The same rules apply in the chat as apply on the forum itself. It is not a "cool kids clubhouse," despite sometimes being treated as such by some of the members.

In particular, I don't approve of the tendency to "kick for fun." I've said on a number of occasions that excess unjustified kicks will eventually result in revocation of a user's kick privilege. It is a serious power, not to be used lightly, because to do so creates an unfriendly environment and a dilutes the seriousness of the offense (which in turn provides fewer granularities of punishment between a slap on the wrist and outright banning).

As for the issue at hand, after reviewing the logs I do not think Khatharr's kick was unwarranted at all. What matters in a community interaction like this is not just what you intend but what other people might reasonably see, and in this case I think it's reasonable that somebody might interpret "Skullcap is great for sedatives - ask my ex girlfriends lmao" as a date-rape implication. That you didn't mean it that way is only half of the equation. It doesn't matter that there's nothing wrong with herbal sedatives in general, or that you might know people who take them, or whatever. It matters how the actual words you said can be interpreted in the context you said them, and in this case I think the context (or lack thereof) provides a reasonable framework for the kick.

Further, some of your other commentary prior to the incident and during your attempt at justification of the incident isn't really in-line with the standards we'd like to uphold for our community (particular the comments reference Frank Luna). If you get kicked from the chat, you can ask for an explanation but you shouldn't belligerently argue with it -- if you think the kick was inappropriate, contact a moderator.

I don't think your ban needs to stay in place though, so I have lifted it. Please keep your behavior civil in the future, and remember that this is not an entirely "open forum." We have certain expectations of civility that we expect our members to meet, and certain levels of respect we expect them to show each other.

Its the flavor of the day man! Josh bans people for the N word. Khat for rape jokes. You just gotta find which one dislikes which

Its the flavor of the day man! Josh bans people for the N word. Khat for rape jokes. You just gotta find which one dislikes which

I shouldn't have to explain why either of these are inappropriate.

Sorry to say it, but Josh has a point. Would it be wise of me go walk around chanting "seig heil", then say I was joking? If it's potentially offensive or in poor taste, then you shouldn't say it.

Shogun.

"seig heil"

although the 'mericans do seem to always have problems with 'ei' versus 'ie'.

That's because we took the British language, crammed it full of French words, chewed it up, and then vomited it back out;

and then in grade school it's repeatedly drilled in our head, "i before e except after c", which is only right some of the time.