"Statute of limitations" Topic

Blackhawk1 got locked up an infraction from a month ago. I'm sure everyone forgot about the topic weeks ago. To lock him up now is kind of silly since no one probably cares anymore.

If you can't dawghouse someone within maybe 3 days of the infraction, it can't be worth the trouble and just seems arbitrary and mean. Whatever caused the complaint has likely blown over. Anyone else that cares probably stifled whoever said the offending comment.

I think if the topic falls off the bottom of the page, the miscreant has made it to safety.
These weeks and months old witch hunts are ridiculous. If Bill couldn't get to him in time, too bad.

I think John's suggestion of a reasonable time (essentially 3 days) is eminently workable. This, of course, means that it will be rejected out of hand.

Wyatt

What is the intent? Is it to encourage good behavior, rather than bad? By throwing out old infractions, you simply reward the miscreants who slip by, time-wise.

Where us the incentive for The Editor to act in a timely manner? Where is the incentive for The Editor to act in a consistent manner? There has been plenty of bad behavior--worse than this, and dating back to this and beyond--which has been reported, but not acted on.

If you want TMP to be civil, it seems necessary to be prompt and consistent first of all. But it also seems that giving jerks a pass because they slipped by under the radar does little to promote civility.

"This, of course, means that it will be rejected out of hand."

Seem true for most sensible suggestions around here lately. The contrariness is predictable to a degree that it would make for very safe betting.

Allen

We have a Statue of Imitations?

Certainly anything past a week feels inappropriate.

Well, considering the hundreds of dollars a year I pay to have access to these forums, I think having to wait for anything – dawghousing, new features, (paint)strippergrams – is unreasonable. I demand first-rate service immediately!

Oh wait, TMP is free.

Irrespective of whether or not I care for how Bill runs his site, I'm not a Supporting Member (although I am in lower-case fashion), so I don't really have much say. People can vote with their wallets and feet, so let him ban people when and how he wants. Worst case: he causes the place to implode.

May as well turn myself in now. Save all the ing about waiting

His offense was apparently not having anything nice to say about the Tamil Tigers.
For THAT, he gets 5 days DH after 30 days?

If an "offense" is not immediately punished, then this is a joke, much like the Bad Olde days last year.
We don' need no stinkin' Jean Valjean justice.

Perhaps I could hide in the sewers…

The statute of limitations for the TMP forums is 30 days. If you want it changed, propose a poll and see if people vote for it.

The place is being filled up with folks' old transgressions.

I'll say my goodbyes now….

It all seems rather pointless to protest it. Have any of the arguments over the last year made any real difference in the way TMP is administered? If so I haven't seen them.

Really this is just a stupid little site covering a stupid little hobby. So who really cares if Bill goes ape~shit once every other month and starts throwing people in the DH? For all I know the guy may be catching up on I Love Lucy episodes but has the 3rd week of every month scheduled for arbitrary, unnecessary, irrational, capricious and/or deserved but tardy DH~ings.

It comes right down to this; you all aren't my family, I don't work with you, and I don't consider many of you actual friends. There are a few of you I'd like at some point in my life to meet and have a beer with. There are some of you I'd like to ensure I never meet, and I'm sure the feeling's mutual. Virtually nobody on TMP is going to make an effort to come to my house to play a game with me. It just isn't going to happen.

So TMP is just a site where cyber acquaintances take themselves entirely too seriously (including me on occasion), get all out of socket over anything conceivable (including me on occasion), and miss the point of the exercise (including me on occasion). This is a little world created by Bill, it serves some usefulness to the hobby, if it goes away nobody dies and if it stays nobody is saved.

I just don't think it's worth getting in an uproar about it anymore. It is what it is.

Ta~
D~

For the record I'm always surprised at what gets by the Bleep O'matic and what doesn't!

<overly subtle and not very funny humor on>

I thought Armintrout was the Americanization of the name Javert……Les Misérables indeed.

<overly subtle and not very funny humor off>

Well perhaps there should be different tolerance for different areas
Everyone seems to expect the Blue Fez to be a bit lively (rather like the saloons in the wild west)

Poll suggestion:
TMP link

The statute of limitations for the TMP forums is 30 days.

Where is that posted?
What was it last year during The Madness?

I think it is in Leviticus.

I'm with aecurtis on this. If you don't like the punishment, then, don't say things that will get you in trouble.

But not a real zombie as it's not really dead. Of course the post wasn't really offensive so maybe it still fits.

Go get 'em, Bill. We don't want anyone to be able to say, "TMP, 'tis a silly place…."