Done A Few Warnings Before Being Banned

[Karnik]

It would be fair if, before banning someone immediately, you could send one or two warnings to him, to give the culprit a chance to apologize, and constructively change their attitude toward others. Here, as in reality, it is nice, humane and fair to give another chance to those who make mistakes, isn't it?
On the grandfather of this site (GBAtemp), they give 1 or two warnings (with a specific message, and with a specific entry in the profile) before banning someone.
I have received two over the years: one for a download link of copyrighted material (which is not a crime here, It seems ?), and the other for questioning a decision of a mod.??‍
You could associate this warning with a specific icon like or ? on the user's profile, to keep an eye on a given user and inform others of the possible "danger" about him.
Moreover, I would also like to have one of these among my trophies on the "shelf" of my profile. ?
The important thing in all my speech is to give at least one chance for redemption, before an expulsion.
What do you all think?

 

[trickybus]

Oh damn, couldn't make it a few more days after all.

Post automatically merged: Feb 17, 2025

This sounds very roundabout. If you agree with the site's rules, why make such a long-winded argument about agreeing with them? Why throw in "nuance" that within your own argument effects nothing?

We only know if someone is a racist by their actions. Opinions do not suddenly pop out like a sneeze. They have to deliberately choose to express such views. We can't punish people for their opinions without regards for actions because action needs to be taken for us to even know about them in the first place. "Punish actions not opinions" in this context is as meaningless as a "live, laugh, love" decoration.

And actually, yes, those who have informed opinions have every right and reason to tell those with uninformed opinions that they are wrong. Racism isn't just another opinion. It's a logical failure based in pseudoscience which gets used to harm others. It should be called out for the safety of the community, especially because its most hardcore followers have a history of destroying communities. Nobody has the right to be coddled for presenting a danger to others.

(Side note: One rule you learn if you work in bartending is that if you see any signs that a customer is a neo-Nazi — tattoos, clothes, etc — you kick him out immediately regardless of behavior. Otherwise, he'll bring more with him every time he returns, causing you to lose all your normal customers and have to shutter the business.)

As for their potential ability to contribute to the community, I'd like to share a quote from George Orwell:

Note: Orwell was talking about Salvador Dali, who he considered a good artist, but ultimately worthless because he was a fascist (and a woman abuser as well).

I know this is off topic but I love reading your long posts. They're always informative and intelligent. Keep being awesome!

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

Welp, there goes Rance lol

 

[Dyne]

Addio.
Now I wonder what he said

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Guys: Karnik isn't here to defend himself anymore, so please stop talking about him.

He did what he did, knew it was wrong and continued on regardless. That's as far as we are gonna say.

 

[ATenderLad]

Well, Waffles speaks for all of us there.

That said, as a post in the Suggestions forum, this got answered like, almost right away ages ago. Not much left for it now, wrapping it up.