A good example of what I mean. Do you know how many suspensions are a few hours or a day or two? Lots. But that's not public info. All that's public is the guy whining "I got 30 days for NOTHING". And that's what people think. The reality is most suspensions are for a short time.
Warning issued by FBG Moderator
January 12
Penalty
Given 1 points which will never expire.
Restricted from posting - 1 month and 3 days
Banned - 1 month and 3 days
Note for member
Attempted Nazi joke. Please don't do that.
Lets review, shall we?
The set-up: Tim started a thread about Nazi Analogies.
I posted: "I did nazi that coming." Because its Tim. Starting a thread. About Nazi analogies.
EVERYONE saw that thread coming.
Then the snarky "attempted Nazi joke" and 33 days in the hole. Setting aside the snarky response from the Mod - it was not an "attempted" joke - several people, in fact, laughed before it was deleted.
First - its not a "Nazi joke". It does not make fun of Nazis. It does not make light of Nazis. It does not glorify Nazis. Its not even about Nazis. Its a pun / play on words, because you might not have noticed, but "nazi" and "not see" are homonyms - words that sound the same, but have different meanings. It was appropriate in a thread about nazi analogies. So, right off the bat, the suspension is based a dubious basis - it was never a "nazi joke", attempted, or otherwise.
Second - there are
actual nazi/hitler jokes in the thread. Those actual (or attempted, if you prefer) jokes went unpunished. But the pun - that gets 33 days. Something seems a little off with that picture.
Third - in that same thread, there were two links to a 50+ page thread in these forums with
NOTHING BUT NAZI JOKES. Again - nothing wrong with 50 pages of actual nazi jokes, but a pun, gets 33 days.
Fourth - the actual pun "I did nazi that coming" - has been used on at least two other occasion under similar circumstances on these boards. It could be more, but the search function is, shall we say, lacking.
So, needless to say, when I saw that suspension - I did n-o-t s-e-e that coming. The irony was through the roof!
There would have been nothing in the history of these boards to make anyone think "I did nazi that coming!" was over some imaginary line, let alone be worthy of a 33 day suspension. It did not poke fun at anyone. It did not call anyone a bad name. It did not do anything - other than make a few people laugh harmlessly.
SO I ask, where are these "suspensions are a few hours or a day or two?"