The Ban Thread

[selmiak]

hey snarky, I always enjoy talking to you, why don't you reply to me here and don't edit around in my posts? <3

[Who bans the banners?]

[monkey424]

Ban me for two weeks if you like Snarky. I'm going on holiday.

[Don't tempt me!]

[Frodo]

I... am Frodo... the RING BEARER!

I have braved stab wounds from Ring Wraiths.  I have braved poison from Shelob.  I have carried the burden of the One Ring.  I have seen unimaginable horrors that would destroy a lesser hobbit. 

A simple ban?  HA!  Bring it on. 

[Do not meddle in the threads of mods, for they are subtle and quick to ban you.]

[Ryan Timothy B]

Dear moving thread. My dog just nipped at someone today while I was out walking. She's never bit anyone before. It was an old man walking with his wife. He didn't show me the wound nor did I ask, I was mostly frozen with shock and fear of what would happen next. I was focused mostly on my dog as once I processed what was going on, I held her mouth shut looking into her eyes like she was in some serious shit. He was holding his hand so I had to ask him if she bit him and he said she did... and that he was bleeding. He asked where I am living now so in case he needs to come back if anything comes of the wound. I didn't even see it happen. Girlfriend and I were standing on the sidewalk talking to a woman we know and my dog jumped at the man who was quietly walking towards us from behind. My dog is super playful and oftentimes likes to jump on people she's playing with, so since my back was turned that's what I thought it was, until I saw him holding his hand. Now I realize she definitely shouldn't be jumping at people and it's my fault I've allowed her to continue this as I roughhouse with her a lot, and now I feel I may have to tone it down. I also don't know how to treat this and I'm fearful of what the future may bring. At least I know that he's a nice man, as he used to live 2 houses down from me while growing up and he was always friendly. Makes me start to believe those old tales of dobermans going vicious with age.

[It's the most dangerous thread of all: Moving Ban Thread!]

[Snarky]

An uncle of mine, great dog lover, was in a similar situation, and decided the dog had to be put down. If a dog can't be controlled and attacks people, that's just not tolerable.

And since this post puts me off the forum for the next 24 hours, I'm locking the thread in the mean time.

[Ryan Timothy B]

Oh moving ban thread... I am very upset! Shortly after I posted that message of my dog, my girlfriend had made mention of the old man bending down kinda taunting her behind my back with his hand outreached, with a look that said "what's wrong with you". Since my back was turned to the whole event I didn't know these details and since she hadn't mentioned them immediately, I simply assumed he was walking by ignoring the dog and she decided "hey, I'm gonna play with him". Then the day after the supposed attack the doorbell rings with some government worker at the door. She handed me some kind of rabies quarantine contract saying I can't give the dog away, put her down or let her out of the house for 10 days, aside from going in the backyard to do her business - but she must be leashed. I was furious! Why would you taunt a dog with your hand out and then get upset when it jumps at you?

Then to make matters worse, today my girlfriend and I started talking about it once again and she elaborates even further on the actual distance he had gotten to her. In this conversation she suddenly had said "he got in her face" and of course I say "woah, I didn't know this, you didn't say this! How close is: in her face?" and she moves her face a couple inches away from mine and says "like this". On a side-note: I've obviously learned that my girlfriend isn't very good as an eye witness unless you ask for specific details or she won't give them. Originally she had said he bent down kind of taunting her, and I think any person would assume any sane person would be like 6 feet away or something. But no. He got right in her damn face. All behind my back.

Ugh. I'm furious with this man. Now my dog is a recorded "biter / scratcher" (the government lady had said a scratch or bite is treated the same way, since I told her that neither girlfriend or friend saw her bite him, only that she jumped at him - and she loves to paw). It's not like any of us could see a wound on his hand. If she does it again, it'll make her look like a possible threat when all she wants to do is play! She's a good god damn dog and that man is obviously an asshole. I hope to hell he doesn't try to sue me. That explains now why the friend we were talking to on the sidewalk had said "I will be your witness if anything comes of this", but I was confused with what she meant since I thought my dog randomly nipped at him. Maybe I was too caught up in the moment to hear what either of them were saying to me, or it was this woman's strong Dutch accent, I don't know. Once the quarantine is up, I have to get her vaccinated for rabies, and also pay to have her registered with the town (things I am legally supposed to do as a dog owner, but most people I know don't do this crap), but now I have to because some old man wanted to taunt my dog and then call the government after she wanted to play and possibly hurt him.

You need to ban me. I need a break from life.

[AGS is more important than life, heathen!]