In light of two recent examples of a user, upon facing a ban poll in this Senate, going on to troll obnoxiously because he feels he has nothing to lose, I propose this amendment to the rules of this body:
Section 1: When a user, for violation of the Board Rules, is the subject of a permanent ban poll in the Senate, that user may be temporarily banned for five days or the duration of the poll, whichever is shortest, at the discretion of any administrator, or upon request by any two Senators other than the Senator who initiated the ban poll.
Section 2. Should the Senate impose a temporary ban as punishment for violation of the Board Rules after considering a permanent ban, the Senate may elect to count the time spent banned during the poll towards the user's sentence.
With passage of this amendment, a user facing a certain banning will no long get three to five days of playtime where he can act as trollish as he wants with no consequences. Nor will he be able to force the issue, as I believe vivftp tried, and get banned on his own terms. It may also prevent a user who might have escaped with a custom title from talking himself into a ban. However, it still leaves room for a genuinely repentant user to concede arguments and apologize while the poll is going on, since the temp ban is not automatic.
What say you, fellow Senators? Yea or nay? Even if you have no opinion whatsoever or don't care to vote on this issue, do please take advantage of the abstain option so that this amendment gets a quorum.
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Temporary Bans for Users Facing Ban Polls
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Yea.
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Yea, verily, yea.
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"Quetzalcoatl, plumed serpent of the Aztecs... you are a pussy." - Stephen Colbert
"Really, I'm jealous of how much smarter than me he is. I'm not an expert on anything and he's an expert on things he knows nothing about." - Me, concerning a bullshitter
"Quetzalcoatl, plumed serpent of the Aztecs... you are a pussy." - Stephen Colbert
"Really, I'm jealous of how much smarter than me he is. I'm not an expert on anything and he's an expert on things he knows nothing about." - Me, concerning a bullshitter
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seanrobertson
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Aye. Great idea.
Pain, or damage, don't end the world, or despair, or fuckin' beatin's. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, ya got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man ... and give some back.
-Al Swearengen
Cry woe, destruction, ruin and decay: The worst is death, and death will have his day.
-Ole' Shakey's "Richard II," Act III, scene ii.
-Al Swearengen
Cry woe, destruction, ruin and decay: The worst is death, and death will have his day.
-Ole' Shakey's "Richard II," Act III, scene ii.
Yes. After all, it is not mandatory but a good option to have.
Edi
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Why is it so goddamned hard to get little assholes like you to admit it when you fuck up? Is it pride? What gives you the right to have any pride?
–Darth Wong to vivftp
GOP message? Why don't they just come out of the closet: FASCISTS R' US –Patrick Degan
The GOP has a problem with anyone coming out of the closet. –18-till-I-die
Why is it so goddamned hard to get little assholes like you to admit it when you fuck up? Is it pride? What gives you the right to have any pride?
–Darth Wong to vivftp
GOP message? Why don't they just come out of the closet: FASCISTS R' US –Patrick Degan
The GOP has a problem with anyone coming out of the closet. –18-till-I-die
Aye
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