Supracentral;1226600 said:
Guys, while I do appreciate your sentiment, there is a lot more to this than a public opinion poll. This guy has put the staff through hell around here, and the staff will decide if we're willing to give him a second chance. We're the ones who have to clean up his messes, even without For Sale rights, there is plenty more he has done to cause us grief.
I understand where you are coming from, and we'll take it under advisement, but this is not how things like permanent bans are resolved. This is currently being discussed by the moderators in the mod forum.
This is not suppose to offend the admins or anyone or to tell them what to do, but I have to see it from the standpoint of a friend of Jonathan's plus a person that has known him for four years now.
While Jonathan has put the staff through a bunch, he cant right those wrongs, but only right the ones that are bearing on people financially. Thus his effort and positive execution of repaying people back. He has made it clear, if anyone has seen any more problems from Spaniard as far as money is concerned to please come forward and he will take care of it immediately.
There have been many people that have came and gone, and never came back to fix things. While he is out a lot of money fixing things around the forums, yes, people are also out of there time and cant have it back. Its noble what he has done regardless of the outcome.
If permanent bans are not suppose to resolved this way, what other way is it suppose to be done? He stayed off the forums, asked me and honestabe to funnel his comments and contact information via them. Paid people back and apologized relentlessly to every member. I'm wondering what would have been proper protocol if this is not the right way. It only seems natural that a poll would be made on the issue, not only that but the poll was made by a member that was a victim of Spaniard's wrong doing, and besides the members are the ones who should be able to voice their opinion regardless.
I am in no way putting down the admins, and I'm glad to hear that you guys are discussing the issue. All in all, Jonathan is happy that the issue is even being discussed and has made it clear to me and to everyone else. He just wants to come back and right his wrongs but further supporting the forums in the best way he can, by using his great knowledge on Supra's. In any case, I have been informing him on his sympathetic support on the forums and he sends everyone his thanks. He has said time and time again, he respects any administrative decision made because the decision made is concluded for the mass benefit of the forums and that is what matter most here to him. He was permanently banned, but are people not in the same trouble in real life? People are incarcerated from society cause they pose a threat to the mass, I think its safe to say that he does not pose a threat to the community in my honest opinion.
