Willie (Karen) and exhausted were in a battle, which turned out to be a sham. Karen wanted to show that Psy was held to a different standard and no matter what a parent did, they wouldn't be banned. Exhausted knew what was going on, but a lot of the other parents got mad about the fighting. Karen posted today saying what the intent was, and Lon got mad.
Hee hee.
Bet Lon didn't expect that to happen. Before everybody blames me, saying it must have been some crazy scheme of mine, it was actually not my idea. Karen became increasingly suspicious of Lon's motives after he banned me a second time, and decided to test him. I only found out about it after I contacted Karen to ask her to go easy on Exhausted. I had suspected she was up to something but didn't know for sure until I got a response. Exhausted didn't even know about it until a few days ago... I was afraid she would attack back, so I emailed her to let her in on what was going on, telling her to keep cool, no matter what. Lon would never ban his most loyal (that is, until her program was corrupted) cheerleader. She was sure to intersperse her posts with program support and cheers for Lon.
I told Karen they wouldn't do a damn thing about it. They would ban Exhausted before they banned her. So... why did he shut the forum down? He lost all his cheerleaders. His forum is only valuable to him if he can use it as free marketing.
So. The next time you decide to flame Exhausted or Karen, realize that it was they who dealt ST the final deathblow. Without ST, parents will have the opportunity to look towards other sources for more balanced information. Hopefully, being able to communicate with survivors in a "parent friendly" enviornment such as "Struggling People", moderated by all sides (survivors, parents, etc), will help parents to better understand the dangers of this industry. How is this different than the "Facilities Questions" forum? It isn't. It just doesn't have the "evil" Fornits name, that scares people off. It's moderated by TSW as well.
Before people jump on me.. Yes. I am moving the forum to a real domain without the ads.
Did I have anything to do with it? Inspiring the resistance? Well. I might as well explain now. Karen has known about it since December.
I registered for ST for two purposes: to warn the parents of the dangers of disreputable schools and educational consultants, and to get banned in the process. I knew they wouldn't let me continue to warn parents, since it would harm business, but at the same time, I knew they couldn't ban me unless I gave them a reason. So, I gave them no reason. It probably drove them insane. I wanted to prove to other parents that they would ban me for what I said, not how I went about saying it. Lon and Jena took the bait. They banned me. Instead of sitting quietly in the corner to think about my "consequences", I exposed their bullshit reasons for banning me to the public and made a spectacle of our correspondence. They gave me the ammunition I wanted... And they did it twice. Their reasons, the second time, were even more absurd than the first, and gave me an opportunity to show parents what other motivations they might have for banning me. I created dissent, I created an uncensored (just no attacks) alternative, and watched the migration.
I was going to leave it at that point, figuring most parents would figure it out... I have to thank Karen for deciding to put Lon to her own test. I suppose the people I really should be thanking are the folks at ST. By being willing to ban me for no legitimate reason, they showed the public what many of us "over here" already knew... that they had ulterior motives, and whatever those might be, you probably don't want your kids in the hands of people who aren't willing to let you explore other options.
