Rymmen a dit:
well, then, enlighten us. what is the issue at hand?
Thanks for asking.
GOD's behavior in general, over the course of years, is the reason for his ban. Two former moderators have commented yesterday that "GOD should have been banned months/years ago." Two other members said the same thing. In the past Rutger, Jakobien and Mycophile (all former moderators with Administrator rights) have considered the need to ban GOD. The person who was the Site Admin before me (HeartCore), didn't ban GOD but threw his hands in the air and left. I did the same in January.
Psychonaut.com isn't just a community, it is also a URL. And that URL contains a word that people interpret differently. For some a psychonaut means a certain thing, and for another it means something else. For some it may include interest in esoteric subjects, for others such interests are a disgrace to the URL and what it represents.
GOD has very strong opinions on what it means to be a psychonaut, and what kind of topics are a disgrace to this website. He also has very strong opinions as to what kind of personal interests qualify one for being in need of a psychiatrist.
I do not want to get into these personal interests now, hence I will not answer your question about astrology yet. I do want to comment however that Ahua said: "beleive it or not the astrology bit gave me quite a bit of guidance by pitting it with my own view of it."
Back to the web URL, Psychonaut.com. What does it mean? A whole lot to GOD. A bit too much it seems. All of of us can get along pretty well, namely the down-to-earth and the esoterically inclined psychonauts. There's just one person who is literally on a witch hunt around here, and that has always been GOD. Not recently, always. Before I came here, before HeartCore came here. Neither HeartCore nor I started any problems here. We both came here with typical psychonaut interests. The stuff that's discussed in books by Stan Grof, Terence McKenna, and other authors whose name GOD can't even spell correctly.
So what about that? Are the esoteric folks hijacking this forum? I don't think so. They are posting here like everybody else, but they also have their own websites where they can do their own thing. HeartCore has at least one website, I've got one or two, MaxFreakout has his own projects, Jeniger created a site, and I know many psychonauts also have a MySpace, Flickr, or Facebook account, and some are members at other forums. For GOD however, psychonaut.com is the only place where he does his thing. It's his territory, and he defends it vehemently. If anyone hijacked this forum (long ago), it is he.
GOD is appreciated for wishing to keep this website a reputable place, because psychonauts are already stigmatised because of the War on Drugs. GOD even got his own section dedicated to legalization, and became the moderator of that section. But you'll notice that a major part of GOD's strategy of legalization consists of criticizing other attempt and efforts to legalize drugs or spread awareness (for example, organizing protest marches etc.), as well as lashing out at those who supposedly give psychonauts a bad name. You see? GOD's dedication to legalization is just the flipside of his hatred towards the esoteric.
So, back to the issue again: the URL of the website: Psychonaut.com. This is what it's all about. For GOD this URL is very important. He will not attempt to set up his own website under a different URL. He will not take his personal interests and passion and create something of his own. He will not publish books or articles. All he will do is misinterpret and attack those of others.
Like I said, most of us have other places to express ourselves. For GOD it is and always has been only this place, psychonaut. It's the only place he's writing. And he does so with agression and bad taste, we all seem to agree on that. He's defending this place as if it were his territory, as if he knows best what is and what isn't a psychonaut, as well as what is and what isn't true, and who is and who isn't mentally healthy.
It is for these reasons that GOD needed to be banned, long ago. And I can imagine many of you feel sad about this, because GOD was indeed intelligent and learned in certain areas, and sure he was funny and he did contribute to the forum.
But sometimes that isn't enough. I told him over half a year ago, when I was still the Site Admin, that if he wanted to be the arbiter of what can and cannot be discussed on Psychonaut.com, he should buy the website from the current site owner, or convince the site owner to create a more detailed mission statement for the site, or he should simply create his own website. He didn't do either of these. Nor did he change his ways.
Regarding GOD's learning and experience with psychedelics, on this website it was mainly used to attack and ridicule others, while his sense of humor contained too many references to sexual perversions, as well as double meanings that simply cause more confusion and trouble.
His recent come-back to the tune of Gary Glitter (which I, a victim of child abuse, do not find funny at all) and jokes about anal sex, with immediate assaults following in several threads, including a threat ("FUCK DUTCH LAW and FUCK THE FORUM RULES"), were the reason why I banned him. As far as the accusation of hijacking is concerned, ask yourself: who hijacked this site first?
To me the main issue is clearly something between GOD and all the esoterically inclined members, AS WELL AS something between GOD and ALL former site administrators. Since I'm both a professional astrologer as well as the former site admin, the fight seems to revolve around me and GOD. But anyone who's willing to take a deeper look into this will understand this has very little to do with me. Sure, the way it (the ban) happened involves my style (my ego?), but at least it did happen, finally. I think my explanation is reasonable. What do you think?
