by bigmick » Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:29 pm
As is almost always the case when people are banned, I think it's a shame as different people add texture to the forum. I think if people are actually Liverpool supporters and not just some pure wind up merchants, by and large they should be allowed to contribute. I've had a few spats myself in the past and still have a few ongoers today, but I don't think anyone should be banned because of it. People are entitled to think I or anyone else is a c..., it's their right.
In the case of Peewee I've no idea what he was banned for, but I hope like other bans these days it is more of the "suspension" variety than a lifetime thing. Once more I'm convinced that the cards should be used in a similar way to which they are on a football pitch. It should be one yellow card puts you on a warning, the second yellow means you are sent off for a week. It shouldn't matter overly how many times you've been sent off (although I suppose you could do four bans in a season and you get three weeks or something if you wanted to). The point being that much which goes on on the forum probably deserves a card and doesn't get one, particularly when people are "stuck" on four cards.
Peewee probably thinks (and I haven't spoken to him via pm so I don't know for sure) that in many respects he is victimised. People are able to dish it out to him he would say with impunity, but if he responds he is carded and banned. I think a slight tweak to the carding system would allay all of that, as certain actions could be quite simply outlawed. Call someone a w@nker or a c... and it's a yellow card. Make reference to someones family in a derogatory way, or someones previous illness and it's a yellow card etc etc. Everyone would know then where they stand which wouldn't solve any spats and disputes, but would at least make it easier for people to come to terms with it all.
Anyway love him or loathe him Peewee is very funny on occasions (well he makes me laugh anyway), and I hope he's back before long, stirring it up and rabble rousing.
"se e in una bottigla ed e bianco, e latte".