keep freedom of speech for macunaima
I vote for Macunaima. His posts were interesting. I know Brazil much better than the average mongerer (I speak fluent Portuguese), and I did learn a few things from his posts.
His posts were annoying sometimes, but rarely offensive.
I think many of you guys do not like him just because he thinks different.
I think that it is good to have some perception of the people that hate us and that want to destroy our hobby, and that's what Macunaima brings to us.
Regards. BB.
Oh man, can I change my vote?
[quote=macunaima]i started posting more or less regularly about 6 months ago was for ethical reasons. in anthropology, you're supposed to return your interpretations to the people you're getting info from. if you don't you're just using them. so that's been my main motivation here: nothing more, nothing less. [/quote]
originally i voted to only keep mac away for 30 days from the board in order to let him cool off and in order to give the rio reports thread actually back to mongers exchanging reports. but after this, i would like to change my vote to ban him permanently.
what arrogance, and what stupidity! this guy thinks he is so much smarter than the average monger, studying us for his research. but then he makes these shit-for-brains pseudoscience statements that show that he is just cluelessly and aimlessly wasting everybody's time.
here is how research really works: you try to leave your research subject as much undisturbed as you possibly can, trying to find out everything you can without contaminating your sources. after all of your research is done and after you have published in peer-reviewed journals, then you can think about returning your findings to the subjects of your research. mac, if you tell this crap to your professor that you told us in the quote above, you will never graduate. he or she will just fire your ass for incompetence.
don't shit where you eat, mac!