A Public Banning Today..., page

A rare public banning today on ATS.

Normally we don't discuss bannings, but given recent events in our 9/11 Conspiracies forum, it seems appropriate to be open about this one.

After much consideration and discussion among our staff, it is with sincere regret that I announce the termination of ATS membership privileges for "killtown." This is unfortunate since, until recently, it has often been a benefit for our membership to have direct access to one of the early pioneers of vocal 9/11 conspiracy speculation.

Also, in what may be a first for us, off-ATS content and activity factored heavily in our decision to ban him. Many members may feel his on-ATS actions are cause for banning, but that's not where we focused our decision.

If you've been paying attention to this (9/11) forum, we appear to have become one of many "battle grounds" (as one member put it) in an escalating war of attention-seeking among competing "9/11 Truth" groups.

Killtown was exploiting the critical nature of ATS members by posting controversial theories here, participating minimally in responding to the critical discussion, then discussing his being "attacked" or "censored" on ATS via postings on other safe harbor websites. It appears as though we were being used as a means to build some kind of macho credibility that involved a series of false and insulting accusations directed toward ATS and our members that included "censorship," members as "shills," and everyone "aiding the perps."

Certainly, this is not the first nor the last bit of insulting criticism of ATS by conspiracy extremists. Typically, we've ignored it in favor of focusing on running ATS the way we feel is best for our members (must be working, we have lots of members & traffic). However, in this case, we saw the need to end what was becoming an escalation of abusive exploitation of fair and logical questions from our critical members.


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I want to add that this action in no way implies any desire to place limits of any kind on the topics that can be discussed in our 9/11 Conspiracies or other forums. Open and honest dialogue on any topic within the boundaries of our Terms & Conditions is what we have stood for, what we stand for now, and always will. Undoubtedly we'll see a cascade of off-site criticism and insulting rhetoric over this action... so be it. We stand by it as the proper choice in the best interests of our members and the flow of productive and civil discussion.

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Skeptic Overlord outlined everything involved in his OP. I really don't see anything to be confused about.



Quoting - Please review this link

[edit on 14-6-2007 by 12m8keall2c]

Originally posted by ready4truth
im GUESSING that his theory post wasnt what had everyone in a tizzy....but his adittude and lack of respect towards others. correct?

Correct.

Since you've been here less than a month it's probably not obvious that his attitude and behaviour over a long period of time are what made people crazy and attack him without hesitation. Purposely or not, he became an agent provocateur amongst our membership.

Without as you say "going into anything", the bottom line is that he reaped what he sowed over many months here on ATS.

Originally posted by shrunkensimon
.. hurrah for the memory hole!

Now there's a perfect example of people Reacting Before Reading! Go back and read the OP before jumping to your conclusions.
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edit: fixed link

[edit on 6/14/2007 by Gools]

Originally posted by shrunkensimon
hurrah for the memory hole!

WHAT ??????????

all his threads are still here

killtowns threads

US Consulate Whistleblower Says 9/11 Hijackers Passports were issued by the CIA
  Posted 18 days ago with 21 member flags

9-11 lecture at Basel University, Switzerland.
  Posted 12 days ago with 14 member flags

Hollywood Stars Seek to Make Feature Film Focused on WTC Demolitions
  Posted 18 days ago with 12 member flags

An Overview and Debunking of the AE9/11T\'s List of Demolition Signs
  Posted 14 days ago with 12 member flags

9/11 Actors re-visited
  Posted 5 days ago with 12 member flags

Wikipedia categorizes 9/11 truth as \'denialism\'
  Posted 16 days ago with 11 member flags

Building Collapses in Rio
  Posted 13 days ago with 6 member flags

new film "Human the film (2012)" covers all the bases and more!
  Posted 7 days ago with 6 member flags

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