"Crime & TMP Membership" Topic

Anyone who mentions recasting should be banned.

As far as I know, they are. There, that's sorted.

Postings on this website have in the past broken UK law…

Come on Bill – given you've hosted a website which has back in the day hosted what would be described as 'hate speech' under UK law, which would possibly give you time in the slammer – do you really want to go down this road?

No, no, no…banning should be reserved for someone's behavior within this community. It shouldn't have anything to do with their lives outside gaming/posting on the forum. If some guy is awaiting trial, let's say, he's considered innocent until proven guilty. If he's done time or paid a fine for whatever he did, then he has already paid his debt to society and should be allowed in. If you have reliable information that someone is currently engaged in a life of crime, then let's talk, but shouldn't you be contacting the authorities first? Whatever their criminal record is, it probably does not impact this community in the first place. You wouldn't be protecting anybody here, and if protection is not the reason to ban the person, then what is it? Moral grounds?

TMP is not our nanny. It should not be concerned with what we're doing with our lives outside the forum. I think it can be a slippery slope. If we bar someone over their criminal record, then what about their political/religious affiliation? Their views on morality or drug use? If we have to pass some half-assed de facto background check in order to be a member of a frigging hobby forum, I would deeply resent it. I don't have anything to hide, but it is simply nobody else's business.

I'm Actualy Robert Mugabe, I'm sitting in my cell in the Hauge right now, they got great broadband here, also they serve lobster for lunch every thursday.

Whatever their criminal record is, it probably does not impact this community in the first place.

Didn't we just recently have the incident where one gamer assaulted his business companion and stole the molds?

There was also the case of the game designer who was charged with prostitution involving underage girls, although that case did not make it to trial.

Those sound like cases for local authorities to handle. Did either of these involve a criminal conviction? Unless said individuals have somehow committed a crime on this website I fail to see how someone's personal life affects an online forum, even if that forum is dedicated to miniature wargaming and said individuals are members of the wargaming community. It seems to me like someone is transfering their morality onto someone else.

Anyone who mentions recasting should be banned.

As far as I know, they are. There, that's sorted.

Actually the FAQ just says you cannot talk about it, nothing states that you will be banned…

Are you saying someone in a cell, Oh maybe on a island in the Caribbean can't paint 28mm figures and post their work on TMP? Why would it matter where they are sitting, or what they've done if they love war gaming and painting models. As long as they are locked up what does it matter to me?

What comes next, random drug testing?

Only if I can have some random drugs first!

Irishserb for ruler of the world!

Got my vote.

Can we go back to wargaming yet?

And miss the train wreck? Pish posh I say.

No. I have no problem with anyone who pursues a civilised and gentlemanly hobby such as wargaming. I do have a real problem with the idea that white collar crime is acceptable. White collar criminals include people who have caused economic misery for thousands, quite unlike people who are guilty of possessing pot while being black.

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Does it really matter what you vote here…

What definition of pedo? Which country's rules?

In UK, my teenage boys can technically be charged with pedo if they are lucky enough to have sex with a younger girl (and here we are talking 17 to 15 say). Is that a TMP ban?

Unless it's directly relevant to the hobby I don't think it needs to be known.

Now if a person has been convicted of mail fraud or breaking and entering, it might be relevant to have that known before trading with them on the marketplace or exchange boards but otherwise I don't really see it as relevant.

Caveat: Ultimately this is Bill's site and he can do what he wants. The above are just my opinions.

Would a convicted felon who has done his time use his real name?
But even if he is still incarcerated in a prison that allows internet access, so what?

What about Walter Mitty posters that fraudulently claim to have served in armed forces, or fraudulently claim qualifications which they don't actually possess (like a PhD, for example)?