Given the fact that you have so much knowledge that I don't, how would you expect me to think differently? All I can know is what I've read from his posts.
Hence why I didn't intend for my post to be taken as offensive or patronizing. It's not your fault you guys don't know the full story with Hamilton and his buddies.
Apparently there was an issue with him abusing the reporting system, and obviously I can't speak to that. What I do know is that often he would post things that were not at all outside the bounds of what is acceptable and people would jump on him immediately.
Actually, there were numerous posts of his that were reported for very legitimate reasons, and of course were quickly deleted (and not just because he happened to be on the TrollList). He tried to aggravate the situation by going on a post-reporting spree himself (many of which were fairly innocuous), but primarily because he felt there was some kind of double standard. Hence why he was abusing the system.
How often has Dave himself actually posted his views on a particular poster, aimed directly at the offender? That should tell you something if nothing else does.
Of course most people wouldn't provide any hard evidence when continuously rambling about his apparently unspeakable and evil behavior. They had a view of him, and they would pick apart any little thing he said in order to make him fit that view.
Given the fact that quite a few other posters also feel that he shouldn't have been banned, the case either isn't as clear cut as you make it out to be, or he did things that only a few people would know about.
Indeed, he and his friends have played you very well.
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