Petition to Reinstate AK1984
Sign it so that we can bring back one of the greatest bedgers of all time, OF ALL TIME!
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Please no!
There is enough negativity on here already
by reuben on Feb 25, 2010 1:02 PM PST via mobile reply actions 2 recs
flagged
for negativity…
#52. Get well soon.
by Eat Politicians on Mar 1, 2010 11:11 PM PST up reply actions
Flagged
For showing too much bubbly exuberance in flagging a negative comment.
I know that’s reading a lot into your words – but I can see it.
Romance me with that Roy rainbow shot which took flight from way beyond the arc and sailed so high that before it came back down to earth sealing the victory, it kissed the rafters and said "You're mine baby."
If AK1984 is one of the best Bedgers of all time...
Then that doesn’t say much at all about the rest of us.
Can I buy you a fish sandwich?
by silkybrown on Feb 25, 2010 1:07 PM PST reply actions 9 recs
Only if he changes his name to one of the following:
ILoveWhities
NegativeNancy
NickCollisonFTW
KurtThomasCanNeverLose
LMAisSoft
…you get the idea.
"Ain't nothin' in this world for free."
by Arby on Feb 25, 2010 1:15 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
the big one
Mike Miller
When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
Yes. The Mike Miller love was his most irrational obsession.
I don’t know why he got banned. I don’t follow things here that closely. There are so many whose names are close to identical, so many who sound like they’re 10 years old…
It’s interesting. The Seattle baseball blogs tend to be exclusive, whereas this site is inclusive. Different philosophies.
ignacio
exclusive blogs?
that seems contradictory to me
"exclusive" here means you exclude some people, you don't automatically
welcome everyone. if a newcomer says something offensive or dumb, they might get kicked out pretty quickly.
“inclusive” means you welcome pretty much everybody, even if they’re dumb or bring up stuff that has been talked to death long ago. BE’s philosophy is to include as many people as possible.
ignacio
I thought it was one of his most endearing features.
Clarence, It's better to have a gun and not need it, then need a gun and not have it.
Or the bigger one ...
… Mike Miller’s mom.
Clarence, It's better to have a gun and not need it, then need a gun and not have it.
Wow
He is on Dwight Jaynes all the time too. Probably developed the same negative disease that Dwight has.
People just need to know that BE is ridiculously sensitive…..TO EVERYTHING. Dont cross the real and imaginary lines that they put forth
Ball handling and dribbling are my strongest weaknesses."—David Thompson
On a related note
Is anybody else irritated at the Slobfather like I am? The guy is the most negative wannabe know-it-all in all local sports (even more than Clownzano).
He throws Nate under the bus after every loss and acts like he has inside info about the team when he really has no access at all. He speaks with certainty with regards to lineup changes etc. but really has no clue.
Just had to get that off my chest
Ball handling and dribbling are my strongest weaknesses."—David Thompson
Not just BE that's sensitive
It’s all of Portland, not just the sports fans.
Well, he's been booted from DJ's site too.
All commenters have.
Amazingly, the comments got too negative, even for Dwight!
http://www.dwightjaynes.com/adios-commenters-for-a-while
"...it was like he brought his own personal cross-wind to the arena." - Dave
I think I was the first "responder" to get booted from Dwight's blog
and I wear it as a badge of honor
even though Jaynes and I agree on many Blazer-related issues, don’t ever tell him that he’s wrong. He’ll tell you to get off his lawn
When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
by two4larue on Feb 25, 2010 2:08 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I got an email from Dwight
telling me to stop being argumentative. apparently he wants his threads to be strictly anti-Nate
Ball handling and dribbling are my strongest weaknesses."—David Thompson
That's incredibly lame
What are discussions forums for again? You’d think a former columnist would have thicker skin.
that was basically my response to him
if you can’t take it, don’t dish it out
but he replied that his blog is free…so I guess if we the unwashed want to view his content we should never disagree with him, etc
When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
thick skin, thin skin
we can all agree that he has plenty of skin in any case.
dinasour type of guys choir boys
by mittsabishy on Feb 26, 2010 10:23 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It doesn't matter how thick the skin is if you don't have a backbone.
I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
by haildablazer on Feb 26, 2010 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
I don't blame Dwight in the least for killing the comments...
Some of the nutcases that were posting on there should be institutionalized.
Blazer's Edge Ambassador to The Dream Shake Blog
I <3 LMA!!!! 27 Points and 12 Rebs!!!! Now that is more like it!!!!
41:11 Mins 12-22 FGs 4-7 FTs +12 4 Off 13 Rebs 3 Ast 1 Stl 28 Points - LMA vs Spurs 2-4-10 - LMA RULEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The PENDERBEAST is on the Prowl Looking for an Opposing 4 or 5 to DEVOUR!!!!!!!!!!
by LaMarvelous on Feb 25, 2010 10:02 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not a big DJ apologist, but I sympathize with him
Way too many of the “comments” on his page were exactly what we try to avoid on BE. The responses that start with “you are a stupid moron” don’t really add much to the conversation IMO. Unless posts are civil and thoughtful, they wont be missed by me.
Holding out for Hedo
But look at what he posts
If you post “Nate is an idiot for not starting and playing Nic Batum for 40 minutes a night” then the comments will follow suit
Ball handling and dribbling are my strongest weaknesses."—David Thompson
You are a stupid moron ....
…. should be the required start to any comment directed toward Jaynes these days.
Clarence, It's better to have a gun and not need it, then need a gun and not have it.
The thing that bugs me
is he isn’t stupid, so I don’t know why he writes some of the stuff he does. Bitter to be “retired”?
Give Blake the MLE in 2010!
Farewell to #2 and #25, good luck to you!
#10 #52 -- #5 #7 & #88 are back!
I know what you mean.
If a person isn’t all that bright to begin with, then fine. It is those people who are obvious intelligent that say stupid things that get to me.
Fortunately, I never listen to what I myself say
Clarence, It's better to have a gun and not need it, then need a gun and not have it.
I would rather start a petition to make Mortimer a moderator.
"Get three superstars and then fill the roster with guys willing to go through a wall to win." - KP
by jlarose78 on Feb 25, 2010 2:17 PM PST reply actions 4 recs
He's too busy steering PA's Aircraft carrier !
Capt. Morty, please report to the bridge !!
It's GO time !
Hooowee! That would BE fun wouldn't it! :)
Blazer's Edge Ambassador to The Dream Shake Blog
I <3 LMA!!!! 27 Points and 12 Rebs!!!! Now that is more like it!!!!
41:11 Mins 12-22 FGs 4-7 FTs +12 4 Off 13 Rebs 3 Ast 1 Stl 28 Points - LMA vs Spurs 2-4-10 - LMA RULEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The PENDERBEAST is on the Prowl Looking for an Opposing 4 or 5 to DEVOUR!!!!!!!!!!
by LaMarvelous on Feb 25, 2010 10:03 PM PST up reply actions
Umm, yeah. Good luck with that...
Blazer's Edge Ambassador to The Dream Shake Blog
I <3 LMA!!!! 27 Points and 12 Rebs!!!! Now that is more like it!!!!
41:11 Mins 12-22 FGs 4-7 FTs +12 4 Off 13 Rebs 3 Ast 1 Stl 28 Points - LMA vs Spurs 2-4-10 - LMA RULEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The PENDERBEAST is on the Prowl Looking for an Opposing 4 or 5 to DEVOUR!!!!!!!!!!
by LaMarvelous on Feb 25, 2010 10:04 PM PST up reply actions
Only if
You sign my petition to get TiH and ’Dre to go on a man-date.
"My shoulder is OK. And away we go." -- Nic Batum
"wang-dang diddly wubba SPROING wow-wow" -- Dave
by DonkeyShins on Feb 25, 2010 2:45 PM PST reply actions 11 recs
lol
if tom was any other poster he would’ve been banned.
The.
by Zaron5551 on Feb 25, 2010 2:51 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I follow the rules
I bet I reread them more than most folks here.
I am hands down the greatest Blazers fan on Blazersedge.
True dat
TiH is quite good about remaining just inside the rule boundaries.
"My shoulder is OK. And away we go." -- Nic Batum
"wang-dang diddly wubba SPROING wow-wow" -- Dave
by DonkeyShins on Feb 26, 2010 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
cough
*cough*teacher’s pet*cough*
#52. Get well soon.
by Eat Politicians on Mar 1, 2010 10:54 PM PST up reply actions
How many other folks have given Dave chocolate?
Besides, Dave tweets me all the time telling me how much he secretly hates Andre Miller.
at least now in garbage time we call all yell "It’s TIME DIENER!" - TheTinfoil
I think that is actually Bayless
He’s sneaky like that….
#52. Get well soon.
by Eat Politicians on Mar 2, 2010 12:43 AM PST up reply actions
Please make this soon or I will.
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
by dario argento on Feb 25, 2010 8:00 PM PST up reply actions
LOL! Sorry Tom but this is very funny!
Blazer's Edge Ambassador to The Dream Shake Blog
I <3 LMA!!!! 27 Points and 12 Rebs!!!! Now that is more like it!!!!
41:11 Mins 12-22 FGs 4-7 FTs +12 4 Off 13 Rebs 3 Ast 1 Stl 28 Points - LMA vs Spurs 2-4-10 - LMA RULEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The PENDERBEAST is on the Prowl Looking for an Opposing 4 or 5 to DEVOUR!!!!!!!!!!
by LaMarvelous on Feb 25, 2010 10:06 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah
If he did go, he’d stiff me with the check.
I am hands down the greatest Blazers fan on Blazersedge.
by tominhawaii on Feb 26, 2010 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
I went to sign it and my windows started opening and closing
then the walls started shaking… it might have been a sign
I always enjoyed reading his comments
I rarely agreed with him, but there’s no denying he knows basketball.
When I lurked mainly
He seemed kinda objective and negative, I don’t know if just that was his takes on everything or he just liked to start stuff but I don’t have a problem with it.
I'm not saying, I'm just saying.
he just has a thing for white nba players
most notably kirk hinrich and nick collison
and he hated mcmillian before it was cool
Awesomeness (ô'səm-nes)
1. n. Something that inspires awe
2. n. Nicolas Batum
by thomasikehara on Feb 26, 2010 8:05 AM PST up reply actions
Drunken rants about the kids of another Bedger? No thanks.
You don't need a Maserati to mow the lawn.
Is that why he got banned?
Give Blake the MLE in 2010!
Farewell to #2 and #25, good luck to you!
#10 #52 -- #5 #7 & #88 are back!
Shows creativity to me.
I’d certainly never think to test a site in that manner.
Now, if it is wives we are talking about, I understand that there is more than one BEdger whose wife could charitably be described as 300 lbs and ugly as a mud fence.
Actually, the very first thing I said to my wife when I met her in person for the first time was “Well, you’re not 300 lbs and ugly as a mud fence.” in response to her question on what I thought about her looks. Fortunately for me, she didn’t quite get the reference.
Clarence, It's better to have a gun and not need it, then need a gun and not have it.
it takes all kinds
I appreciate his basketball insight. I’m sure a condition of his reinstatement would be to limit his insulting nature.
"In Batum's case he must realize he is very likely the first Blazer to successfully fight over a pick all season..."
-Ben
Who is AK1984 and why should I care?
Playoff push, oh yeah!
by Tiparillo on Feb 25, 2010 4:02 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Did he ever get a date?
But really, I disagreed with a lot of the substance of his posts, but I think it’s good to have a wide range of views represented here. He’s a smart guy and I think he could figure out how to not be so abrasive.
#52
Now that I think about it, I set a perfect example
of somebody who’s annoying but not generally in an ad hominem way. It’s a bit of a challenge, by the way, to consistently model such poor taste while not being banned.
#52
Someone answer this.... what mod banned him and is the ... fire still on the edge?
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out, burns out farms, and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
Head Czar of Amerika <--- Mortimer said so so there!!!
Signed. Negative he was, but I bet if re-instated he will be a little toned down after getting his pee-pee slapped.
I liked his posts. He knows a lot about basketball. How bad could what he said have been?
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
Need to know why he got banned
before considering whether he should be reinstated. Can you include this in your post or something? For the record, i always appreciated AK’s thoughts. I liked that he was openly not a Blazers fan. good for perspective.
"Those 'Tank the Season' posts should be flagged after this game" -RecordTOs
Nah it's better that he's gone
I ♥ Julie Chu
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Feb 25, 2010 9:11 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
My last post about him got torched.
But he did not know a damn thing about basketball.
He knew how to type “82games.com” into his browser and totally ignore all aspects of human interaction.
dinasour type of guys choir boys
by mittsabishy on Feb 25, 2010 10:04 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
that's half of bedge
Wait, I’ll do an impression.
Imagine, if you will the guy from revenge of the nerds, you know the one. Suspenders, pocket protector. He pushes his taped glasses onto his nose and then recites from memory some obscure statistic which PROVES his point.
Then falls over from nerd laughing too hard.
#52. Get well soon.
by Eat Politicians on Mar 1, 2010 11:21 PM PST up reply actions
He was banned because he wasn't a homer
by Sonic Boom on Feb 25, 2010 10:19 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
So you are telling us that you are a homer and that is why you haven't been bannd?
Blazer's Edge Ambassador to The Dream Shake Blog
I <3 LMA!!!! 27 Points and 12 Rebs!!!! Now that is more like it!!!!
41:11 Mins 12-22 FGs 4-7 FTs +12 4 Off 13 Rebs 3 Ast 1 Stl 28 Points - LMA vs Spurs 2-4-10 - LMA RULEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The PENDERBEAST is on the Prowl Looking for an Opposing 4 or 5 to DEVOUR!!!!!!!!!!
by LaMarvelous on Feb 25, 2010 10:33 PM PST up reply actions
no I'm saying mob rules
I just haven’t pissed off the mob yet because I don’t post as frequently. I’m saying getting banned for anything other than bad language (or personal attack) is all about the majority. Instead he was banned because his opinions were not welcome.
That's not why he was banned
If that was true, I’d be banned, timg, Leeroy, and others would have also been banned long ago.
I am hands down the greatest Blazers fan on Blazersedge.
by tominhawaii on Feb 26, 2010 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
Hey , wait a minute. My opinions are widely welcomed. I have yet to irritate anyone.
Ok, maybe one, possible two people, but only because they are unreasonable.
Clarence, It's better to have a gun and not need it, then need a gun and not have it.
That's wimpy
I irritate ALL the unreasonable people.
Give Blake the MLE in 2010!
Farewell to #2 and #25, good luck to you!
#10 #52 -- #5 #7 & #88 are back!
Which is why you are still one of my role models.
Clarence, It's better to have a gun and not need it, then need a gun and not have it.
This is just silly
and if you have been around here at all you’d know Dave and Ben don’t roll that way, or at least you SHOULD know that. AK was treading on Jamere Holland-level thin ice. Whatever thing he said was not the one thing that got him banned — the condescension, name-calling and comparing other BEders to Nazis is what got him to that point.
"One of the bright spots of the young season has been rookie point guard Jonny Flynn, whose name sounds like he should be the lead character in a Broadway Musical. "What are you doing here, Jonny Flynn?" "Why I'm here to court trouble, and woo a girl, and build the most fantastical contraption the world has ever seen!" -- Dave, Game 7 Blazers versus Timberwolves preview
by BlazersOrBust on Feb 26, 2010 11:52 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
what wrong with comparing things to nazis?
we can compare basketball players to apples why not nazis?
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out, burns out farms, and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
Head Czar of Amerika <--- Mortimer said so so there!!!
As a purely personal viewpoint ...
… I’ve always considered folks to like to compare things to nazis as highly suspect of being intellectually bankrupt.
Clarence, It's better to have a gun and not need it, then need a gun and not have it.
A message from AK
Dammit, I genuinely thank all of you folks — even those of whom who aren’t necessarily too fond of me — for this mind-blowing showing of support on my behalf. It’s very much appreciated, y’know. Oh, and even though this petition is highly unlikely to bring about my reinstatement, it’s a kind gesture nonetheless, which is what matters most to me.
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Feb 25, 2010 10:52 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I've had my differences with AK. But he shouldn't be gone...
Maybe sitting in the corner for a week was merited, but it’s time now for a Presidential pardon…
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
His presence on here made me visit this site less.
I just didn’t wanna’ have to deal with what he created/instigated here on the site. It started where I would just skip over his comments. Then the ones reponding to his comments. Before long, his “stink” would hang over alot of the comments following his in a thread. Then I realized that it was draining to read posts here on BE for the amount of his stuff I’d have to weed out to hear some good, thoughtful (in every sense of that word) dialogue.
So, I stopped coming. And I will again if he comes back in anyway near the same fashion as before.
by Montavilla Steve on Feb 25, 2010 11:39 PM PST reply actions 13 recs
ha ha ha ha ....
it’s your kinda stink that provoked his banning.
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out, burns out farms, and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
Head Czar of Amerika <--- Mortimer said so so there!!!
by faith on Feb 28, 2010 8:44 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I like AK and wouldn't mind him back
It’s between him and Dave/Moderators. I don’t see the point in letting him come back if he keeps doing what got him banned in the first place.
I am hands down the greatest Blazers fan on Blazersedge.
Though I often disagree with him, I'll sign it.
He’s a Sonics fan and had his heart ripped out. You’d be generally negative about basketball too if the Blazers left town…
Patty Mills - PG of the future. Book it.
I think it would be fair to make a poll and let Bedgers decide if the majority of us want AK back or not. I don’t view this as Dave’s or Ben’s blog, if it was I wouldn’t visit this site all that often, IMO this is a blazers fan blog/community and I think it would be appropriate to let the community decide.
That's funny
because it is Dave’s and Ben’s blog. It’s success is largely because they do so much to encourage participation, but they make the rules and the decisions. If you want a democraticly run blog, you’ll have to start one yourself.
Give Blake the MLE in 2010!
Farewell to #2 and #25, good luck to you!
#10 #52 -- #5 #7 & #88 are back!
by jscot on Feb 27, 2010 6:33 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Recced for well-playedness
"One of the bright spots of the young season has been rookie point guard Jonny Flynn, whose name sounds like he should be the lead character in a Broadway Musical. "What are you doing here, Jonny Flynn?" "Why I'm here to court trouble, and woo a girl, and build the most fantastical contraption the world has ever seen!" -- Dave, Game 7 Blazers versus Timberwolves preview
by BlazersOrBust on Feb 27, 2010 7:23 AM PST up reply actions
I think you missed my point, but thanks for the feedback
by billsfan4life on Feb 27, 2010 7:59 AM PST up reply actions
jscot is crouching tiger, hidden troll.
I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
by haildablazer on Feb 27, 2010 11:16 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
If you only knew
Give Blake the MLE in 2010!
Farewell to #2 and #25, good luck to you!
#10 #52 -- #5 #7 & #88 are back!
Signed
He may have sometimes been obnoxious, but I could name five others who are more obnoxious. He did know basketball and generally made decent points. I’ve always wondered what he did that was so bad.
Without knowing what he did to get banned
how can you say he should be allowed back?
Give Blake the MLE in 2010!
Farewell to #2 and #25, good luck to you!
#10 #52 -- #5 #7 & #88 are back!
I heard he called you a geriatric curmudgeon
I am hands down the greatest Blazers fan on Blazersedge.
Couldn't be that
He must have said something untrue.
Give Blake the MLE in 2010!
Farewell to #2 and #25, good luck to you!
#10 #52 -- #5 #7 & #88 are back!
Just my opinion...
I think banning someone should be a temporary thing. Isn’t there some sort of a process to it?
What about a three strikes rule: Get warned, then if you persist you get banned for a month. After that you get one last chance and if you get caught doing the same sort of thing again, then the ban becomes permanent.
I know it was probably a lot harder to police the site when it was just Dave and Ben, but now with the moderators, I would think this sort of detailed oversight might be possible.
"She turned me into a newt!
A newt?
...I got better."
There have been temporary bans
Presumably, some things earn a permanent ban and others you get a warning, and others you get a warning with a temporary ban.
Give Blake the MLE in 2010!
Farewell to #2 and #25, good luck to you!
#10 #52 -- #5 #7 & #88 are back!
The word "fan" implies fanaticism, hysterical emotional states
your excellent reasoning is out of place here
Are you banning me?
Give Blake the MLE in 2010!
Farewell to #2 and #25, good luck to you!
#10 #52 -- #5 #7 & #88 are back!
Yeah, it was an uneducated opinion as I'm not any sort of insider on this board.
Just thought I’d throw it out there.
"She turned me into a newt!
A newt?
...I got better."
I wonder how many warnings you get?
Better qustion – I wonder how many I have left?
Clarence, It's better to have a gun and not need it, then need a gun and not have it.
Signed
He must have done something pretty egregious, as i thought he was one of the heavyweights on here as far as offering sharp, funny and knowledgeable analysis.
"The only 'Advanced Metric' that matters is what you see with your eyes." -Timbo, Nov., 2009.
SBnation
needs an ignore feature a la Fark.com.
by Gary: Badass on Feb 27, 2010 6:38 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Yes please!
CKTK: A music blog. We write about what we want to write about.
"Newspapers are an important part of our lives. Not to read, of course, but, when you’re moving you can’t wrap your dishes in a blog."
-Stephen Colbert
Sign, don’t sign.
It’s hard to decide without knowing why he got banned, and no doubt I’ve missed most of the heated debates.
So I’m going on my own experience.
AK1984 was always sharp, and had insight that now and then came with barbs. Sometimes obnoxious, cantankerous, and ornery like grandpa, but I don’t ever remember (me personally) being attacked. To me he was a welcome adversary (should also say he was not always an adversary). And, he even won me over to his side a couple times.
How many of us like to interact with people who only say what they think we want to hear. Not me.
If he makes peace with whomever/whatever he did, and comes to an agreement to curtail/stop whatever it was that got him banned,
Sign me up, I always liked grandpa – blazer1342
Romance me with that Roy rainbow shot which took flight from way beyond the arc and sailed so high that before it came back down to earth sealing the victory, it kissed the rafters and said "You're mine baby."
Let's just hypothesize he got banned for a persistent condescending tone to other posters combined with a flagrant episode of name calling.
That’s probably pretty close to the mark.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
And then the questions come
How often was he warned (and ignored the warnings) about the condescension?
How bad was the flagrant episode?
Some things should bring permanent consequences, after all. If he ignored warnings, you expect the consequences, that’s life. If the flagrant episode is flagrant enough, you have to pay the penalty. That’s life.
People lose jobs over these things, lose friends, have their families break up, etc, etc. If they learn the lesson with no worse consequences than being banned from a sports blog, that’s probably a good thing. Far better to learn it that way than suffering much more serious consequences.
I’m not saying the ban should hold, because I don’t know (or need to know, really) the specifics of what brought it on. I’m just saying that permanent bans have their proper place.
Give Blake the MLE in 2010!
Farewell to #2 and #25, good luck to you!
#10 #52 -- #5 #7 & #88 are back!
We don't need a lesson from our mother
just a yea or nay
Yea on the reinstatement
I need lessons sometimes
and appreciate them, ….
no matter who they come from, …..
even from my mother!
#52+1.5
by KINGofMACct on Feb 28, 2010 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
Free mom
She deserves her minutes!
#52+1.5
by KINGofMACct on Feb 28, 2010 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
I would love a lesson from my mother.
I have to make do with remembering the ones she gave when she was here.
Clarence, It's better to have a gun and not need it, then need a gun and not have it.
Bottom line, I’m content with whatever decision Dave/the mods makes.
I’m sure they will have to be convinced that he’s willing to conform to the site rules before lifting the ban.
But if we also hypothesize that he is able/willing to conform and do the right thing, why not give him a chance. I would say the same for anyone.
But like jscot said, some things have permanent consequences. Is this one of those things, I have no idea, I’ll leave it to those who run the site.
Romance me with that Roy rainbow shot which took flight from way beyond the arc and sailed so high that before it came back down to earth sealing the victory, it kissed the rafters and said "You're mine baby."
Yeah, I tend to trust the moderators who have got us this far. I sure don't know the details.
My main gripe with AK was that it was questionable that he was a Blazer fan.
Seemed like he just wanted to talk Ball with no personal allegiance to the team or anyone on it.
He could be caustic, but I was thinking he might be cleaning that up due to theoretical warnings.
I liked his position on JVG though.
AK at least needs one friend here to have the facts if an appeal is justified. I don’t know.
I would like to see fatty back. I thought he was a Blazer fan anyway. But, I probably don’t know the worst of it.
Re-sign Travis Outlaw !
Dave wouldn't ban somebody because of their opinion of the team.
There are many people here who don’t see eye to eye on many points about the team. The difference is they don’t talk down to people when arguing points.
I seem to recall
on one occasion AK accusing everyone on the site of wearing rose red colored glasses to which he received a much glamorized reminder from Tom about this being a Blazers site.
"In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him."
No thank you
The #1 thing about that guy I remember is his sig quote, “Fire McMillan, fire Pritchard” or whatever. golf clap outstanding analysis there, sir, clearly the voice of reason. I don’t care how knowledgeable he was about hoops, take that antagonistic nonsense over to RealGM.
In fact for weeks I thought he was an interloper from some other site that just cruised by to troll every so often, until I realized after some time that there was no “other site”, he just trolled around here full-time. Writing eloquently and clearly != having something constructive or original to say. Increasingly it just seemed like a game to see how much he could criticize and denigrate the Blazers roster and staff and still get away with calling himself a Blazers fan at the same time.
There’s plenty of criticism of Nate/KP/players still here from all of us without him gone, so I don’t think in any way that this was kicking out someone for not worshipping the team or anything. The difference is we do that stuff in context and we don’t come off as shrill one-note tirades, which is how all of his posts came across, to the point that I just scrolled past em. The only way that dude should come back is if he’s accompanied by an ignore feature.
"I take the little gummy bear Flintstones vitamins…I try not to eat the lady. I try not to eat the man. Just give me the car. I try to find the car. Yea, worst case scenario, I eat the lady." - Ron Artest, 2009
Rather than overturning the ban on AK ...
… how about a petition to ban timbo?
I think he’s the one who bribed one of the moderators in an attempt to get rid of me. He wants sole rights to the “tim” franchise. There can only be one.
Clarence, It's better to have a gun and not need it, then need a gun and not have it.
I vote Timmay! be granted the monopoly on the Tim franchise. Sorry Mr. 56.
If it makes you feel any better, tominhawaii constantly refers to you as his favorite Bedger.
hating advanced stats since 1980
I forgot about Timmay.
And now that I think about it, there is also TimG, not to be confused with Timg56.
Still, there can only be one.
Clarence, It's better to have a gun and not need it, then need a gun and not have it.
DEATH MATCH!
hating advanced stats since 1980
Rudy-hater, Bayless-hater, Coolio-hater
Oden*fanboy, Batum*fanboy, MMA*fanboy
motorcycles and chainsaws at 30 paces!
#52. Get well soon.
by Eat Politicians on Mar 1, 2010 11:03 PM PST up reply actions
SOFLAM and JDAMS at 5,000 yards
Clarence, It's better to have a gun and not need it, then need a gun and not have it.
SIGNED
We need more controversy and conversation instead of this limp noodle, butt kiss, mommas boy click that is turning BE into the biggest wimp convention any professional sports team has ever seen…
#52. Get well soon.
by Eat Politicians on Mar 1, 2010 11:02 PM PST reply actions
PS
bring back fatty too, that dude was hilarious…
#52. Get well soon.
by Eat Politicians on Mar 1, 2010 11:09 PM PST reply actions
It's one of the great mysteries of BEdge
#52. Get well soon.
by Eat Politicians on Mar 1, 2010 11:22 PM PST up reply actions
So...if people can give Blount, Vick, et al a second chance
why can’t AK get another chance? He didn’t disgrace his university on national tv by punching an opponent, nor did he engage in any illegal dogfighting, yet he is going to get banned from a website?
I'm going on a Dave boycott until AK1984 is brought back.
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