I've been reminded of this post a couple of times today.

[RyanT]

Since that's the sentence you choose to grab onto, I'm referring to scoldings and electronic punishments handed down by moderators. Being stripped of my avatar and changing the color of my little dot is like being in pre-school (Let the "pre-school" comments begin now.) Just so unnecessary. Relax.
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[waltah!]

Since that's the sentence you choose to grab onto, I'm referring to scoldings and electronic punishments handed down by moderators. Being stripped of my avatar and changing the color of my little dot is like being in pre-school (Let the "pre-school" comments begin now.) Just so unnecessary. Relax.
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I just checked and ryant.net is an available domain name. You could always go start your own site.
When you joined THIS site you agreed to the terms and conditions and have been made aware that a certain level of civility and respect is expected. You certainly don't have to agree with anyone else, but you also don't get to act like you own the place.
As for your avatar and the color of your "little dot" that is a result of having so many comments voted down by the members of the site. Nobody pushed a magic button and made it happen. Since you made the pre-school comment I'll say that being a staff member of a site shouldn't be like child care, especially when we're talking about adults.
So as I said, you can start your own site and run it any way you like. This site will run the way the owners of the site would like it to be. If those two things don't gel then nobody is forcing you to login, but the owners aren't going anywhere. There are 15yr old members here who don't have a problem with the rules and respecting the members of this site.

[HighVoltageRoyals]

Since that's the sentence you choose to grab onto, I'm referring to scoldings and electronic punishments handed down by moderators. Being stripped of my avatar and changing the color of my little dot is like being in pre-school (Let the "pre-school" comments begin now.) Just so unnecessary. Relax.
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Look babycakes, if you're going to get all pissy about it, you have the freedom to leave. We aren't stopping you. These guys have the freedom to do whatever they want with THEIR site. Just because they made it available to the public doesn't mean it's a free for all. And *gasp* I HAVE AN INFRACTION and I'm not all pissy about it. You want to know what it was for? Cursing. I curse like a drunken sailor in real life but I censor myself because there are young kids that come onto this forum (learned that AFTER I got the infraction).

TL;DR It's their house and if you don't want to live by the rules you can leave.

And I really hope you aren't actually attempting to troll because if you are, go back to forechin and lurk more. 0/10

[wilomn]

Being stripped of my avatar and changing the color of my little dot is like being in pre-school (Let the "pre-school" comments begin now.) Just so unnecessary. Relax.
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punishment to fit the ability of the culprit to understand his error

You'll see.

If you manage to stay.

[ballpythonluvr]

Since that's the sentence you choose to grab onto, I'm referring to scoldings and electronic punishments handed down by moderators. Being stripped of my avatar and changing the color of my little dot is like being in pre-school (Let the "pre-school" comments begin now.) Just so unnecessary. Relax.
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You are totally disrespectful towards the staff and you want to complain about the little dot????? Perhaps if you would grow up and stop behaving like an imbecile you would be treated in a different manner.