I thought long and hard about even replying to this...
When I first joined the forum I met Alfred (he had
back then). He semed nice but troubled. I started talking to him and I never felt he misused my confidence.
Thanks to him I also got some great Russian songs (and I weren't the only one).
Now as a teacher I have to be able to judge people's characters (I'm not an expert, but I do have some experiance), so here's what I think:
Something happened. FreeFreddy was very interested in the ocult (many posts showed that). He was probably also quite lonely (many posts under different names kindda prove that), but that was still harmless... I never realised (until now) just how many aliases he had. So he was trying to get some attention. Still no problem - it's a freindly comunity here and I guess there's quite a lot of us coming here to chat or exchange opinions (but not with ourselves...).
That might not harm anyone true, but it does show people how desperate somebody is. To present himself/herself as more popular you create an alter ego that becomes a fan of yours... That's just sad.
And now a problem apeares - this person is basically just trying to boost the selfimage - but is actually turning the forum into a private playground. And that's not what this forum is ment for (and I'm not talking just about Freddy now, but in general).
The admins decided to
Freddy and the reasons they gave are valid (despite what some say). Off course the person getting banned will not agree to that. Rarelly people agree to accept punishment. If there is anything further on to be discused let them handle it on their own - they have each other's e-mails and msn accounts...
And
Alfred if you want to talk about anything to me - just let me know. I guess you still have my e-mail or you can look it up any time. I have nothing against you, but I stand behind the admins on this one. You might have done it all just in good clean fun, but it's gotten out of hands.
I do have a word of advice to the
newer members (like ReamusLQ and some others). You guys created you accounts (might be paranioa, but right now anybody could be FF) at the time Freddy wasn't that active any more and you didn't really get to know him. Just what gives you the right to question the decisions of administrators about a person they got to know really well and you only heard a few things about? Do you have such mistrust for the admis - or are you just rebels without a clue? I questioned many of their decisions in the past, but only once about a member they gave a slap on the wrist to - it was Yamcha. Everything got settled in a more or less civilized tone and the matter was resolved. Otherwise I never had a real complaint about the decisions of the admins (at least until they explained their decisions - you don't have to blindly follow them).