I agree with the everyone else....no way should someone get banned for merely mentioning the name of a surgeon. That's beyond total nonsense. However, also agree with Becky....spam should be minimized and no problem by me if spammers get banned.
That said, Becky, can you provide an answer to the following:
1) Can you tell us where exactly to find the rules? I've never come across them.
2) Why is there only one surgeon listed for all of Canada? In the Canada section it seems 95% of posts are either of Lista or Fielding, both of which have many many fans. I've heard that Fielding is not listed because he does not contribute ($) to the site. Sooooo, if the forum is really surgeon neutral, it seems the surgeon listing service has an inherit conflict of interest in that it only shows surgeons who pay to be a part of the site.
Its like saying " we don't like Hilter" so anyone who ever mentions the word " Hitler" will be treated as if he is Hitler.
This site will.
1. Delete your entire post( not just the name of the surgeon) but the entire post.
2. DELETE YOUR ENTIRE ACCOUNT along with EVERY post you have ever made
3. Ban your IP address, so you can never make another post or name again all for saying 1 single word.
You have people referring to the doctor as " He who's name shall never be spoken" and such. Like something you would suspect from a cult ritual or movie.
A more common sense yet still heavy handed approach would be to flag the forbidden words of the doctors, have a moderator read the post to determine if the person is a shill for the doctor/ spammer or a legitimate post.
The TSA body cavity search of 90 year old nuns is starting to look sane compared to this " Lets kill them all and let God sort them out" policy of the admins here.
I wonder what the forum creator thinks of these methods being used here. If this is a honest mistake or an overreaction, they should correct it. If this a case of people drunk with power, they won't