Jay said:

In the past, being banned has required blatant, repeated trolling and a predilection toward pedophilia.

I'd say your transgressions fall on the lighter side of the spectrum.

I added an ignore feature to the software for a reason. Anyone is welcome to use it.

Thank you for your wise input Jay! I'm so glad that sober reason prevails on this great site.

That was exactly the point I was trying to make when I posted the following comment in the China thread.

FanFiltration said:

... "Baiting" with the intent to draw someone into a civil dialog, political or social debate is common here, and not done for the use of causing personal grief to members such as personal name calling tactics. "Baiting" for personal attacks is something that I do not endorse or engage in. Please reference a direct act of any bannable type of "Baiting" that you feel I have done here on OT. Harmless "Baiting" can be used in debate for luring a person into using "logical fallacies" such as I mentioned before. A good example of harmful "Baiting" would be the last few posts above directed at me specifically on a past personal medical and legal issue.