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After posting on 2+2 for four years Splendour was the first user I had to put on the ignore list.

It should be.

I don't think she should be banned, if she bothers you to the point that you feel compelled to create a thread, just block her instead. If everyone who is bothered by her blocks her, easy game right? Ultimately it's your own self control that determines if you post or react to what anyone says..

I also don't think it's nice to joke about people's mental health, but I am no saint.

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But isn't that enough? If everyone who wants her banned ignored her and didn't respond to newcomers debating with her, wouldn't the problem go away?

I think it would be very poor policy to ban someone on the grounds that they "cannot reasonably discuss ideas". The RGT forum was intended to be very broad - it was created to put anything related to god, religion or philosophy. I was one of the few against the split, but given the decision was made - posts are no more out of place than big erf's or greatest I am's, in my view.

"Mentally 15 years old". By what criteria do you gauge this exactly? For all you know, OP could A. more successful than you, B. more educated than you, C. much older than you or D. All of the above?

As for Splendour, I've said it before and I'll say it again. I think she may have some rather serious emotional issues (not intellectual issues as most seem to think) and that religious belief, and a general belief in something 'greater than her' or something 'metaphysical/non-scientific' somehow allows her to deal with these issues/makes her feel important for possessing knowledge that others may not. The majority of emotional issues tend to stem from a low self-esteem, and possessing knowledge that others may not, makes her feel important and different, fulfilling the function of elevating her self-esteem. Unfortunately the only kind of knowledge that may differentiate her from everyone else (and that falls within her general life experience) is 'metaphysical/religious/conspiracy theory' type knowledge.

I may be completely wrong here, but just my general observations. I don't think she should be banned though, as I think she's beginning to make more of an effort when it comes to posting relevant information.

Success, education, age, is a measurement of mental maturity?

You should be #2 on the ban list...

Thanks for answering my question with another question. By what criteria did you gauge OP to be mentally 15 years old?

Success, education and age can certainly correlate with mental maturity - at least from my own observations. Do you think that these variables don't correlate with mental maturity?

Why do people keep stating that she has done nothing ban-worthy?

She has:

-Posted a link to NAMBLA.com and quoted from an article on that site
-Made anti-Semitic comments and posted links to anti-Semitic sites
-Posted links from a white supremacist site

Any one of these things would be enough to get someone banned from just about any forum on 2+2.

If anyone was offended though, I'm sure they would've filed a complaint, no?

The fact that op made a post in all caps with the format of "ban _____", proves that op responds to things in an inappropriate or inconsiderate manner.

Also, correlation and causation are not the same.

If she is banned (and I don't think she should be), Kurto could close the cannon and publish the works of her quotes. It's gotta be around 500 pages already.

You made an equally inappropriate and immature post about not wanting Christians to partake in this forum any more, where you blatantly insulted a lot of the people here. Does this also mean that you're mentally 15 years old? Or can you see that subjective criteria like this can lend itself to all sorts of bias?
Congrats on successfuly dodging the question.

More than one person complained. The links were taken down. However, rather than feigning ignorance about the nature of the links and/or apologizing, she screamed censorship.

From those complaints, what reasons did the mods have for not banning her?

They never provided a reason. The only reason anyone knew that any action had been taken is due to Splendour posting diatribes in the random thread about her 'harsh' treatment.

Not entirely dumb. You have succeeded in driving me further away from Christianity.

Yup, me too. I was a weak theist when I first started reading this forum. It wouldn't have taken much to bring me back into the fold. Instead I was pushed farther and farther away due to posters like Splendour.

That makes me sad, I'm sorry.

I call BS. One person pushed you from your beliefs? If it wasn't her it would be someone else, right?

People aren't the reason we believe what we believe, reasons are the reason we believe what we believe..

Meh, I sort of owe her a debt of gratitude. I was feeling a great deal of unease and guilt about losing my faith. Posters like Splendour and NotReady helped me realize that I was right to turn my back on my former religion.

She was a part of it. I never said she was the only reason.

But the persuasive arguments from many atheists in this forum and the intellectual dishonesty from the theists definitely played a big part. I was spending a lot of time reading 2+2 back then. This forum definitely helped shape my thinking.

Just like parents aren't the reason for what religion we are. Only 90% of people inherit their religion from their parents.

For those of you saying she doesn't insult: Kurto, didnt she once call you a mysoginst with absolutely no proof whatsoever? I was surprised nothing (seemingly) came of that.

This thread is not appropriate here. If someone has a problem with a poster they can either pm myself or OrP or post a thread in ATF.

As another aside, splendour gets temp banned and infracted anytime she merits it.