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Wanted to put some things in the light here.

First of all to TROlly:
you're a weak and narrow minded individual who had me banned because you didn't like the things I said about you. The racism tag is but a really cheap pretext, and sure enough, cheap enough you were to pick that up to get me banned. Like scavengers on the freshly dead. You often react very negatively to ppl who simply don't agree with the way you think. For eg you've neg-repped me a number of times before despite my not being out of line; you simply didn't like what I was saying, rather than anything objectively reprehensible I've posted. Had it been another making that comment (about Beale), it would've been easily forgotten. For making a cheap little cliché joke, I immediately get a 2-week ban - *without warning*. Me, a regular who makes an effort to contribute a lot, in all kinds of ways.
I've tried to befriend you millions of times before, but you're such a toxic person you'll easily discard all of those efforts and in stead of facing me like a functional human being, you had me banned. Typical and perfectly in-line with your smallness.

RACISM
Now, I've attempted to extend to the forum my position on the thread, the lightness of my angle and still got banned (because it was decided anyways as Oliver was upset). French are crazy and erratic, English are uptight, Aussies are wild, black ppl run fast and jump high, aborigines or Irishmen drink a lot…that's not racism. Those are clichés based on consistent realities that ppl without mental complexes and uncongested anuses, who don't live in a sheltered first world bubble; can easily tolerate as they understand the spirit of such comments, especially when used lightly in a joke.

I happen to have lived in Qatar my whole life, been around/been close friends with ppl from tons of different cultures, am from mixed backgrounds myself, and am not even close to being a racist.

Racism is:
hating on, persecuting, having strong negative thoughts about, not in any quality tolerating the presence of, and reacting differently to a certain group of people (than we would our own or others). It is for example doing or willing harm onto a person because he's from one specific group, or not offering to help because of that, not being friendly and generally positive or hospitable towards someone. Out of my best friends, my brothers, there are Palestinian, Egyptian, French, Mauritian (Indian), English and Somalian/Qatari. My best friend at work was Nepali.
Racism isn't:
making a joke about aborigines or Irishmen drinking a lot, English people having bad teeth and being snobby, Americans being uncultured, Mexicans being lazy...

That's the reality of it. From that, think as you wish, I'm not your parents or wtvr..

I like to talk Rugby online, and so will do so. Elsewhere for two weeks. I think it's positive I leave here for a while.
You can delete this account.
 
I didn't get you banned, it was agreed upon by all staff because your post was reported by members.


This isn't/wasn't a witch hunt against you, this was a forum member getting a ban because of a racist comment. The same would happen for anyone else because it is against forum rules.
 
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To the Mods

Just for the record

I object to the banning of Big Ew

there is only TWO (2) Frenchmen in the entire forum

it's not like we're clogging the airways.

And one of them is harmless. And it's not me.

Show some balls & reinstate Big Ew.
 
To the Mods

Just for the record

I object to the banning of Big Ew

there is only TWO (2) Frenchmen in the entire forum

it's not like we're clogging the airways.

And one of them is harmless. And it's not me.

Show some balls & reinstate Big Ew.

You'd probably find there's a lot of people who would disagree with that..
 
You deserved it. Racism is not a joke and never should it be used for it. It's quite low to come out and admonish Olyy too.

Not as good as the infamous 'My Last Post' however.
 
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You'd probably find there's a lot of people who would disagree with that..

There's only Big Ew to my knowledge who is a big poster. So that's not 2 French posters but really only ONE.

Can't deal with ONE French guy in the entire forum and we're hearing lectures on racism...

What a laugh !! :lol:
 
to be absolutely honest, without ewis with us i feel we have lost a big part to this forum. like i thought we knew better, i thought we already knew what ewis was like, he might say s**t but we all know he does not mean to say to be offensive or to be taken seriously. Yes i can understand modders Racism is not tolerated in anyway what so ever, so now to the modders are you saying that you have never been racist or made a Racist comment once ?, and even if you did say something which was not suppose to be racist but turns out to be racist and wanted to edited but dont get a chance to edit it then how would you feel ?.

I dont usually stand up for ewis, but i decided to now for these simple reason:
- i remeber when i was going to quit because i didn't feel welcome here but turn's out i have a big impact, so if i had a big impact what would the forum be like without Ewis ? he's been here for 3 years and have 8,000 + posts, it wouldn't feel the same without him.
- Racism is not a good choice to make but i'm sure ewis knows better. (i do disagree)
- He does make me laugh who else here would make me laugh (can only think off one)

I respect all the modders here, and doing what they think is right for the forum and making sure this forum is a place to make everyone from around the world welcome. I've always agreed with every move you made and im glad i did because its for the best. But to ban Ewis is the only thing i'll Disagree to, only because what will the forum be like without his presence, it will feel alot more quieter that will be true im sure we can all agree. I'm not saying unban him straight away but just to think what will the forum be like without him ?
 
He's gone for two weeks, not for ever.

This really isn't up for discussion - he made a racist remark and got a temp. ban for it. The same would happen to any other member.

Also I'm not sure why him being French is being brought up at all.
 
If I can clarify a few things;

First off this is not a one off incident. We have had many reports from members about Ewis' conduct dating a long way back about his choice of words. Frankly he has been given a fair bit of leniency in the past and we have spoken to him in an effort to try to tone down the risque things he says without losing his style of posting.

I accept he says he is not a racist but he says things that you just can't say on a forum that is accessible to all ages and nationalities let alone any potential corporate partners that may be looking at us to assist or collaborate.

We have agreed this action unanimously and that includes people who are fans of his and those who aren't. There won't be a backtracking.
 
If we're all going to have our two penny worth, then I hope Ewis comes back at the end of the ban - I'm assuming it's only temporary - but I've got no issues with the ban. It's got nothing to do with him being French, it's not about whether the mods are perfect, it's Ewis making a racist joke and then proceeding to keep on digging. That's worth a small ban.

I'd like to think there's a lesson for us all here. Whatever you may believe about the world and how you conduct yourselves is not universal. Other people may disagree. Some people might get offended. When that happens, it's generally good to apologise, explain you meant no harm, and keep on being peaceful. Telling other people that they are wrong to be offended and don't understand the world is also an option, but it's generally not a good one.

This is why.
 
Knew Olyy would use that as an excuse; that he wasn't alone and there were billions of reports from all over the world begging for my life-time ban because I implied aborigines are drunks. And his demeanor towards me is an ongoing thing, and is a ton more problematic than my supposed original sin, God bless our souls.
It's magnificent, the ppl who take offense to that, because they're either utterly hypocritical in that they sort of agree, inside, but oh lawwwdy would never say it out loud - or they've occulted simple realities to the point of really believing such a comment is 'racist'. Self brainwashing. Got one of those in my family, she's quite a case. Severe symptoms...she thinks the notion that black people "got rhythm" is racist. :D I was speechless when she told me, needless to say. I dunno, maybe that makes sense here...

Pathetic little sheltered world we've created in the West...happy little bubble. We can produce existentialist philosophers like nowhere else in the world and yet we're reduced to not being able to make mere observations sometimes. Brilliant minds who've made their lives the project of a big nothing.

And fkng hell, this place is clogged. The entire point of a ban is to punish someone for something he's done wrong. If that same person explains his intentions genuinely were of lightness and nothing ideological or harmful, and had no weight but that of a quick joke, and you're still banning him - you've forgotten the very point of banning: to punish abuse, and wrong doing. I didn't say "SCREW **** PEOPLE I HATE THEM" I joked about a guy drinking coz he's aborigine. :p but that's a mortal sin here.
To take someone's post for its form not its intent, for being at the letter of the law like that.

*sigh* eh wtvr have fun w/o me ;)

My TRF ban lol.jpg

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Anybody!!!! what am i missing why and what did BE say to get banned i have been to busy with other things can someone please explain?????
 
He made a cliche joke that Aborigines drink a lot by default in relation to Kurtley Beale having a swig too many. I don't think any actual racist would make a joke like that in a public forum and we all know Big E but it got some heat unfortunately. Only two weeks though seemingly. May he come back an even more beautiful butterfly.
 
Two weeks extended for each day he uses this alias though, right?
 
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