who ignore warnings about their behavior should be banned, no question about it. For some perspective, I'm a guy that doesn't support any kind of censorship.

For those of you who have a problem with Spaz (or anyone else), quit being passive aggressive and/or throwing punches from the safety of your keyboard. Resolve your differences privately and maybe even score some points by doing it in person (and by in person I don't mean a fist fight). Case in point, if you think Spaz is too loud or that his swearing is inappropriate, pull him aside, let him know how you feel about it and don't pout if he doesn't change for you.

By the way...If resolving your differences means you guys don't hang out together, so what? We don't all have to be friends. Even if there is a person you don't get along with, it shouldn't prevent you from attending any of the fantastic events Kracka and Scheides plans for us.

[cmspaz]

Originally Posted by JET

Well that is odd. I have met you 3 times and heard a drunk story each time. One was quite elaborate where you were talking about launching on a cop like 6 times, but he was out of his jourisdiction (which we busted you on, I believe TKR was the other one) and you said you were completely wasted. The last one you were racing some random car while you were drunk, a civic I think. I didn't pay much attention really.

Heh, I forgot about the cop... I only had one beer 3 hours prior to doing that. I probably started the story with "So I was driving home from the bar..." so that may have been where the drunkenness came from. Plus, I was like five beers deep when I told the story. The civic story, I was fairly close to the legal limit, with a beer and a couple drinks in me. I normally jump around after drinking to make sure I'm coordinated enough to drive, though, so it's safe to assume that I'm not actually driving drunk, regardless of what I say in my stories. We can resolve to say that 'drunk' is a fairly relative term when you're talking to me.

And yes, as per Zac, if you have a problem with something I'm doing, saying, etc, please, by all means, pull me aside and let me know in a calm and respectful manner. I won't be offended, and I will honestly try to be accommodating. If you don't feel comfortable doing that, shoot me a PM, IM, email, whatever. I can't do anything about a problem if I don't know it exists.