MP5's Banning

[George Spellwin]

Thanks George! I am a loyal EFer, I enjoy your site, have made a lot of friends, met some great people, and learned a lot. With the knowledge I gained here, it has given me the confidence to do my first bodybuilding show within the year. I will post here as long as EF is on the net. I owe you thanks! Stryder364

Send me your before and after pics -- maybe we can do a member profile on you!

 

[George Spellwin]

Chesty, I think MP5 snapped when May1010 got banned. I remember his posts during that time, and they were rather funny at times.



George, when do I get my smiley? Do I have to e-mail one to you?

Yeah, send me one! or post it here.

 

[EF Sam]

Cool thread

 

[BiIntensity]

Good posts, SS. Do you think it makes a difference that C-Ditty was bitching about women generally whereas MP5 actually attacked female members of the board? Before BM, he went after the also-banned smalls. You will remember he posted compromising pictures of smalls and attacked her viciously and repeatedly on Triedia and here when he could.

By the way, someone mentioned Strongchick on this thread. She was not banned. She left because of the continual attacks on her. As I recall, a group actually organized to hit her with as much negative karma as possible.

oh th e whoreor.

 

[notoriousQQ]

I think that ____________ should bend over and ___________ my big fat huge _________ __________ and then flip over and let me _________ their ________ until their head spins around like the ________ exorcist.

 

[George Spellwin]

Banning on this board is always turned into such a dramatic deal, when in fact all it means is that the user who was banned will no longer be posting under that handle anymore. MP5 was back on the board logged in and posting under a different handle almost immediately after he was banned.

In regards to the reasons why MP5 was banned, here's something to think about. George listed the various groups of people toward which MP5 showed hatred. One of these groups was women. I think the most infamous person on this board who has shown blatant hatred towards women is our own moderator, Citruscide. Citrus went so far as to fabricate a chat board coalition called B.I.T.C.H.S. and declare himself head of this. The sole purpose of this coalition was to talk shit about women and berate them for everything they stand for.

But George decided that this guy was a fantastic choice for a moderator because he uses gear and has a law degree. Great!! In his published profile of Citruscide, he listed the fact that his posts are always a source of controversy here as one of his assets. Was that not what MP5 did? If MP5 had a PHD in biochemistry, would this have changed the guy's fate?

This is not to say that I don't agree with MP5's removal. I agree that he didn't really bring much more to this board than a lot of hatred. My point is that George took a guy who did the exact same thing, and saw him a fit choice for a moderator. That doesn't sit well with me in light of all of this.

I hear what you are saying and I appreciate your concern. But I think there is a subtle difference -- C-Ditty, Warik, RyanH, Chesty, MuscleBrains, may all be sources of controversy, but they all stimulate conversation and all support the EliteFitness.com site which is a business. A good discussion or even argument, brings people in. MP5 drove them away.

 

[big4life]

I think I made it pretty clear why it's a valid point to look back at you and your presence on this board. The shitstorm of positive karma I got nailed with from that post tells me that more than a few other members agree.

Ok, so SM was the leader of B.I.T.C.H.S. You were by far the most outspoken member of it. You started threads talking about how much women suck, and your posts were riddled with woman hatred. If now you want to euphemistically change that around to make it sound like you were merely trying to instruct guys on how women work, you're kidding yourself. You have/had some serious pent up rage against females stemming from real life situations in your past. Fortunately you seem to be past it now.

I'm just trying to point out the double standard that hit me in the face with MP5's banning. I'm not trying to take a giant shit on you.

There is a double standard and it gets more obvious with each and every passing day.

As for MP5, I could care less, but apply the rules fairly or not at all.

 

[dballer]

suprise suprise.....


bikinimom makes more friends.

 

[naturally anabolic]

. I have yet to think of a singular handle that got banned for NO REASON. If any board member can think of one please post it. And I am sorry, because YOU THINK THAT SOMEONE WAS FUNNY AND LIVENED THINGS UP AROUND HERE THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE DECISION TO BAN HIM WAS NOT JUSTIFIED.

Smallmovesal.

 

[musclebrains]

Smallmovesal.

Actually Smalls was not the only woman banned for making life miserable for some poor man. I can't remember the name of the other one but she was also, by coincidence, a very strongly opinionated woman.

The women that hold their own here tend either to avoid rocking the boat or, like BM, have fierce personalities. That's a compliment, BM.