The Search For the jmfcst

[King]

Jmfcst's banning is an objective negative mark on our moderators' records.  Other bans upset fanboys and were controversial, but ultimately right IMO.  

Jmfcst is different.  He is the only member who was objectively banned for no good reason other than his political beliefs.  He was an abrasive poster, but we have plenty of abrasive posters.  His crime was being anti-gay.  There's no way you can dispute it, especially now that we have threads started by our mods (afleitch) going back into the archives ridiculing non-supporters of gay marriage.  At the very least, it put him under a microscope for scrutiny.

It was a petty political ban.

Really? I seem to recall him getting banned because he was intentionally acting in a fashion so as to earn himself enough death points to get banned.

Being the fan of badass movies jmfcst was, I viewed it as "crazy? you wanna see crazy? I'll show you crazy" moment.

[Paul Kemp]

Jmfcst's banning is an objective negative mark on our moderators' records.  Other bans upset fanboys and were controversial, but ultimately right IMO. 

Jmfcst is different.  He is the only member who was objectively banned for no good reason other than his political beliefs.  He was an abrasive poster, but we have plenty of abrasive posters.  His crime was being anti-gay.  There's no way you can dispute it, especially now that we have threads started by our mods (afleitch) going back into the archives ridiculing non-supporters of gay marriage.  At the very least, it put him under a microscope for scrutiny.

It was a petty political ban.

No.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Yes, the jmfcst went into some kind of crazy spam mode at the end that made no sense - speaking in tongues as it were. I was playing defense for him, fending off the all too impatient lions, the whole way until then, but suddenly he turned away from me and went off the metaphorical cliff in a most dramatic act of seppuku. Why? Because he wanted to be banned (only he was speaking in tongues, and he knew he could not go back to what he was before, and that it was time to rise up and take his leave from us - as he himself admitted). So it is written.

Yes, it was quite an epic saga, but it was directed from start to finish by him, and with himself cast in the leading role. The Mods were but mere cameramen, and some of the rest of us (I as one who had not been handed the keys to the cave door at that time) bit players (albeit some, such as the born again BRTD who through their now mutual love of Christ, allowed his formerly hostile heart to open up to the jmfcst - a sight to behold indeed), more important than others.

Maybe you guys (the mod-team) just drove him off the deep end, as King suggested.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Yes, the jmfcst went into some kind of crazy spam mode at the end that made no sense - speaking in tongues as it were. I was playing defense for him, fending off the all too impatient lions, the whole way until then, but suddenly he turned away from me and went off the metaphorical cliff in a most dramatic act of seppuku. Why? Because he wanted to be banned (only he was speaking in tongues, and he knew he could not go back to what he was before, and that it was time to rise up and take his leave from us - as he himself admitted). So it is written.

Yes, it was quite an epic saga, but it was directed from start to finish by him, and with himself cast in the leading role. The Mods were but mere cameramen, and some of the rest of us (I as one who had not been handed the keys to the cave door at that time) bit players (albeit some, such as the born again BRTD who through their now mutual love of Christ, allowed his formerly hostile heart to open up to the jmfcst - a sight to behold indeed), more important than others.

Maybe you guys (the mod-team) just drove him off the deep end, as King suggested.

It was a lot of work getting the conspiracy off the ground, but once we did, it started paying nice dividends. Now, which seemingly normal person should we drive to the brink of insanity for political reasons next?

[Paul Kemp]

Yes, the jmfcst went into some kind of crazy spam mode at the end that made no sense - speaking in tongues as it were. I was playing defense for him, fending off the all too impatient lions, the whole way until then, but suddenly he turned away from me and went off the metaphorical cliff in a most dramatic act of seppuku. Why? Because he wanted to be banned (only he was speaking in tongues, and he knew he could not go back to what he was before, and that it was time to rise up and take his leave from us - as he himself admitted). So it is written.

Yes, it was quite an epic saga, but it was directed from start to finish by him, and with himself cast in the leading role. The Mods were but mere cameramen, and some of the rest of us (I as one who had not been handed the keys to the cave door at that time) bit players (albeit some, such as the born again BRTD who through their now mutual love of Christ, allowed his formerly hostile heart to open up to the jmfcst - a sight to behold indeed), more important than others.

Maybe you guys (the mod-team) just drove him off the deep end, as King suggested.

He's been off the deep end for as long as I can remember.

[Linus Van Pelt]

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