Bannings

[Steel God]

David;

Thanks for your opinion on the subject. I'm all for free speech, and against censorship. But as I view it, the right to free speech is a right to put forth ideas and engage in reasonable debate, with respect for other points of view. It doesn't give the right to attack, endlessly, and cruelly. I don't associate with people who do that in the outside world and I don't want to associate with people who do that at the Blitz. That's not the type of environment we wish to offer. I will hold the Staff to that as well, and if something happened in my absence I was not aware of I apologize for it, and assure you, no endless, cruel, bashing of people and places will be tolerated here.

Also, I know you view this as a "CM Community" issue, but my responsibility is to the Blitz as a Club, not to the CM Community in the WWW. I felt obliged to act because the CM ladder at the Blitz was taking up more than it's fair share of Staff time. It's unfair to the CS ladder, the SP ladder, the SqB ladder, the OpC ladder, etc etc. Far too many people have always looked at this from a CM -centric view point, and for me it has never been one. I look at it from the Blitz-centric viewpoint, because that's my job.

If your anger of this matter compels you to leave us, I understand completely and wish you only the best in gaming and in life generally.