Leave this issue alone, and without specific policy. Deal with incidents on an individual basis.
I think this is the best answer.
I'm fine with case by case, as long as this current individual is considered to be the first case to be dealt with (both sides of the issue).
This one line, also in my opinion is more then enough.
Case by case dealings are the way to go.
We can scream for more rules every time something gets out of control but more rules and restrictions only work towards a less fun enviroment on the forums over all.
Just keep in mind though, modmins do not see everything, this is a big forum.
If you think things are running out of hand there's always the shiny report post button.
Seconded? well, prolly 4th'ed or 5th'ed by now..
If it's not against the rules, when you hit that shiny report post button, what are you going to say? "This person is breaking a rule that doesn't exist"?...
Hence why I think it should be a rule, no using ailments in blogs or anywhere on the forum to attract negative attention. Word it fancy.
There are some posts on the RL board where individuals are seeking to understand better an ailment. Those are completely acceptable.
However I do remember a thread in the RL forums where a (female character, for identification purposes only) was asking people
if or
how she/he could potentially kill her/himself? May not have been that
exact point but it was pretty damn close, and it did mention something about bodily injury. I think users who bring up topics like that intentionally or not, or even insinuating the subject should have their threads deleted and their entire subnet banned from the site. Posts that contain that type of material is a heavy potential for legal banter if anything should happen and QC came to light.
In all seriousness, not being an inconsiderate person if that's what you want to see the following as, if you want to kill yourself or have any distant thoughts about it, don't come crying to this site about it. Because in every case, 1. you're not going to kill yourself and 2. You're just looking for attention (hence, emo), which is where the rule I suggested above would negate and protect the user community in general. If you have suicidal thoughts, only you know for sure if you're just attention whoring or if you're actually serious, contact the police if you
really want to stop. Just posting on an online forum is silly and those who do it know they are not serious about it. Which is why material like that should be kept off the site at zero tolerance.
I also remember Kelyon making a thread like that as well, I was pretty disgusted his and the other threads were allowed to stay on the boards, but he's already banned so problem solved (No rules broken so I didn't report anything at the time). I think the other person's name starts with a K as well, I can't remember exactly.
Fundamentally, any individual who brings their personal medical/psychological condition into an argument as a justification or excuse should expect to have that condition brought under scrutiny at the very least, and more likely attacked aggressively.
I could, for example, bring up any of the host of psychological ailments I have been diagnosed with over the years, but frankly, I feel people who use their conditions as a crutch deserve whatever ridicule they might receive. These are things to be overcome, or at the very least compensated for, not excuses for bad behavior.
The condition itself is not a joke, nor should it be an avenue of attack on anyone, unless the individual in question brings it up first. Once that happens, it's fair game.
A little more on the topic than the just "leave it alone, mods are too busy, report the post" bandwagon most of you jumped on. We agree on that point.
