Who banned Clarkmeister?

[Dids]

FWIW

"Someone like Dids is completely capable of defending himself. Hal is not."

Strikes me as really insulting to your friend. He's blind, and it doesn't sound like you're specifically referencing the challenges that presents in dealing with an insult online. Mentally, one would assume he's still fully capable of mustering up a rebuttal to Clark's accusations.

I tend to think that most people calling me fat make themselves look petty and uncreative. I roll my eyes and move on. Clark's post made him look petty and small, and I think that, and the scorn in generates is likely punishment enough. The forums are reasonably good about policing themselves when people get out of line to this degree. I think the appropriate place for a mod to step in is well past where Clark went.

Like citanul mentions, it seems like the rationale for this ban is based on an expectation of a culture that doesn't exist on these forums, and likely never will given the demographics that comprise the forum's membership. Frankly, a good number of the mods on this site (myself included) probably say something equally cutting daily, and nobody bats an eye. I don't even think this is a bad thing really, it's just the culture on the forums.