Sorry to double post by I had to comment on one other thing.

lordjedi said:

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I'm all for most of what's allowed here. It just seems to me that when someone admits to baiting, they deserve at least a temp ban. I guess the community here is small enough that they don't want to alienate anyone though.

There seems to be a flip flop of Lord Jedi's opinion that I did not catch when I had first posted this thread. Before Lord Jedi had posted the quoted comment above in the China thread, he had posted the following comment a number of hours before under the same topic.

lordjedi said:

I do not wish to see you banned. On the contrary, I love debating topics with those of opposing views. However, there are many websites that will not tolerate bullshit. I've seen a fair number of users here that are given a pass on their comments because we tolerate everything. I've seen other sites where very similar users are summarily banned. Since you outright admitted to baiting, I simply mentioned that many many message boards consider that a bannable offense. Your justification of how you "bait" people wouldn't be enough to keep you around. But I guess that mods at OT.com just don't give a shit.

Now I'm not sure what his view truly is. Does he want to see me banned or not? Or is he just raving?