Rockstar,
First off, learn to quote and respond to a post.
Secondly, i'll send some props your way in that you're actually the first person to come up with something at least close to legitimate in the way of an argument.
But there's two problems with your suggestion. First, if i acquired the ML or ROS info as Manic010101 and leaked it to anyone, the only way anybody would know it was i who leaked it would be if the person i leaked it to ratted me out. And here's where your theory falls apart. If i acquired the ML or ROS info as Doove and leaked it to anyone, the only way anybody would know it was i who leaked it would be if the person i leaked it to ratted me out. So my obtaining the info as Manic010101 or as Doove would make absolutely zero difference in whether anyone could finger me as a culprit in leaking info.
Secondly, there is absolutely zero evidence that i leaked anything, or ever intended to leak anything. But because someone such as yourself can come up with some theory as to what i
could have done or intended if i was so inclined, albeit absent any actual evidence, i've conceded all along that i shouldn't get away without any punishment at all. To which i've stated all along that i deserved to be pointed.
Nevertheless, you raised fair points. But you couldn't stop there, and just had to go back to you being you with this nonsense:
As for the hypothetical
Since as I understand it, this was NOT your situation....
Your "hypothetical" IS: irrelevant, unnecessary and preposterous
Originally Posted by Paulwantsya
The sole justification i've been given for my being banned was that i broke a guideline rule. That's it. And that the circumstances behind my doing so were totally irrelevant, because a broken rule is a broken rule. No harm done? Who cares? Case closed. So the point of my analogy is to point out that circumstances can, in fact, matter. Because if they can, then unless you got more, relying solely on the "you broke the rule" argument is nothing short of hogwash.
And as we've come to find out, if i understand OSD and BJ correctly (no guarantee there, that's for sure), a lifetime ban for outing someone can be turned into a 5 point infraction......based on the circumstances. So don't tell me, as CC has tried to do, that a second handle infraction can't be turned into a 5 point infraction....based on the circumstances.
So my analogy absolutely is relevant. Though i'll admit, maybe i could have used outing someone as a better example.
Edit: And oh yeah, i named three providers i had potential interest in, so you're wrong there.