>>>>>>Although the interesting element here at UT a good portion of the call for banning is caused in some ways by MVP (so you mentionned) , and your site seems to attract a good bunch of them, more than others anyways. Corrolation between MVPs and banning maybe.
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>>>>>This is the sad part. Is it because some benefit from their high profile in regards to that and try to go a little further to the borderline of the Terms & Conditions of this site and, sometimes, go over it. It proves one thing however. No matter the status of one person, we are all human beings and the rules of a site, such as this one, applies to all.
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>>>>I go way overboard in the opposite direction ... I'm extremely careful to NOT step on other people's toes or to use harsh words. I am respectful of my MVP status and what it represents. You won't ever see me pushing that T&C envelope; nor, I suspect, will most other MVPs.
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>>>>It's unfortunate that a correlation between being an MVP and deserving to be banned has even been mentioned here (see, I even tippy-toe around that ... you don't want to hear what I actually think about that ridiculous supposition).
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>>>>~~Bonnie
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>>>Being an MVP bestows no particular moral high ground on a person. Being technically skilled does not make one a better person ("better" being a very subjective word). In fact, being able to become an MVP might show an ambitious streak which might manifest itself in other less desirable ways. Michel's observations of past altercations involving MVPs is interesting I think :)
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>>It also seems that in tech disciplines there seems to be very little correlation between professional skills and social skills (unless, perhaps, an inverse one <s> )
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>>There are extremely pleasant exceptions : Tamar, Bonnie, Doug Hennig, Rick Schummer, Ted Roche, the late Ceil immediately come to mind though of course there are many others.
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>>And there are people whom I personally find charming, fascinating and easy to get along with who seem unable to abide each other as their egos seems to clash on sharp edges. I found the famous confrontation here between Steve Black and JVP absolutely excruciating to witness and I was embarrassed for them.
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>>Al Doman made the observation that our youth are growing up prone to self-destructive behavior partly due to their lives being so devoid of real danger.
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>>Bill Fitzgerald mentioned how a sense of perspective can be augmented by experience in life when nasty people are really trying to kill you.
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>>I agree with both, and offer it as a partial explanation for on line vitriol in communities like this one in confrontations between some of the "heavy-weights"
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>>"The reason academic politics are so bitter is that so little is at stake."
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>Perhaps Michel should employ you to roam the planet terminating those who have broken the UT rules. That might help users modify their behaviour. :-)

I'm not a real rules enforcing kind of guy <s> but if I had the power to roam the planet terminating those of whose behavior I find distasteful we would at least not have to worry about over-population.