Regarding our recent kerfuffle

[Scott R. Brown]

Got an axe to grind?

I think he is a returnee under a new pseudonym!

But, shhhhhhh!

Keep it under your hat, it is supposed to be a secret!

I only found out myself because a mod gave me his ip on the down low!!!

[Scott R. Brown]

A couple of refresher points:

1. A privately owned forum is not a democracy.

2. There is no freedom of speech when said speech interferes with the preferential running of the forum.

And I will defend to the death your right to say that!

[bawang]

im chilese, i have special protection badge from gene.

[Scott R. Brown]

im chilese, i have special protection badge from gene.

Plus nearly 1/3 of the worlds population who has your back!

[Kellen Bassette]

im chilese, i have special protection badge from gene.

The Wheel of Life monks gave me an honorary decoder ring.

[bawang]

Plus nearly 1/3 of the worlds population who has your back!

2/3. the chocolate peoples and the celestial kingdom are forever super best friend magic pal friendship.

The Wheel of Life monks gave me an honorary decoder ring.

nice. activate the SHAOLIN WITHIN

[MasterKiller]

The Wheel of Life monks gave me an honorary decoder ring.

Did it say "Be sure to drink your Ovaltine"?

[Kellen Bassette]

I have the element of fire. There are 4 other rings. With our powers combined we can summon General Yue Fei.

[GeneChing]

perhaps I DO need a refresher course, I thought you used your real name and was willing to show your face, not hide behind a screen or a letter .....

That's funny if you consider nooBs don't know who you are here (but I'm sure they will soon enough). Which begs the question - Does martial etiquette allow for masquerades? I suppose it depends on which circles. Surely, that was the very nature of martial secret societies, like the notorious triads.

I specifically referenced cases in which there is no legal involvement. What then?

Like I said:

It's not really our policy, but I could see many potential scenarios where we would divulge information willingly.

Would you like me to repeat it a third time?

[MasterKiller]

I think he is a returnee under a new pseudonym!

But, shhhhhhh!

Keep it under your hat, it is supposed to be a secret!

I only found out myself because a mod gave me his ip on the down low!!!

You forgot to say he's from San Diego. Ooops.

[Flusher]

That's funny if you consider nooBs don't know who you are here (but I'm sure they will soon enough). Which begs the question - Does martial etiquette allow for masquerades? I suppose it depends on which circles. Surely, that was the very nature of martial secret societies, like the notorious triads. :

You've made it clear you get to pick and choose who's masquerades are acceptable or not. Are you implying this forum is a "secret martial society", subject to the etiquette of such?

[GeneChing]

You've made it clear you get to pick and choose who's masquerades are acceptable or not. Are you implying this forum is a "secret martial society", subject to the etiquette of such?

I've had a longstanding fantasy of staging a ninja flash mob with this forum, but unfortunately, our membership isn't that motivated.

The forum has never required members to post under their real name. I have often said here that it is like a masquerade. In fact, if you search the word 'masquerade' you'll find some prior discussions of this here. If trouble arises, I do my best to resolve it amicably. If that requires revealing someone's identity - unmasking them - I have no compunction. These are the rules of the game. If you don't like it, don't play here. There's a whole wide world web for you to find somewhere else to play.

[Jimbo]

Yeah, it would have to be pretty darn bad for Gene to have to do that.

So I no scare.

[David Jamieson]

You've made it clear you get to pick and choose who's masquerades are acceptable or not. Are you implying this forum is a "secret martial society", subject to the etiquette of such?

He is the fearless leader here with final word on ALL things related to what is in this forum.

As for etiquette, that's what mods are for. Some mods allow for most everything and anything, like MasterKiller there and then others are are highly intolerant of babble, hearsay, whining and irrelevant content posting like me.

And then there's others who mind their own business and keep their forums tidy.

We got one mod that has surely posted more boobies to the internet than a lot of people here have downloaded! He's a special feature.

[Flusher]

I've had a longstanding fantasy of staging a ninja flash mob with this forum, but unfortunately, our membership isn't that motivated.

The forum has never required members to post under their real name. I have often said here that it is like a masquerade. In fact, if you search the word 'masquerade' you'll find some prior discussions of this here. If trouble arises, I do my best to resolve it amicably. If that requires revealing someone's identity - unmasking them - I have no compunction. These are the rules of the game. If you don't like it, don't play here. There's a whole wide world web for you to find somewhere else to play.

All, fair Gene. But why unmask an anon poster for unmasking another?