Thread:Bourgeoisie/@comment-4552817-20150216091843/@comment-25282327-20150220002316

Actually, I still object to the ban being reverted. Ignorance of the rules should NOT be an excuse. I hope we can get that implemented into our chat policy. Countless times I have seen people get away with misbehaving because they said "I didn't know that was against the rules" or something similar to that and they proceed to break more rules and get away still using the same excuse. I find this absolutely unacceptable considering we reccomend looking at the chat policy before entering chat. And yes, warning, kicking, and banning are tools to prevent further abuse of the rules, but this ban has done exactly that. Bourg should know by now what the rules are and what isn't okay to do on chat. When we let users get away with misbehaving, they'll start getting the idea that they can get away with it more in the future too. And sometimes, a warning just does not do the job. A lot of the time, it's not a strong enough message to get across to users and they shrug it off. I know for a fact BCGirl had considered this. She judged a warning would not get through and deemed a ban to be the most appropriate course of action. Do what you guys want at this point I guess, but I would highly appreciate it if we could implement a rule or something that states ignorance of the chat rules is not an excuse. Anyway, I've made my argument and I'm not sure there's much more to expand on. Again, go ahead and do whatever you think best at this point, admins,