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pyratejenni

pyratejenni

You have been permanently banned from unfunnybusiness for the following reasons:

1) Trolling. Deliberate refusal to get a point is a form of concern-trolling.

2) Contacting melannen to do an end-run around my ban.

And finally, the third reason, which results from the first two:

Being too stupid to be in one of my communities.


-- PyrateJenni

PyrateJenni--

I think there's been a misunderstanding here.

1. I was not refusing to get a point. Rather, I was failing rather
miserably to get my own point across, which was not a defense of
trolling, but rather a statement of "live and let live". There is a
difference, however subtle, between that and concern trolling. I still
maintain that trolls may indirectly manage to benefit the greater good.
After all, if it were not for evil men, we would not even be able to
have this conversation in the first place (no efforts by Hitler and
Stalin to take over the world--> Alan Turing doesn't get funding for his
machine --> no computers).
2. My efforts in contacting melannen were not an effort to do an end run
around your ban, but rather an effort to contact the mods. I did not
have your contact information, but melannen's was provided to me. I was
honestly hoping that the two of you could, you know, discuss things
together.
3. I guess I was stupid. I figured that you might be intelligent enough
to understand that not everybody is out to get you or disrupt whatever
it is you're doing.

In short, involvement in a flame war != trolling. Trying to contact
mods != trying to circumvent your precious authority. Being stupid ==
trying to deal with you.