Forgiveness Day ?

[Azunite]

Should me make a forgiveness day ? All bans can be removed, and a message could be sent to their inbox that they are allowed to be on here again ?
I think that if they are allowed back , 75% of them would not repeat the same actions again

[Kaius]

No way in hell would that be a good idea. 95% of people banned are banned for a serious reason like camming or picture trading. That is what we're trying to stop here, not encourage by letting offenders return.

[The Joker]

Would you all of a sudden let your nations prisons have a forgiveness day?

A bit of hyperbole but it still applies. They were banned because we don't want them on here.

[georgiamay]

no way will this ever ever happen. People get banned because of serious thing, and we don't want them on here, for that reason.
If we let them back, 75% will re offend.

[The Dark Lord]

No, that wouldn't work. People are banned for a reason, you wouldn't let a murderer out of jail as a gesture of goodwill and the same principles apply

[Sage]

I can think of a number of individuals that I'd not mind at all seeing unbanned, in fact, there are some people I think should be unbanned and/or never have been banned in the first place, but I can count these people on a single hand.

Other than that, no. Most people are banned with good reason, and they would reoffend if let back.

[Azunite]

Some expections are out there,
There are people who just got a moment's temper and broke a rule,
What about the people who contributed up to 3000 posts and then they get banned for 1 act?

[Kaius]

If they were here enough time to make 3000 posts they'd know the rules and realise commiting that one offense would lead to a banning. so its really on their own head that they do it.

[Giles]

Some expections are out there,
There are people who just got a moment's temper and broke a rule,
What about the people who contributed up to 3000 posts and then they get banned for 1 act?

That is a very fair point and I completely agree but...

If they were here enough time to make 3000 posts they'd know the rules and realise commiting that one offense would lead to a banning. so its really on their own head that they do it.

That is also true...

[Azunite]

Yeah but like i said it could be a moment's fury when it comes to heavily insulting members and I don't think that members who are over 3000 post would do a dumb thing with cam thing etc...
I think the "old breed" of this site should be forgiven, like the ones over 3000 posts etc

[Kaius]

You'd be surprised what older members do, a lot of people in the past have been found camming, even the least expected. As for heavily insulting members that would result in an infraction, not a banning.

[Azunite]

Even the heaviest of insults get an infraction ?...
And wow, never guessed that that old members would do those things, you people are right

[Kaius]

It depends how you mean by Heavy, but yeah, it would result in a hefty infraction. Though as you know too many infractions can lead to a ban eventually so it can be possible, just not very often.

[Ender]

i lol'd at this idea. That would be a major risk to this site. This site has a good purpose behind it, and letting a bunch of bafoons ransack it all at once woud kill it.

[Perseus]

Some people like Jeff should be unbanned. :P That would be interesting to see all the people whom were banned that shouldn't have but were because of infraction points, like Jeff or Ripple.

[Malcolm Tucker]

Absolutely not. They were banned for a reason. End of.

[Jess]

that won't ever happen since as it is already said, what they did is really serious, or most of them anyways. they deserved to be banned. the end.

[Perseus]

Absolutely not. They were banned for a reason. End of.

I know. :rolleyes:

[Slippy]

Nice thought, but many have probably forgotten about the place, and those who do come back will most likely cause more trouble.

[Fiction]

If we want a member banned for only a certain amount of time then we may aswell freeze them, not ban them. They've been banned for a reason. And if people knew when this forgiveness day was it would give them an excuse to rbeak any rule they wanted to a few days before... because they'd only get unbanned a few days later.

[Syvelocin]

In general, probably not. But I don't think anyone could keep track of why each person was banned. The bans resulting from multiple infractions I completely agree with forgiving. There are a few people I wouldn't mind see getting a second chance. If only this could happen :(

[Giles]

Yeah, it's never going to happen. Ever.
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[Zero Beat]

A waste of time and effort.
I know if i got banned, I'd be mad. THUS if i'm given the chance to post again, I'd make a mess.

...

Thats if i was banned for a stupid reason :P Dont be mad kids.

[1_21Guns]

it's pointless this stays open as it's already been answered several times :locked: