>>>>I received an email from Nick Mason saying he has apparently been banned from the UT. There were some pretty strong messages from him to Jake yesterday so maybe that was the cause. I know you seldom discuss bans publicly and will not press you to do so. I just wanted to say that Nick is generally one of the cooler heads and least offensive members here, so I hope if he is banned it is not a long one. Thank you for your consideration.
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>>>A ban?! A warning would have been a proper response from the moderator. But a ban is too soon and too strong.
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>>It's probably the only way to assure that we don't start exchanging certain expressions on casual basis. I don't think that Mike's definition of 'cooler head' looks very promising in this respect.
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>I thought he went overboard with the language. Part of my point was that I considered it an aberration. I don't remember him using profanity before. Do you? Banning him for a one time offense, in response to something he considered objectionable, seems a bit harsh to me.

When the rule is enforced, i.e. profanity causes banning, then it's somewhat difficult to remember that someone used profanity before the case. My educated guess is that everyone used profanities before, but not here.