OT: Remembering 9/11

[Chief Fox]

I had just arrived at work. It was a Tuesday. I didn't have the radio on and hadn't turned the TV on that morning. The night before was the first Monday night football game of the season. Eddie McCaffery of the Denver Broncos broke his leg in the game.

As I was walking through the parking lot I said to one of my co-workers. "Did you see that game last night? Bummer about McCaffery's leg.". She says, "Do you realize that we're under attack?". I go into work to find that the whole internet has come to a screaching hault and we all just watched TV for the rest of the day.

[BruceSteveRoy]

I was in college in NJ and learned that a very large portion of the student body had parents that worked in or around the WTC many of whom did not make it out. My wife (she was my girlfriend at the time)'s brother worked right across the street and saw a few of his friends die. My friend's dad worked for some Japanese company that had its office in the towers his dad got out but the dad's bosses all stayed behind to call back to japan and make sure they knew what was happening. They all died. It was a crazy day. i remember when all the planes were grounded how scared people would get when a plane would go over head. They were all military planes patrolling but still that look of terror would just sweep across people's faces. It was a crazy day.

[Mr Punch]

I had just finished work.

Went to a net cafe as usual with that gf (never really spoke much). Bout 930 pm maybe, my mate from the UK mails me with the legend 'Someone's really p!ssed the f***wits off this time,' and the link to the live BBC website images of the smoke pouring out of the first tower.

We watched. And read. The netcafe was quiet like a library. People were sitting round reading manga, drinking free coffee, looking at porn, smooching.

Things were different.

First was cold, and thinking, 'The b@stards'!

We went home, me giving the gf a potted history of what had possibly just happened (she didn't know anything about the Middle East at all). Got home and the Brazilians (there were eleven Brazilian models sharing our house) were crowded around the TV. A couple of the chicks were crying and they were saying something in Portuguese. A couple of them turned to us and said, 'You seen?' 'Somebody's got the US,'... and by then we noticed the second tower and then they'd both gone.

My first rational thought after the cold vengeful anger was wondering who that ****er Bush would bomb, and if all the crazy fundies who support him had finally got their wish for Armageddon.

Wore my NY Yankees cap all the next week. People were nice to me on the train. Of course I'm not American but I wanted to show my solidarity and the Japanese were the warmest they'd ever been. The world was with you.

RIP.

Peace.

[Chief Fox]

I remember after that day going for a run through my neigborhood. On a 3 mile or so run I counted all of the American flags that I saw out in front of people's houses. I saw 72 american flags. It brought tears to my eyes that day and still gets me choked up thinking about it now.

[SPJ]

I was practicing some warming up exercises with Tai Chi and Tong Bei in the park. My neighbor told me that the world trade center was attacked by a civil airplane. It is on CNN live.

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:eek:

[shirkers1]

I got up at 6:00 mst and checked the spawn.com forums to read that we were under attack... So I went and checked the news to see the first tower on fire, I saw the second plan hit live... I couldn't believe it. I then turned on stern because I knew he was in NY, he stayed on the air through out the whole ordeal and I respect him for that. We ended up setting up the tv's at work so that the people at work could keep updated on what was happening. There are a lot of people from back east that work at my company. Sad day...

You know on this day I mourn the loss of those who lost their lives on that day. I also mourn the loss of democracy and liberty because of this current regime in office now. This country was united on all political lines, class lines, etc behind our president because he promised to bring those responsible to justice. The world was behind the US against terrorism and 5 years later NOTHING has happened to bring those responsible to justice. The middle class is almost extinct, this country is divided on all lines and the world hates the US. Bush used this as a chance to attack a country that had nothing to do with 9/11 just to put money in his friends and families pockets. I ****ing hate G W Bush and those who support him.

sad times

[rogue]

I was at work, having just returned from a family vacation at Disney. My wife called me minutes after it happened, I think they were tele-conferencing with someone in the South tower when it happened.
One of the guys that I was working with had been with the 160th SOAR and without even seeing the TV called it as intentional, and when the second plane hit we knew it was AQ. After touching base with some friends in DC and NC we just watched and waited for the next plane to hit somewhere. It really wasn't much of a surprise that it happened as AQ was gunning for us for some time.

[Pork Chop]

I was driving from San Antonio to San Marcos (Texas) to pick up my friend so we could go back down to San Antonio for his appointment with Bosley Medical- a company specialising in hair transplants. I stopped into a macdonald's on the way coz I was hungry, i had to pee, and it was a long drive. Everyone was staring at the TV, i think it was the first tower when I got there, and the second tower shortly thereafter. I remember that the first thought that popped in my mind (however inappropriate it may be) was "didn't those idiots learn the last time?" (referring to the 1993 parking garage bombing).

I picked up my friend and we just kinda talked about it for a while. I don't think it really sunk in for either of us. It wasn't till the 24/7 news coverage for the next week that it really hit me what happened.

I'd graduated from college a month earlier and didn't have a job yet- my processing for my government job was taking FOREVER. I really felt isolated and helpless, but at least somewhat comforted by the shelter of living with my folks out in the middle of nowhere.

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVVxZ6ZZl4Q

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[chud]

On the morning of 9/11 I remember I was driving in to work and heard on the radio that a plane had hit one of the towers. I remember thinking "terrorism" but then I caught myself and thought, "don't be such an alarmist". But by the time I got in to the office it was clear. I remember cnn.com was overloaded and I couldn't get to it for a while. I managed to get to DrudgeReport and got news from the radio and also emails from other people who were sharing what they were able to learn. One of the engineers I worked with lived around the corner from the office; he ran home and brought in a little TV that we set up in an empty cube and watched all day. I remember there were unconfirmed reports and rumors all over the place, things like more planes are coming in, etc. Things were very uncertain, and it was a very very sad day.

[SevenStar]

I was driving to work. The place I work is called the world tech center, or WTC for short. I heard on the radio that the WTC "Had been bombed or something," so my first thought was that somebody bombed my workplace. It made a certain amount of sense, as this city is a major transportation hub and could easily be a terrorist target. It was then clarified that a plane flew into the WTC, and that is was the world trade center. I was shocked. When I got to work, all of the TVs were on and it was all over the internet.

[Royal Dragon]

When the first tower got hit, I argued wiht the shop forman. He said we were under attack, I was like "No way, it was a freak accident"....then the second plane hit, and my heart just sank......

[David Jamieson]

http://brokensaints.com/blog/

scroll down, have a listen to Olbermann.

[tug]

First, I want to thank Chief Fox for starting this thread. Today is the first time since last week that I've been able to logon, and this was a welcome surprise.

I'll never forget. I had the day off for once, and was living at Christopher St and the West Side Highway, which is (depending on who you talk to) about 12-14 blocks directly north of the WTC. Was trying really hard to sleep in, but for some reason, the sirens and horns, which are normal for NY, were uncharacteristically invasive to my sleep time. So, I decided to get up and turn on CNN to see if there was anything of note to be concerned with. It was around 8:30am.

Eventually saw the first report of a "small Cessna or helicopter" hitting the north tower of the WTC. That was something of note, but of course, it didn't seem such an emergency for me, although that wasn't the usual Tuesday morning. So after watching the news for awhile, I decided to go outside. Made a left out the apt door, walked one block east to Washington St, and from previous experience (walking home from work, last block before home, look left, see the WTC), I knew I could see with my own eyes what was going on. When I got to the corner, there were about 20-30 people standing there, talking about it. An unfortunately classic NY moment.

Then, the unthinkable happened. Another explosion. We didn't see the plane, but we did see the huge fireball erupt out of the south tower. It was at this point that we all realized that this "might not be an accident". Tried to call family and friends to no avail, so a couple of us decided that maybe we should make our way downtown to help or what, we didn't know. All we did know was that there was a need for some form of evacuation for those that were left in the buildings and we wanted to help in some way. I would think those reading this account can imagine we had no idea what we were doing, but somehow, for some reason, we were drawn toward the damage.

As we were walking (I didn't know what time it was and wasn't paying attention), we saw the south tower come down.

Another thing I'll never forget is hearing Aaron Brown from CNN on the radio saying there was another explosion and it seemed as if the tower was enveloped in a cloud of dust. Well, from our vantage point, we knew that it had fallen and some serious sh!t was happening. Everyone knows what occurred thereafter.

Fast forward a day - some friends and I decided that since we were so close to the ingress/egress point of emergency service, we were going to stand on the median on the highway and show our support. I had several 3'x5' American flags from a previous job, so I went through my stash and handed them out (as many as I could, save one for myself) to those who didn't have one.

At the time, I worked for a foreign based organization (French), so incidentally, all of them were grounded for about 6 weeks, and consequently, I didn't have any work, so all I did, day after day, was stand on the median waving the flag and showing my solidarity.

Yet another thing I'll never forget - on one side of the highway were the fresh workers going to the site to recover whatever possible, and on the other side, beaten, downtrodden workers coming away from the site after spending countless hours trying to do what they could.

Thinking about the open windows of the buses with hands outstretched to simply touch the flag I was holding, time after time after time, will always be with me. It's one of the seminal times of my life, and it always wrecks me whenever I close my eyes.

Lastly, there was a large plot of dirt waiting to be seeded as part of the project to plant trees and such for the revamping of the WSH that was going on at the time. My friend J and I saw that although there were signs galore showing support of the EMTs, Police, Firefighters, Red Cross and myriad other emergency service being sent to the site, there were no candles for the departed. So, we went to Duane Reade and gathered as many tapers as possible. Dug holes, planted the candles, lit them and prayed. This is always what gets me - the very next morning when we got up and made our way over to the median, we saw that what we had done had prompted others to add to the memorial and also that it had blown into something we had never dreamed of. There were so many candles that there was practically nowhere to stand. It still breaks my heart.

Sorry to be so winded, and there is still so much more to relate, but this is the first time I've ever really been able to tell this story, and I thank you.

Just one more thing - I want to thank Mr. Punch for this, and thank you so much for being with us...




"Wore my NY Yankees cap all the next week. People were nice to me on the train. Of course I'm not American but I wanted to show my solidarity and the Japanese were the warmest they'd ever been. The world was with you."

TuG.

[The Willow Sword]

Bush was reading along with a class in florida, a buisness man was being served his latte at starbucks, maybe some couples were having morning sex to start the day. a mother was waking up her newly born child to nurse, and several hundred people were being incinerated by the impact of the first plane on the tower.


i was in Taos New Mexico at the time working at a cafe making migas when the music on the radio was halted and the news of the first plane hitting the tower came through. All of us at the cafe including the patrons couldnt believe it. so we turned on the TV and watched. A series of " holy sh!T"s rang out when we all witnessed the 2nd plane hitting the tower. Buisness stopped that day in Taos. The next day it was eerie. no air traffic at all, a calm and quiet over everything. it felt weird but at the same time good, it made me think of a simpler time when there was no air traffic and what you looked in to the sky to see was the sky and not the trails of plane fuel.

Now look where we are. still looking over our shoulders, still worrying, still in fear, and pretty much all of us wondering.


Peace,TWS

[Badger]

I was on this forum when those A-holes flew planes into the twin towers...

It appears alot has changed since then...sad. Rouge you should put the pic back in your sig.



NEVER FORGET.

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

sadly i don't know that i would have made the association dating a tech log or a paper for school today.

my heart goes out to all of those who lost their lives or loved ones in 2001.

[Mas Judt]

word.

we should never forget.

[bodhitree]

God bless the victims and their families

God bless this great country, where no matter how different our opinions are we are able to freely express them

God bless the ideals that our founding fathers had, let us try to achieve those ideals


God let us, as a nation, continue to be a great nation, and to always improve the areas where we need to improve to keep the American dream alive for future generations


God bless the USA!~

[Lucas]

I was at home and got a call from a friend to turn on the radio or tv. I had a tv at the time so I turned it on as they were covering the situation with the first tower.

I didnt turn the tv off for quite a while.

After I did I remember being kind of depressed and not really doing anything.

Thinking about everyone directly effected, then how the rest of the country would be effected.....brought tears to my eyes. still does.

Everyone should take a moment for contemplation. Not just for those that died in the towers but for everyone across the entire world who has been effected by these types of attacks. All of the innocent people dead at the hands of extremists and terrorists.

stand tall, be strong, and if you need to, support the person next to you....

[Mel]

I had moved away from New York City a number of years before the attack. When it happened I had just finished bringing my daughter to preschool. I was on the telephone with my sister in New York (not NYC) and we watched in horror as the second plane hit and then eventually when the buildings collapsed.

After I picked my daughter up and got some semblance of sanity, I attempted to locate the friends I had in NYC. I couldn't get a line in. Finally, I located their relatives in other areas and found out that they were all OK. One friend in particular scared me to death. I couldn't locate him. When I finally did he told me that he had a meeting in one of the Towers that morning that had been canceled, and at the time he was ****ed. He sure was glad then that it was canceled but was devastated that so many of his friends had died. I was relieved that he was alive.

When I think of how many times I took the trains to and from the WTC on my way to work or home--thousands upon thousands--it makes me cringe. How did I get so lucky?

I get choked up when I see the American flags too. But it saddens me that almost nothing has been done, and we still don't know the real deal. Still, I'll light a candle tonight.

[bodhitree]

I'll never forget, 9-11 was my first day off in quite a while. I got up early because I was used to doing so, made a cup of coffee and turned on the today show. I watched the whole thing unfold, as soon as the today show started showing footage of the first tower struck burning, through to the second hit, the collapse and so on. Sad day, yet it has recharged patriotism for many. We need to remember how lucky we are, and remember our nation is great because of all of our contributions. It is up to us to make our country great. We can complain, forget, etc., but we must ACT to keep our country great.

[Ray Pina]

I packed my $hit and got out of Dodge, also known as the other front lines.

I personally have friends who have been hurt particularly hard by that day and last year I sent condolences but not this year. No more looking back for me. There's no shortage of tragedies in this world.

[Ray Pina]

word.

we should never forget.

Too late for that.

Every time any US administration (present or future) is questioned for being anywhere in the middle east... It is a forgetting that nothing has changed over time: growing populations vs limited resources (looking to you China).

We are watching the opening salvos of a major world event: the placing of pieces for the inevitable battle for control of what remains of this planet's oil. Bin Laden, while his attack was brilliant and his resolve respectable, is nothing more than a wealthy, connected criminal and murderer. We need to be in Iraq. We need to be in Afghanistan and we better start thinking about Pakistan too.

[GeneChing]

I was on this forum when those A-holes flew planes into the twin towers... I seem to remember being on the forum too, but couldn't find the original thread. I went digging for it this morning but was unsuccessful. I remember hearing it on the radio on my way to work, and then seeing stuff on the forum. If anyone finds that old thread, ttt it. I'd love to see it again today, and perhaps merge it to this thread.

[David Jamieson]

I was walking into work and the receptionist told me that someone had just flown a plane into the wtc.

I thought it was a wayward tour pilot or traffic guy or something. I logged in at work and went over to a news site and discovered the plane was a liner.

Then about 10 minutes later, the second one hit and the news started coming out about the others as well.

When I got home, my wife and I sat up very late and we were stunned. Our whole city was silent and candles were lit in every window on the street for days. That was a tough week to get through the daily rigour-morale.

I remember how happy I was when I saw my first plane in the sky a few days later.

[uki]

i was sleeping on the porch when the first plane hit... my ex-came over with my daughter and told me not to get excited, but a plane just flew into the world trade center... i went to the bank to cash my check and saw the towers burning on CNN news... i remember clapping my hands and thinking "what befalls one nation, befalls all nations." it is about time the people are forced to open their eyes and realize that they are being controlled by orchestrated events of terror which unfold only to take away our rights, freedoms, and minds as individuals on a planet. the events of 9-11 were orchestrated by the highest levels of our government to erode our already shredded constitution... coupled with the collapse of the housing market, the mortgage crisis, a few hurricanes... it will only be a matter of time before the U.N. is patrolling our streets in the interest of national; security. wake up and smell the fascism.

[Vash]

i was sleeping on the porch when the first plane hit... my ex-came over with my daughter and told me not to get excited, but a plane just flew into the world trade center... i went to the bank to cash my check and saw the towers burning on CNN news... i remember clapping my hands and thinking "what befalls one nation, befalls all nations." it is about time the people are forced to open their eyes and realize that they are being controlled by orchestrated events of terror which unfold only to take away our rights, freedoms, and minds as individuals on a planet. the events of 9-11 were orchestrated by the highest levels of our government to erode our already shredded constitution... coupled with the collapse of the housing market, the mortgage crisis, a few hurricanes... it will only be a matter of time before the U.N. is patrolling our streets in the interest of national; security. wake up and smell the fascism.

What.

The.

Hell.

Clap for those that died on impact? For those that died burning? For those that jumped? For those pieces of **** that replace brains for someone else's hate?

You are disgusting. NO death brought by evil on non-combatants should even be CONSIDERED ANYTHING resembling "good."

You are subhuman, and I hope you rot from the inside.

[Vash]

Peace to those that lay now still.

Peace to those that stand.

Peace.

[uki]

Clap for those that died on impact?nope.


For those that died burning?nope... didn't clap for them either.

For those that jumped?no.


For those pieces of **** that replace brains for someone else's hate?i must admit... you lost me on this one. apparently your rage is affecting your brain.

You are disgusting. i learned early in life that honesty is a virtue... i already stated why i clapped, perhaps you should re-read my initial post.

NO death brought by evil on non-combatants should even be CONSIDERED ANYTHING resembling "good."i agree. now if we can only get our troops home from iraq... enough killing has been done. enough children have been blown to bits... enough soldiers have been blown apart.... enough families have been shattered... but at the present rate of this countries downward spiral, bring them home is not an option... once our 6 carrier groups in the persian gulf area get whacked, our navy will be decapitated, supplies to our ground troops will be cut off... martial law will be declared across the country, foreign troops(under the U.N. authority) will enforce it. it's all a plan folks... a plan to destroy the last sorveign country on the planet... the good US of A... mark my words... the whirlwind is a coming.


You are subhuman, i must admit, i am quite thankful i am not all human.

and I hope you rot from the inside.unfortunately for you, i am just mutating from the inside out... rot is for people with filled with hate, anger, rage, ignorance, and violence. those who seek destruction will find it... those who pursue peace, will have it. as long as you justify spilling blood in any shape or form you are aligning yourself with the side that will perish in the times to soon come.

[SPJ]

I had appointments with immigration for citizenship test.

I was ready to drive to east LA immigration office near I-10.

My neighbor told me that airplane crashed into twin tower.

Live on CNN.

There are friend's friends were inside the building starting to walk to roof and downstair and one trapped in the elevator. They were all on cell phones talking--

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I was on the way to LA. The radio annouced that not to drive into downtown LA, or disneyland. People were evacuating in public places.

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:(

[SimonM]

I was in class at UWO and came out and saw my dad sitting on the street in his car. I was confused because I hadn't expected a lift from my parents. My dad said to me "so did you hear that terrorists just crashed two planes into the world trade center". I thought it was going to be some kind of off colour joke and asked him for the punch line. He said he was serious. I went home, watched the news for a few hours and then got together with a couple of friends for drinks and to talk about what it all meant.

[AJM]

On the morning of 9/11 I was Innkeeper at the Shaker Inn in Enfield NH. The Fedex driver came into the office visibly shaken and said that he just heard on his radio that a small plane had hit the WTC. Initially I thought it was an accident until the radio said a second plane hit. I was worried, sickened and angry. It took five days to get hold of my friends in NY to make sure they were OK. On Friday of that week Governor Shaheen had all of us in NH ring our bells at noon. I rang the big bell on the great stone dwelling with the wheel rather than the rope. I rang it as hard as I could without breaking it.

[GeneChing]

This is absolutely disgusting

This Shenzhen bar threw a terrorist-themed 9/11 anniversary party (http://shanghaiist.com/2013/09/12/shenzhen_bar_angel_baby_throws_september_11_annive rsary_party_with_terrorists.php)

http://shanghaiist.com/upload/2013/09/911-party-1.jpg
Yesterday was the 12th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, around the US citizens observed a moment's silence at 8.45am EDT, the time at which the first plane smashed into the WTC North Tower. In Shenzhen, on the other hand, some ****ty bar threw a 9/11 themed party, replete with mock terrorists wearing keffiyehs and wielding kalashnikovs.

According to The Nanfang, and the logo-emblazoned photos themselves, the bar in question is 'Angel Baby', "a large dance club in the spirit of large dance clubs". The 'anniversary' party reportedly involved partygoers dressed up as Al Qaeda terrorists shooting other revellers posing as US marines (so not only was the party offensive, it wasn't even accurate).

Anyone who feels like commenting on Angel Baby's false flag festivities can call: +86 (755) 2830 7788.

http://shanghaiist.com/upload/2013/09/911-party-2.jpg
http://shanghaiist.com/upload/2013/09/911-party-3.jpg
http://shanghaiist.com/upload/2013/09/911-party-4.jpg
http://shanghaiist.com/upload/2013/09/911-party-5.jpg
http://shanghaiist.com/upload/2013/09/911-party-6.jpg

[JamesC]

Wow.


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[GeneChing]

Wow, my first post on this thread (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?43134-OT-Remembering-9-11&p=881560#post881560) was 10 years ago. :eek:


all 9/11 and related american political threads, merged here (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?16107-all-9-11-and-related-american-political-threads-merged-here)

[boxerbilly]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bu4_mmkIvo


I've not posted here in 10 days. I'm sorry I made you mad at me Mr. Ching. I did follow the last order to the email. Sorry.

Gene, I;ll be posting further distasteful material soon. Those that dislike me. Don't look. Do not bother The Ching family because you are scared or offended. Read the crap you wrote for years and years. I am in serious trouble with people you do not stand a chance against. Keep you feelings and thoughts to yourselves. Or they will come for you.

They know everyone alive ! I am currently one of the most dangerous men alive !

Skull and Bones !

[boxerbilly]

I and my family are under 24/7 surveilence by every know Intellegence and gang related agency in the world. And will be for the rest of my life. Which my be cut short . Most of you are meaningless to me anymore. I love the Ching family. Some of you found out. They are very serious people and I love them !

[boxerbilly]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBh2DxUJmwY

Run families of 9/11.

I am a WHITE BOY !!!!

You are in my FXXXING County !

With Love,
Billy Pearson

PS- TexMex. Shut you f-ing holes !

Asians too please.

[boxerbilly]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNSLaYJboPE



They can get in any where in any Asian country. England and America too. Always most welcome in Russia with my Older Brother Billy. He was adopted by Mr. Putins family and looks remarkably similar to Billy Rochester NY > That's me. Have you sen my nudes ? Destroy all family and relations illegally obtained materials. I'll give the order and I'll execute those that fail to follow said order ! That's me !

[boxerbilly]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkHYvxJnKJY

I have Korean family too. Do not forget or mistake them for my Chinese or Japanese families. They may get offended and kill you ! They number into the hundreds there and these are but 3 or 4 of them !

I have far more in British lands and American lands. EVERYWHERE WE ARE !

[boxerbilly]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTxBc_-XxmI


Hi Tiffany. I love you most of all. Im always with you !

[boxerbilly]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cwi0pkhoSE

Billy loves you.

[GeneChing]

I've not posted here in 10 days. I'm sorry I made you mad at me Mr. Ching. I did follow the last order to the email. Sorry.

Gene, I;ll be posting further distasteful material soon. Those that dislike me. Don't look. Do not bother The Ching family because you are scared or offended. Read the crap you wrote for years and years. I am in serious trouble with people you do not stand a chance against. Keep you feelings and thoughts to yourselves. Or they will come for you.

They know everyone alive ! I am currently one of the most dangerous men alive !

Skull and Bones !
I'm not mad at you, boxerbilly. Obviously the forum is crowd sourced. While we appreciate your participation here, your posts have been too obtuse lately and many members have complained. Until you can contain your posts to be more relevant, we cannot allow you to keep muddling our discussions here. You are again placed on a temporary ban - this time for two weeks.

As with the previous ban, do not contact me directly. Last time, you sent me over 300 emails. Ordinarily, I'd permanently ban you on that alone, but given your longstanding participation, I was lenient. Again, any transgression might result in a permanent ban.

We hope you find your peace in practice.