[Mo1]

(And this probably has something to do with Mertz being banned, if that was accurate.)

Fred had a 1 hour time out to cool down from what I could tell .. he was not banned

[Neets]

Do you NOT tire of the "so-and-so has been banned", when they were either given a suspension, or a time out...and whether or not they choose to come back, it's entirely up to them. But this blanket mischaracterization of the term "BANNED" is really annoying.

[unsycophant]

Timeout for an hour, banned for a week, or a lifetime of hell spent using an ID that won't work here...what's the difference?

It is all the same to people who don't like experiencing what THEY perceive to be 'censorship' or (worse) what they perceive to be retribution or enforcement of double-standards.

One thing that might help would be for people to suggest that their (PTB) buds stop getting involved in the issue of their bannings or timeouts at all.

ps: I may rethink that last comment if I get banned or timed-out.