mikench
Well-known member
Equilibrium has been restored and FM is already a calmer place. We can learn from this and must do so.
Banning is not an easy decision but I think in this case it was the right one. Well done Admin and Mods. I know this would not have been an easy choice to make.
I think the best way to deal with individuals like this in the future is to ignore them however for that to work effectively everyone has to buy into it. I think part of the problem here was that a small number of people continued to engage him across multiple threads & it dragged on for weeks.
Total radio silence is the quickest and cleanest way to drive them away as the one thing they want is attention.
Personally, I like this forum, I've learnt alot here and, if you'll listen to my childlike ramblings I'll even chip in with my fishing exploits too.
Yes, Phillip has a short memory!
I wonder who he will target next?
The Weirdo chap, I'm pretty sure is a freeman on the land type. They believe all sorts, usually along the lines of only following common law (the basics, dont kill etc) and ignoring anything statue that a government has brought in as they haven't agreed to it. It usually just ends up them not wanting to pay for owt and ending up in court paying more in fines than they would if they weren't 'sticking it to the man'
Leaves the question: why does someone so determined to be a private individual and resist all state interference, want to join a public forum about fishing and hassle everybody else to death with their personal politics?
Maybe because in addition to being a Freeman he was also a PITA.
Folk that are so sure their right, tend to want to tell the world how right they are. In his head, he wasn't trolling, he was educating the sheep that blindly follow.