Please ban angryman53

and smithtutti

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nyc is his other account name.

No, they're right. They literally post about the same things (one about racism in every single movie from Rear Window to 48 Hours) and another about punishing females. They aren't even trying to start a discussion. They type a short phrase and that's it. They don't even return to the thread. That's trolling, not discussion.

Take a look for yourself - you can immediately tell they are NOT interested in deep discussion (AngryMan53 just joined 7 hours ago and has that many posts already):

AngryMan53's profile

batman6's profile

As Jim said, we are all for free speech and real discussions (even the occasional 'provocative' subject) as long as it's serious and civil.

Trolling (as those two are doing) will make message boards worse. 1-2 of them now become 20-30 later on if not kept in check. That's what made IMDB such a mess to read on certain boards.

You still have to be accountable for what you say. These rights come with duties and responsibilities, as well.

On a site note, are we considered to be in the US? I know that where a site's physical servers are located, makes it subject to those local laws (correct?), but I've always considered the Internet as international waters, so to speak.

First amendment rights don't extend to message boards, and as the poster above me said, this is pretty much international waters.

I think it's pretty obvious he was trolling anyway, looking at his posts.

And I have a right NOT to have to put up with him

I know, the trolls mentioned in this thread are still at it so I hope the moderators get to work soon.

As far as I know, mods are still being chosen. Jim has a lot on his plate; he can't be everywhere and do everything at once.

Yes, and you just bumped it right back to the top, froid. Smooth move, dude. And so what?

I don't remember a "flooding" report option, although it may well have been there and I just don't recall it.

Absolutely, freedom of speech doesn't apply to the interweb, nor does it apply completely unfettered anywhere else.

Agree with FilmFan, most of the posts in this thread are discussing the general issue, not the specific user brought up in the OP. Might be a good idea to start another thread on the topic -- although there have been several already -- so it's a general topic, without any specific poster mentioned.

Either way, I don't care. Since that user hasn't posted in this thread, and as far as I know is unaware of it (seeming to have stuck to trolling on and reading specific boards), this doesn't appear to be handing out troll Twinkies, although who knows.

Flooding is an apt description. It would be useful to have a reason option for reporting, i.e. profanity, abuse, "flooding", spam, etc.