by Penta's ghost » Fri Oct 14, 2011 4:22 pm
Thank you very much, Kurt, for answering that much at long last. If you, or RYP (who in fact said something completely different when I talked to him at some point during the temporary ban you gave me) had told me that in the first place, so I knew where I stood, it would have been infinitely better all round. As I asked someone else to pass on to you, it was the mushroom treatment - keeping me in the dark and feeding me shit - that was the problem.
I was led to understand that I just needed to be patient and in due course, probably soon after you took the reins back from vlindsay, the ban would lapse. I was also led to believe that you had helped her set up the system that excluded me from chat on a temporary basis, and that once she had calmed down - and acknowledged that the reason she gave me for the ban was bullshit, and that the reasons she listed on the forum were also inventions to cover the lack of any wrongdoing on my part - that then that would be removed too.
I do wonder why neither you nor RYP could have put me straight 4 months ago. And I'm still none the wiser as to what your reasoning or justification was. Now that you know so much more about the context of the rows, now that you have very good reason, I understand, to grasp how the long smear campaign against me (long before the 'bad dinner party' incident) was concocted on a series of ever more fanciful and malicious lies and slanders, I would have expected you to view my posts rather differently. But apparently not.
So: Facebook it is. In one of my now deleted posts, I explained that I was reluctant to try to identify flaggers I'd like to have the opportunity to keep up with, let alone send them friend requests, because of the false picture given of me as a creepy stalker. Now that's my only recourse, I shall put aside such scruples. I hope no one will be creeped out if I do now. And anyone who would like to stay in touch (with a very few obvious exceptions), is welcome to look me up and do the same. It shouldn't be too hard to find me: you could start with the almost defunct BFC Facebook page. We can always refuse or block each other in either direction. Otherwise, you can PM me on Polo's Bastards.
So goodbye then. I'd like to thank RYP for the forum itself and all the pleasure it used to give me; Kurt for all your patience, consideration and help when it was far from pleasurable but I wasn't ready to give up hope that it could be again; all those people who gave me the benefit of the doubt when I was being painted as a monster, and especially those who were brave enough to stand up and be counted and take the flak for their pains; all those who took part in some cracking discussions and debates; cold and a few others (apart from those I'm still in touch with) who so often made me laugh; nowonmai in particular for the chats recently. And finally I need to thank Jaeger for the introduction to philosophy if nothing else.
Bye.
PS: just seen your post, V. If it was Kurt not you, then I apologise. Another consequence of not answering, keeping people in the dark. Always best to be open, as I've probably said before. And good luck and best wishes to you in the future.