Should we ban Revprez?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-01-31 08:03pm

The worst was the way he would bait by disquising his castings as appeal to ignorence questions, such as the "Define Fundamentalist" thread and miriad posts in other threads.

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2004-01-31 08:05pm

Ah the danger of posting on a smartphone -- d-d-d-double post!

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-01-31 08:18pm

Wow, 46 people for the ban. I believe that's the highest number ever in favor of banning.

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » 2004-01-31 08:33pm

jegs2 wrote:It's a moot point now, but @ wouldn't have voted to ban him. Found his conversations particularly amusing ... rarely (perhaps since Darkstar) have I had the priviledge of witessing the power of just one individual to infuriate so many with little effort. It is with a somewhat wry sadness that I realize I'll not see so many spirited replies due to his posts...

I'll have to admit feeling the same way. Having seen his antics in the past, I knew the shit was going to hit the fan the moment I saw him here, but I just made popcorn and got ready for the show.

It's too bad we can't have him around for a probationary week or so after today. It'd be interesting to see if this poll has any effect on his attitude. Probably not, but it would be fun to watch.

h0rus · Post by **h0rus** » 2004-01-31 10:03pm

It was nice to see activity on these boards. A formal challenge by DW to RP would've been hilarious. Ahh. the amusement of reading through pages of posts and attempted rebuttals. It's like watching two teams competing against each other in a sport.

Post by **Lagmonster** » 2004-01-31 10:05pm

He had it coming.

He could have been as controversial as he wanted to, but he didn't have to be a troll about it. I actually thought he'd come around and face Mike in a moderated debate near the end, but he seemed more intent on posting merry-go-round non-arguments instead.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2004-01-31 10:12pm

You could start a thread about the differences between McDonald's and Burger King's burgers and he would hijack it into a debate over the morality of voting a vegan into office.

Bitch got what he deserved. Someone call up the MIT Special Ed department and tell them one of their students fell off the short bus on the way to school.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2004-01-31 10:40pm

I used to have a high opinion of MIT too. when did they start letting anyone and everyone in?

Post by **Vympel** » 2004-01-31 10:50pm

You may think me insane, but I voted no. This could be because I've only had one real debate with him and haven't bothered to view his thread toxifying effect on most other threads. Ignore me.

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2004-01-31 11:24pm

I'll kinda miss having an idiot that actually responded to me, but it'll be worth it to get rid of his patronizing ass.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-01-31 11:51pm

Joe wrote:Wow, 46 people for the ban. I believe that's the highest number ever in favor of banning.

No, there was one a few months back that was like 70 to 1. Although that may have been a VI poll.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2004-01-31 11:57pm

Shouldn't this be in HoS?

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2004-02-01 12:39am

At the risk of judging a book by its cover, the mere sight of his avatar and name made me stay far away.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-02-01 12:46am

EmperorMing wrote:At the risk of judging a book by its cover, the mere sight of his avatar and name made me stay far away.

To a small degree, he bugged me for the same reasons.

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » 2004-02-01 12:50am

He used to call himself "The Badass Reverend Prez" on the usenet...

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2004-02-01 01:29am

Since everybody is dissing MIT and I did sing the first line of the song, I might as well try to come to their defence.

He admitted (and it was confirmed later) that he was actually a PolySci major. If their PolySci is anything like our equivalents at Georgia Tech, it totally sucks. Our liberal arts school is for the rejects who couldn't survive a real major in the colleges of engineering, science, or architecture, and that's where you find the whiny little idiots (they're not all idiots, but they definitely have more than their share). After all, most people know MIT from its engineering departments, not for its PolySci program. Really serious people interested in politics or law would go to a school more noted for it, so MIT's program gets all the flunkouts of engineering and dumbasses who can't make it into a real PolySci program. They don't get the best and brightest.

Not to say I'm defending Rev Prez, but it's probably unfair to judge a university based on its most idiotic graduates. I'd hate to know how Tech would be judged if you started talking to our village idiots.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-02-01 01:32am

It wouldn't be surprising for a PolySci major to promote subjective methods or denigrate science as mere "intuition". I should have picked up on it when he started harping about "accepted social science" definitions of "fundamentalists" in defiance of the standard English word definition.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-02-01 02:25am

Mayabird wrote:*snip*

This actually relieves me. I'm not kidding.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-02-01 02:33am

Darth Wong wrote:It wouldn't be surprising for a PolySci major to promote subjective methods or denigrate science as mere "intuition". I should have picked up on it when he started harping about "accepted social science" definitions of "fundamentalists" in defiance of the standard English word definition.

Pardon my ignorence but what is PolySci ?

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2004-02-01 02:34am

evilcat4000 wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:It wouldn't be surprising for a PolySci major to promote subjective methods or denigrate science as mere "intuition". I should have picked up on it when he started harping about "accepted social science" definitions of "fundamentalists" in defiance of the standard English word definition.
Pardon my ignorence but what is PolySci ?

Political science. Which is a branch of sociology, IIRC.

Thinkmarble · Post by **Thinkmarble** » 2004-02-01 03:07am

I voted no.
Why ?
Because I personally subscribe to the notion:"If he gets on your nerves ignore him".

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-02-01 03:09am

That doesn't really work on a message board.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2004-02-01 03:12am

Darth Wong wrote: Goodbye. You won't be missed. Who would like to volunteer to compose his entry in the Shit List? Post it here and we'll add it to the Announcements forum.

Hated by all, feared by none.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2004-02-01 03:13am

Its late, but I voted no.... I didn't have contact with him, and didnt seem to notice... I'm sure its good he was banned, but I didnt want to add a vote to the pile when I wasn't sure why the vote was happening.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-02-01 03:14am

Ace Pace wrote:Its late, but I voted no.... I didn't have contact with him, and didnt seem to notice... I'm sure its good he was banned, but I didnt want to add a vote to the pile when I wasn't sure why the vote was happening.

You know what?

In those kind of cases, you know what you're supposed to do?

Not vote.