Originally Posted by
Dutch Uncle
Thread bans are a double-edged sword; they keep out the riff-raff, but they block ideas. Even he uneducated, the belligerent, the mediocre, the embittered incels can have a good idea on occasion.
I usually skim over a lot of posts unless it's a person who can post intelligently. After a month on JPP, I'm sure the intelligent, educated people know who is and who isn't. LOL
The bad news is that the smokey bullshit obscures the intelligent posts of others. Having to choose between the two, I choose not to ban. It's a judgment call and I have no data to back up which way is better.
I never ban when I initiate a thread so as to encourage everybody to engage in spirited discourse.
Of course I have most of them on "ignore" so that I don't have to read their shit.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
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