Ren again wrote:
I believe you may want to contact and attorney to get a clear definition of discrimination. Discrimination for EEOC, which is more for employment, credit or financial is as you state. However discrimination also applies to those that are treatly differently than others who perform the same act. Such as in this case you have several people on this site that use profane and vulgar language yet are allowed to continue to participate in the forum. While those that are not part of a "clic" are permitted to do the exact same actions as those who are banned. This constitutes discrimination. There are many others on this site that cuss and have referred to someone providing sexual acts to either deny or give yet this person is now listed as an administrator. This is an abuse of power and very much grounds for a lawsuit. So, I would suggest that before you begin to make accusations you check with an attorney. This is not a private site, it is open to the public and this is a public forum protected under the law by freedom of speech. There is no requirement to join other than an email address. There is no fee to pay to participate and it is able to be copied and redistributed for use in a lawsuit if necessary.
Also, as a previous moderator I am sure you are aware there are rules which you must follow and must be addressed across the board, not to just members that you disagree with their statements. And as for the IP address, yes I agree an IP address can be found and banned. However you must insure that if you site an IP address of a previous participant to be the reason a new participant is also banned, that the 2nd participant you are banning has in fact the same IP address and does not live 7 states away on a completely different IP address. Otherwise this does constitute discrimination as it is "assuming" that the name is one and the same as one you have previously banned when in fact it is not.
Ok, I'm going to try this again, and for those of you that are *special*, read slowly. Ren IS NOT being banned for language but rather a previous and continued behavior of being a troll. Known trolls get dealt with accordingly. As to the discrimination, this is a private site, and as such they can ban those users they feel are detrimental to their community.
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