Should there be an Amnesty Day on GFY?
 

People get trapped into board personas and the rest of the board users never let them forget it. So amnesty would be where a much maligned GFYer i.e. DVTimes, PaulM, wehateporn,_Richard_, theking etc could be granted amnesty, all past nuttiness erased, the rest of the board is forbidden from saying anything bad about them for a trial period to be decided. If they revert back to their prior personalities then their amnesty is revoked.

What's the point?

It would work as well as Eric's trial letting those "banned for life" return. Most of them were banned again within a month.

There will always be some folks who do not work and play well with others.

:2 cents:

The ban hammer crushed them, they can't be given any second chance.

i like poo

What's the point? People get a chance to start over without years of baggage.

Amnesty from being an asshole? :1orglaugh

They've worked hard and spent years accumulating that baggage. I very much doubt a period of 'amnesty' is going to do much to change their hardwired behavior.

Intentional assholes, attention whores, the mentally unstable, the paranoid, angry men that didn't get enough tit as an infant - dwelling in mommy's basement...the trolls, instigators, agitators and provocateurs.

They're dyed-in-the-wool. They crave an audience.

I suspect many that purposely act that way sadly justify it by thinking negative attention is better than none.

http://amnesty.union.rpi.edu/img/worldissue06.jpg

:stoned

ADG

saw that in grade school :helpme will never forget that head shot

• Log out of lunatic account
• Create new one
• Post as a brand new persona

No special day needed.

Not caring. I think a perm ban is a bit much... No reason to have - say - PaulM be banned for life just because he's stupid.

78 nicks of mine need amnesty

You just missed it.

It was yesterday.

Oh I remember that photo, seen it on TV, in the newspapers, and magazines.

The frame immediately after he discharged the weapon was more disturbing though.

On Topic:

I think amnesty would be a giant fail. Being a professional asshole it is a job requirement but(t) some are that way by choice or through some defect.

Before someone else sneaks it in.

No. :glugglug

It will never work

I was going to suggest similar thing with one addition - amnesty would be still needed because you are not allowed to have multiple nicks. So admins should give a permission otherwise they risk to be banned.

And another point - people like their old reg. date + big post count....