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Something which really grinds my gears is how most people call a suspension a ban. To me, the act of banning someone is a permanent removal whereas a suspension is a temporarily removal.
If you said something bad on the Warcraft forums which could be offensive, you could get a 72 hour suspension.
If you're caught botting or hacking, your account will be permanently removed.
Luis Saurez is not banned if he is returning in four months.
It's not a matter of semantics, either. If they were to say expelled rather than banned, okay, that's fine but suspension and ban are two entirely different forms of punishment. It's like using latency to talk about low a frame rate in games.
Just me? Am I slowly getting into the age of yelling at kids to get off my lawn?
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2014-06-26, 04:59 PM #1Scarab Lord
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To Ban or Suspend?
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
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2014-06-26, 05:00 PM #2Deleted
Temporary ban.
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2014-06-26, 05:01 PM #3The Insane
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Yes. Suspensions are temporary bans.
Originally Posted by Rustweaver
If you want to specify it as being permanent, you add that.
Warning : Above post may contain snark and/or sarcasm. Try reparsing with the /s argument before replying.
What the world has learned is that America is never more than one election away from losing its goddamned mindMe on Elite : Dangerous | My WoW characters Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2014-06-26, 05:02 PM #4Brewmaster
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Yup. Just you.
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2014-06-26, 05:03 PM #5Pandaren Monk
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A suspension also implies you can come around. A ban implies no access.
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2014-06-26, 05:13 PM #6Scarab Lord
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But....nooooo.....where do I turn in my internet badge then?
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2014-06-26, 05:15 PM #7Field Marshal
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temp ban, ban, perma ban
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2014-06-26, 05:27 PM #8The Insane
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One that gets me is "almost certain". If you are almost certain you are 100% not certain. There is no such thing as "almost certain" Originally Posted by Rustweaver
And the kids shouldn't be on your lawn. Originally Posted by Shalcker
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2014-06-26, 05:29 PM #9Light comes from darkness
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A ban is a time stop, it can be temporal or permanent so, technically, it is the same.
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2014-06-26, 05:32 PM #10Bloodsail Admiral
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First world problems.
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2014-06-26, 06:04 PM #11The Lightbringer
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To whom? In the USA a temporary ban from school is called a suspension. You are either allowed access to the school, but detained in a room all day for a predetermined amount of time (In School Suspension) or you are disallowed access from the school for a predetermined amount of time and any trespassing on school property can lead to further action (Out of School Suspension) Originally Posted by Warlord Booty
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