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Originally written by Drakefyre:

As for you, taker_guardian, stop posting.

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A few words in Overwhelming's defense, since he won't defend himself, and I'm trying to approach this as unbiased as possible: Kelandon's post to me comes off as outright disparaging of Overwhelming. Communication intended to humiliate a fellow member is a violation of the CoC on this board, and I'm suprised the moderators have not mentioned this yet, considering it's their responsibility to be neutral and fair and to uphold the CoC and to warn members about infractions they commit.

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I've seen sarcastic comments against other members in jest (and am the victim and distributor of an equal amount of said comments), but those aren't really intended to demean the victim, whereas Kelandon's obviously is. I think a call to declare someone a persona non grata is about as humilating as one can get. This situation would have likely been better handled if Kelandon just went directly to Overwhelming's service provider and complained to them. It would also have been solved rather quickly. I'm not saying that I agree with what Overwhelming did, or that the public should not be informed, I am saying that you could have, and should have, handled it better.

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The CoC seems to be pretty much tossed out in this case, and it calls the effectiveness of the CoC into question, and the powers of the executive force behind the CoC. Do they have the right to nullification of the CoC in special cases such as this one, much like a jury has the right to nullify a law and refuse to uphold it?

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A little note about the compromise offered: I can see Overwhelming's reasons for not wishing to go into such a compromise. (Actually, Overwhelming didn't mention it, so I don't think he noticed that he was offered a compromise, but anyway...) Kelandon could simply change the download's URL and then Overwhelming would be left with a broken link. Even worse, Kelandon could change the content to something that is damaging to Overwhelming's repuation. The only compromise I know of that would be fair to boths sides would be if Overwhelming gave Kelandon an FTP account that he could update his items on, and then Overwhelming would be able to control the FTP account if Kelandon posted something offensive. This way, Overwhelming still has control over the content, and Kelandon has the ability to update the content in real time.

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Footnote2: Though I use it, U.S law is irritating to me, and it's about as clear as...I don't know...something opaque. I think I'll move back to...Osaka...anywhere that resturants can't be sued over having hot coffee or trivial things such as that.

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