I would like to inform you folks that "Presentiment" has had the unimpressive achievement of being the first user ever (excluding spam-bots), that is to say, in almost 3 years spanning hundreds of active users, to be banned from accessing these forums.
His deteriorating behaviour, with continuous, purposeful and numerous breaches of the forum rules, including hate speech, flaming, spamming, pointedly being off-topic, using improper grammar and no punctuation and generally doing his best to annoy other active forum members, as well as making newcomers feel unwelcome has lead to a negative impact on the forums atmosphere and overall experience of forum users. Therefore, he will no longer be with us, anatgonizing this community. If you'd like to know what not to do, have a look at some of his recent posts (can be accessed via his profile), though some of the worst has been deleted (including hate speech and very inappropriate reception of newcomers to the forums). We're a small, but friendly and welcoming community, and such behaviour will not be tolerated here.
That isn't to say that you should be afraid to tip-toe around the rules and be in state of perpetual fear, "reasonable" is definitely a word that you should apply to all the rules and any given situation- as long as you're not purposefully trying to disrupt the workings of the forums or trying your best to be a nuisance for the community, I highly doubt you'll follow in his footsteps. (And in any case, I always give a heads-up, in case you're not aware of comme-il-faut.)
So, just ignore his latest comments, if you find them inappropriate or provocative in some way, and let's get on with some quality posting! :)
His deteriorating behaviour, with continuous, purposeful and numerous breaches of the forum rules, including hate speech, flaming, spamming, pointedly being off-topic, using improper grammar and no punctuation and generally doing his best to annoy other active forum members, as well as making newcomers feel unwelcome has lead to a negative impact on the forums atmosphere and overall experience of forum users. Therefore, he will no longer be with us, anatgonizing this community. If you'd like to know what not to do, have a look at some of his recent posts (can be accessed via his profile), though some of the worst has been deleted (including hate speech and very inappropriate reception of newcomers to the forums). We're a small, but friendly and welcoming community, and such behaviour will not be tolerated here.
That isn't to say that you should be afraid to tip-toe around the rules and be in state of perpetual fear, "reasonable" is definitely a word that you should apply to all the rules and any given situation- as long as you're not purposefully trying to disrupt the workings of the forums or trying your best to be a nuisance for the community, I highly doubt you'll follow in his footsteps. (And in any case, I always give a heads-up, in case you're not aware of comme-il-faut.)
So, just ignore his latest comments, if you find them inappropriate or provocative in some way, and let's get on with some quality posting! :)