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Jul 2, 2006, 12:17am

I wish a situation could be fully investigated before awi takes the word of
"the in group" before bannings of major worldpaths are initiated.

Jul 2, 2006, 2:13am

My situation being a prime example

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Jul 2, 2006, 7:56am

I guess it's a growing list. Sad too considering theres an awful lot of
really good people out there being ostracized. Sad when a mob mentality
ruins what used to be a really good game. And Sad that corporate has been
relegated as their "hitmen".

Jul 2, 2006, 3:00pm

[View Quote] ostracized. ... mmm Ostrich

Jul 2, 2006, 3:06pm

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Ostracism (Greek ??????????? ostrakismos) was a procedure under the Athenian
democracy in which a prominent citizen could be expelled from the city-state
of Athens for ten years. While some instances clearly expressed popular
anger at the victim, ostracism was often used pre-emptively. It was used as
a way of defusing a major confrontations between rival politicians (by
removing one of them from the scene), neutralising someone thought to be a
threat to the state, or exiling a potential tyrant. Crucially, ostracism had
no relation to the processes of justice. There was no charge or defence, and
the exile was not in fact a penalty; it was simply a command from the
Athenian people that one of their member be gone for ten years.

The procedure is to be distinguished from the modern use of the term, which
generally refers to informal modes of exclusion from a group through
shunning.

Jul 2, 2006, 3:12pm

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Jul 2, 2006, 6:59pm

yeaaa I can see where lotsa peeps can have their heads in the sand

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