[Snail]

Well good to have you back even though I don't agree with you. But I really am not in the mood for having a debate about whether or not you deserved your punishment, so why don't we all just not talk about it?

[General Battuta]

Methinks what started it was one topic about..can't really recall. something with women. I recall one female forum member being insulted by my use of term "fairer sex" and me getting banned for that. I'm not easily surprised, but that caught me right off-guard...

It all went down hill from there.

Careful, Trash. She wasn't insulted, and don't try to blame her. I was, and so were many others. You can't single out a 'sensitive woman' as the cause of it, because she wasn't the one who complained. I did. And I'm fairly sure you were banned for your behavior, not for that particular phrase, though of course I can't speak for the moderators.

The only thing worse than casual misogyny is blindly casual misogyny. But let's not get this started again; I've said my piece.

[Flipside]

The problem is Trashman, is that you are convinced that it is being done by people on a power trip, and refuse, outright, to consider your own part in it.

As long as you do that, you will keep making the same mistakes over and over again.

I don't think you were wholly guilty for getting banned, and I think people started over-reacting, the problem is, you out and out refused to admit you were being rude and offensive at times, and that landed you in more trouble.

[WMCoolmon]

Let me be the first to request this thread be locked, it's been OT for two pages anyway.

[TrashMan]

I went over my part over and over. I wonder if others did the same?

I really don't care who exactly was insulted by my words, what I do know is that there was nothing to be logicely insulted about (unless taken woefully out of context and streched and butchered beyond recognition).

I always check what I type and try to put it straightforward enough so that the meaning is clear and so  I don't insult anyone - in this I go way further then most people on the net - but it's still a mostly fuitile endaveour.
Sometimes you just can't say some things without someone getting insulted or getting the wrong idea (happens way too often for my liking).

I'll give you the plain, uncut truth - I'm a resident member on more forums than I can count (and most of those are serious forums, run by companies). I post regularry. I often copy/paste the same "contraversal" posts into other forums (since many discussion topics repeat themselves)
This is the only forum I ever had any problem of any kind. For the exactly same topics/post. Go figure.

I don't mind admitting I'm wrong nor sitting quietly in the corner when the other guy is right. But when he's not that I simply can't and won't do it. I'm alergic to injustice and attempts to shut me up when one doesn't like what I say.
I may sometimes come off as rude and offensive, but I suggest you go re-read those post. You'd notice that I haven't even started compared to other guys. Heck, I'm usually the last one in any fight to throw an insult. Go ahead. Check how many times during various discussion have I been called names long before the first (even vauge) insult from my side is thrown. And suddenly I'm the bad guy here.

Bah.. At this point I don't think anyone is interested in who started it and who is right/wrong anymore. It's just boring the hell out of anyone so I won't go further with this.

EDIT:
General Battuta - I wasn't blaming her. You might want to check my wording a bit better.

[General Battuta]

I think you do a lot of good stuff for the community, Trash. You're a good modeler. So let's just put this behind us.

[TrashMan]

Yup.  It's probably for the best.

[Goober5000]

And on that high note... locked.