Spyderco Forum Rules/Deletion of "Hannibal" Posts

#1

To all visitors:

The Spyderco forums were established to provide a means for the responsible, professional exchange of information. Spyderco and the moderators of this forum are committed to maintaining the professional character of this medium and will do everything in our power to do so. We will not tolerate obscenity, vulgarity, threatening or racist comments, or any other postings that may be considered offensive or unprofessional.

Recently a forum user with the screen name "Hannibal" violated these guidelines. These postings have been permanently removed from the forum and efforts are being made to prevent any further incidents of this type.

Please consider this public notice to "Hannibal" that your postings are no longer welcome here and will not be tolerated. Any successful postings that you make will be deleted at the earliest possible opportunity.

To the responsible users of this forum, we apologize for any problems that this issue may have caused you. We will continue to police this problem closely and urge you to refrain from responding to or commenting upon any posts made by the forum user "Hannibal."

Spyderco and the moderators of this forum appreciate your responsible, ethical contributions and will continue to do our best to make it the most informative, insightful, and professional forum on the Internet.

Thank you for your patience and support.

Sincerely,

Michael Janich

MBC Forum Moderator

Head Instructor, Spyderco MBC Program

FREDERIC K · #2

Thank you very much.
We should do everything to avoid such a situation lasting so long.

earthworm · #3

As a'Freedom of Speech'person I deplore the banning of Hannibal on principle.However,he begged for it so...."Free speech does not equal filthy speech":good riddance.

Mancer · #4

Ya boet, Michael, buddie Im behind you all the way.

Keep well mate

MaNcEr

It's Time To Kick @$$ 'N Chew Bubble Gum

Scorpius711 · #5

I will miss his Goulish Troll like pressence, NOT! Now we can get back to talking about knives and their various uses.

Troy

Edited by - Scorpius711 on 9/1/2001 11:56:53 AM

Bill Burns · #6

Thank god and good riddance....what a shame he had to waste his time and efforts trying to create such discord....very good call Mike

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Thanks to all of you for your support. With your help, we can continue to set the standard for others to follow.

It has been said that an armed society is a polite society. In that case, an armed, skilled, articulate society that polices its own can be even more polite.

Stay safe,

mike j