Opinion of Straha

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Definitely an Atlas legend, so FF.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

You hadn't yet made an opinion of Straha poll? I'm shocked.

[k-onmmunist]

FF - definitely one of the most interesting posters on the board to talk to/read posts from.

[Eraserhead]

Straha with an approval rating in the 70s? It's so not 2006 anymore.

[Lambsbread]

Really great poster from what I've read. FF.

[Napoleon]

FF by my early judgment.

[Torie]

Before my time. Welcome back though.

[© tweed]

Straha with an approval rating in the 70s? It's so not 2006 anymore.

yep, absence has made the collective heart grow fonder.  my last enduring memories of him are certainly not positive.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Straha with an approval rating in the 70s? It's so not 2006 anymore.

yep, absence has made the collective heart grow fonder.  my last enduring memories of him are certainly not positive.

But he's certainly an integral part of forum culture, and you tend to defend or want anyone who is such to stick around.

[Mechaman]

People mistook me for him when I first got on here.
So obviously he must be horrible.

[Lambsbread]

People mistook me for him when I first got on here.
So obviously he must be horrible.

[Paul Kemp]

One of the worst.

[Joe Republic]

Remember when the Ignore function was first introduced (and we were briefly able to see how many people were ignoring any other poster), and Straha instantly shot up to nearly a 100 people?  That's a sure sign of a top quality poster.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Remember when the Ignore function was first introduced (and we were briefly able to see how many people were ignoring any other poster), and Straha instantly shot up to nearly a 100 people?  That's a sure sign of a top quality poster.

Well I like the advice he's been giving Bushie lately so there's no way I'm ignoring him while he's on a roll like that   

[Marokai Backbeat]

As a person I've come to know him as a genuinely good person underneath the snark but as a poster I absolutely loathe how he somehow represents "forum culture" which I hate with all of what's left of my heart.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

People mistook me for him when I first got on here.
So obviously he must be horrible.

So, since it has been proved beyond any doubts you're not him, we can finally ban you.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

But if we ban Mecha, who will I get blamed for my egregious trolling?

[Napoleon]

Did we win or was the banning a farce?

[So rightwing that I broke the Political Compass!]

I knew of him from AH.com, though he was slightly before my time. It's a strange thing finally "meeting him" on this forum.

[Simfan34]

I knew of him from AH.com, though he was slightly before my time. It's a strange thing finally "meeting him" on this forum.

Are you not an infamous troll from there?

But what happened? Why was he banned? Why was Mecha banned? Let's all ban three more people! URGA URGA!

[Torie]

I knew of him from AH.com, though he was slightly before my time. It's a strange thing finally "meeting him" on this forum.

Are you not an infamous troll from there?

But what happened? Why was he banned? Why was Mecha banned? Let's all ban three more people! URGA URGA!

Despite Joe's helpful explanation, the circumstances surrounding Straha's past that equates apparently to having a permanent scarlet letter placed on his chest despite the lack of a formal ban are a bit murky, exacerbated by the fact that most of us were not here then. Anyway, one must assume Nym made the decision, and presumably he had all the facts at hand which we don't have when he made the decision.

If it were me, after a suitably long hiatus, I would have a petition process available for those who were banned asking to be reinstated. Some petitions, like from "The Roach" (Grumps' moniker for the chap) would be denied, because aggravated circumstances attended his capital crimes leading to close to a mass mod resignation apparently, until he was finally  given the chop, but in another case, it might be granted subject to certain terms and conditions.

But I don't make the rules around here.

[So rightwing that I broke the Political Compass!]

Are you not an infamous troll from there?

I don't know where you got that idea.

[Simfan34]

Are you not an infamous troll from there?

I don't know where you got that idea.

wiki.alternatehistory.com/doku.php/offtopic/rockingham

I used to post there. I feel the above link is ground for banning enough.

[So rightwing that I broke the Political Compass!]

Are you not an infamous troll from there?

I don't know where you got that idea.

wiki.alternatehistory.com/doku.php/offtopic/rockingham

I used to post there. I feel the above link is ground for banning enough.

That's not me, for proof observe that I've been on this forum since May 2010 without any trolling(only received infraction points 2 times, both in 2010). It didn't cross your mind that their might be 2 people on the internet with username "Rockingham"?

[tpfkaw]

Are you not an infamous troll from there?

I don't know where you got that idea.

wiki.alternatehistory.com/doku.php/offtopic/rockingham

I used to post there. I feel the above link is ground for banning enough.

That's not me, for proof observe that I've spent 2 years on this forum without trolling(just 4 infraction points, all of them unreasonable IMO). It didn't cross your mind that their might be 2 people on the internet with username "Rockingham"?

It's doubtful that there are two from Western Australia with the username "Rockingham."  Nevertheless, I don't think people should be punished based on their actions on other forums.