Sorry, after watching "The Two Towers" the plagiar

[Gryffindor Student]

Look, I know you feel that you are right and there is plagerism at work, but we dont belive that and honestly, we dont care! Please, find somewhere else to point this out and complain to them not us. If we cared we would all be interested and intrueged, but we are not and we are not impressed by your 'information'. Okay? We dont care, just leave us alone!

[Scellanis]

exscuse me JRRRowling but you were BANNED....do you not know the meaning of the word, i suggest you get yourself a dictionary and check up on what banned actually means....

you were BANNED for starting arguments that break the rules of this board and then you have the nerve to rejoin with the sole purpose of continuing the very argument that got you banned for and to insult the members of this board

and then you wonder why we think you are under 16.....any adult im sure would have the courtesy to apologise for breaking board rules or to at the very least cease the thing that got them banned in the first place

ill have you know i was the person who needs a dictionary...im not ashamed to say that english and spelling are my least favourite subjects....i dont need to know the meanings of words like you used to enjoy the books or to complete my pure maths degree

i would know the word in the context of a book but in a post as a single point not everyone knows the meaning of every word but that doesnt mean you can think im stupid....i just havent memorised the dictionary off by heart

your little apology to paul shows that you havent understood why you have been banned...and now you have made your case worse...personnal insults are enough to get people banned from other forums...add that to the rules youve already broken and id say paul would be perfectly right to ban you again

i would suggest IP ban really if that was possible....i know its possible in other forums...

[Paul]

Quote from TheDragonmaster

why didn't Paul IP ban him? jeez...now we must go through this all over again (not blaming you, Paul, just saying that a ban isn't a ban unless it's an IP ban!)

I'd not used an IP ban as some ISPs (Internet Service Providers) put their users on a shared IP number. An IP ban can risk other people who share an IP number to also be banned (not that there is anyone here who does, but I'm thinking about possible future members). In this case it wouldn't have made any difference anyway, as the IP number that he used when posting under the new Hmm name was a different IP to any others that he'd used previously. Including the Hmm post, he's used 8 different IP numbers. That's not to say he's been purposefully changing things, it's just the way some ISPs work - you'll be put on a different IP each time you sign online through your dialup connection, depending on which IP numbers are busy or not. In fact it's the way the company I use to access the internet works, and incidentally the reason why I've had to write this post twice as I'd been thrown offline in the middle of writing this the first time, and the forum uses IP checking (after you'e initially signed on) to allow you to post in the same session.

Quote from Hmm

Paul: sorry to upset your party, but to be fair - I only spoke my opinion without abusing anyone. The abuses have all been from the people on your side of the room.

Sorry for being unclear. I respect differences of opinion, but, in addition to the way other members have expressed their serious concerns about your posts, when I referred to rule 1 on banning you I was particularly referring to the "libellous" part of that rule. As I've mentioned elsewhere on the forum recently, I prefer to err on the side of caution when it comes to risks of legal problems on the board, and there's no way I'm going to let the board fall into a quagmire of legal difficulties. I'm not sure whether you're familiar with the Nancy Stouffer case but accusing someone of plagiarism can be a serious matter. You may find <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/text/articles/2002/12/18/1040174294307.htm" target="_blank">this page</a> interesting, and it describes my feelings about the matter pretty well. I haven't re-banned or IP banned you for now, simply because I'd like to give you the dignity of disappearing or moving on naturally, but any further mention of "plagiarism" and I'll have to reban you and IP ban you as many times as it takes.

I'd never heard that coin thing that Cokey Kitty mentioned but I really like the wisdom of that. Spend your coin wisely.