another regular banned!!!
 

now i hear that our favorite HI person---no that's not true...one of our favorites.....has been banned....

she is so sweet and nice, surely there is a mistake....

katie---can't she be returned....PLEASE

Who was banned? Happy Travels!

lcuy

Katie, please let lcuy return. She is really a very nice persson. Her trip reports and advice are always worth while. She is being missed!
Carol

I don't get it..why would she be banned????

Makes no sense - lcuy has been to numerous Fodors GTG's - Boston, LA, Honolulu and has contributed much to this forum. What could she possibly have done to be banned?

Take it from me, it doesn't take much to get banned.

It's a bit disconcerting that bigots (and some other horrific folks) can run rampant on these boards and spew hate freely--but when others express their outrage (or defend themselves) they are the ones who get banned. At least, that was my experience.

I guess if you're polite about your hatred, it's okay.

Knowing lcuy, she was probably standing up to someone who deserved probably a lot more than they got.

Come back soon, girl, we miss you!

Is there any warning before the axe falls? ((*))

fodor, wasamatawityou. auwe! we want lcuy!!

well-stated, fimlwill. Ditto! (bet it's the lounge...)

she does not feel that she did anything wrong in thinking back over her recent posts....

in the past she has disagreed with people, but always in a very constructive way and gives examples of why they are wrong...

it just happens---bing---you are gone!!

fear of saying something wrong will have an effect of keeping people quiet or silent or worse taming down their constructive thoughts....we thrive on it....

as in the past the asia board is good at self-policing or ignoring difficult people....can't we please continue that?? please....blatant bad taste should of course be censored.....

Someone I knew was banned without warning. It only needs a few nasty people to complain about you and you're gone. No appeal. However there are a number of other good travel forums, so Fodor's loss.

What can we do to get her un-banned? A signature-collecting campaign?!

a march on washington!!!....just a nice request to our more than fair editor katie has been done...

This is very distressing. The editors need to know that this has a
crippling effect and will ultimately disredit Fodor's.

We value freedom of speech and have respected Fodor's for upholding and promoting a core American value.

Whatever happened to relying on informal social controls to weed out undesirables?...Why such a heavy hand? Many of us have met "lcuy" and this feels all wrong. It feels like a disproportionate response.

I agree with filmwill and Cyberia - there are groupies here who complain en masse to the editors and bingo! someone is banned, rightly or wrongly.

That's why the most egregious violators of good form or simple politeness aren't the ones who are banned, just the victims of clique action.

In fairness to the editors, they have claimed that they don't read everything that is posted, so they will respond to mass action without having the time to check into the correctness of the accusations.

yes, it's Fodors loss when the name-callers and the people who can't carry on a decent discussion or who contribute very little on travel - when these people are allowed to totally dominate and control these forums, it's Fodors loss.

Just my 2 cents' worth.

A search for Icuy only brings up 13 posts! At least on my pc. What's going on here? So much valuable input from this poster....just disappeared.

It's time that the moderators on this forum became accountable and offer some kind of explanation for their actions. Who's next? What heinous act has she committed?

Of course we don't all agree.....what would be the point of the forum if we did.

I've never met Icuy, but from her previous posts, I can't imagine her being intentionally offensive????

I hope that the powers that be, will relent.

LTC - Possibly your search did not go through correctly. I just did one and I stopped paging down after the 250th post....

Lcuy is a critical member of our forum. She's thoughtful, helpful and funny. FREE LCUY.

I've decided to end all my posts with the hope of:

FREE LCUY