one for benburch

[sweetheart]

Ben, i am sorry you are not here, and regret that there surely
could be a better way to talk about you than to say you disrupted poorly,
you are an exemplary human being, one with heartfelt compassion and a
true sense of common sense justice.

I don't feel right when people get banned around here, for the lack of
transparency, and if all of us, who've written here for years, are to die
such ignoble deaths, it is tragic, in that i feel i've lost the company
of a friend.

I miss you benburch, and distressedamerican, god bless you, wherever you travel.

[juajen]

1. Ah, jeez

What the hell happened?

[QuestionAll...]

5. not sure but.

ben was tombed because he failed to recognize mod warnings, Distressed is ... distressed and left for a bit. Hope DA comes back.

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. WTF?

:wtf:

[jonnyblitz]

12. DA got tired of the pro israel war crowd policing all the threads

implying or calling people anti-semites.

[LincolnMcGrath]

15. Lots of DUers are ready to bail.

Considering the filth that is allowed to stay here, (because they know the rules well enough to brag about fooling the mods and admins) I'm not sure staying here is all that and a bag of chips anymore.

[jonnyblitz]

17. apparently it's ok to spew RW neo-con war crap if it's under

the guise of "supporting Israel". I was beginning to wonder if it was a requirement to be a DU member, mandatory support of Israel.

[QuestionAll...]

21. puzzling...

how being anti bush has got nothing to do with being anti-american (unless your a freeper type), but this new fresh hell has brough upon on new fresh rules of conduct.

[SammyWinstonJack]

23. Well glad I have stayed out of the fray! Wouldn't want to get banned!

:yoiks:

[Lars39]

2. I didn't realize

benburch was missing, too. :(

[Mojambo]

3. Sometimes I hate not knowing what the hell is going on around here

Oh well.

[calimary]

22. Yeah, I know what you mean. First I'd heard of it.

Sigh...

We need all our wits, and our witty minds, present and accounted for.

[Gormy Cuss]

4. EarlG addressed it

in this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=1783748#1784251

[LincolnMcGrath]

13. I also shared my feelings in that thread.

here

benburch, DA ...who'll be next?

[hlthe2b]

6. DistressedAmerican is gone too?

:shrug:

I've seen lots of DUers come and go since 2001, but it never gets easier...

[MH1]

14. ???? profile still active

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=user_profiles&u_id=149795

:shrug:

may want to bookmark his site just in case though:

WWW.SEEDSOFDOUBT.COM

[madokie]

19. distressedamerican is still with us I think

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=106&topic_id=20740

[acmejack]

8. We are less without them.

[MoseyWalker]

9. White Rose Society

it's a real drag that it is unable to continue here.

I have to say. I've been reading for years, and it just gets more repressive every day.

[The Straight Story]

11. I thought there was a link to DU from there, don't see it now...(nt)

[SmokingJacket]

10. Ben is probably my favorite DUer.

Well, it might be time for me to go, too.

[B Calm]

16. Something really stinks about this!

I said the same thing in 2000..

[Generic Other]

18. Ben tombed? DA driven off? FUCK FUCK FUCK

I hate that.

[Nikki Stone 1]

20. I also enjoyed hearing Ben on Mike Malloy's show when he called in

:kick:

[Moderator]

24. Lock

As stated in an earlier post, EarlG has addressed this.
It certainly was not out of the blue.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1783748&mesg_id=1784251