In my own warped fashion, it seemed to me that an0n was one of the most mature and well-balanced people around here. When he flamed, he usually just stated the truth without all the rubbish the rest of us come up with. He never sugar coated anything, or held anything back - as far as I can see his 'flaming' was basically him speaking his mind, something most of us won't do becuase of the politics around here. And he got banned for it. If I started telling certain members what I really thought of them like an0n did, I'd prolly get the boot too.
That's exactly what I liked about his posts as well; he spoke his mind straight and to the point, and didn't pay any attention to the political correctness stuff. My views frequently coincided with his on some issues actually.
an0n was not banned for this latest little hiccup alone. He was banned because he kept on pushing.
Well, what seems strange to most of us is that this incident was actually counted as a hiccup of any sort, as Razor was really asking for it there (and not for the first time either). As kasperl said, nobody is really surprised that he was banned, but rather that it was this incident that pushed it over the line. Like I said, if an HFB-style guy came here and people "threatened" him (which happened for this particular guy by the way; you might remember since you were around in those days), I really doubt anyone but him would get in trouble.
Or of course, you could just ban them both.
In fact, such an action would probably have generated less criticism around here.
I don't even know what the VBB is, but his name makes me laugh 
You know, Volition Bulletin Board, or was that before your time? That was Volition's official forum and was around for a few years before being shut down. Anyway he was probably the worst troll in the history of that place, which is definitely saying something considering it was the VBB.
