Your The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar account has been suspended as a result of a confirmed Player Code of Conduct violation.
This suspension is for 7 days .
Specifically, a Game Master determined that you making racially offensive comments in the general chat channels.
You can find more information regarding the associated policy at the following URL: http://turbine.fuzeqna.com/lotro.support/consumer/search.asp
Our ultimate goal is to provide an appropriately safe, fun, and engaging experience for our entire player community. To that end, the Player Code of Conduct must be enforced.
If you have any information that you feel would alter the decision made in this action, please send that information to the turbinesupportexperience@turbine.com email address. Note that all account actions are taken only after a significant amount of research and verification is performed to ensure proper Code of Conduct enforcement. In addition, if you have received a temporary suspension, it will expire automatically - you do not need to contact us to have a temporary suspension removed at its conclusion.
Turbine In-Game Support Team
My Reply:
Thank you for contacting me regarding my account suspension, the seven day ban as a result of my sense of humor and others lack thereof. I know that you will not reverse this ban as it is only temporary, so I will not try to convince you that your actions are not in line with your stated policy.
I will however point out the flaw in your Code of Conduct:
3. You may not use or distribute sexually explicit, harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive language (including, by way of example, but not limited to, ethnic slurs and religious epithets), content, character names, titles, descriptions, or in-game labels (including, by way of example, but not limited to, offensive or inappropriate guild names, pet names and inscriptions).
• Was my joke sexual? No, my joke was not sexual in any way.
• Was my joke harmful to anyone? No, my joke did not cause any physical nor mental nor emotional harm to anyone
• Did my joke threaten anyone? No, I did not threaten to harm anyone by my joke.
• Was it abusive of anyone? No, I did not abuse any players in game, or their family, friends, relatives, or sports heros.
• Defamatory? No, it was not defamatory. Now you might argue otherwise, so let me direct you to the definition of defame from the websters online dictionary:
Quote:
Main Entry:
de·fame Listen to the pronunciation of defame
Pronunciation:
\di-ˈfÄm, dÄ“-\
Function:
transitive verb
Inflected Form(s):
de·famed; de·fam·ing
Etymology:
Middle English, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French deffamer, diffamer, from Medieval Latin defamare, alteration of Latin diffamare, from dis- + fama reputation, fame
Date:
14th century
1archaic : disgrace2: to harm the reputation of by libel or slander3archaic : accuse
de·fame Listen to the pronunciation of defame
Pronunciation:
\di-ˈfÄm, dÄ“-\
Function:
transitive verb
Inflected Form(s):
de·famed; de·fam·ing
Etymology:
Middle English, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French deffamer, diffamer, from Medieval Latin defamare, alteration of Latin diffamare, from dis- + fama reputation, fame
Date:
14th century
1archaic : disgrace2: to harm the reputation of by libel or slander3archaic : accuse
• So, in other words, did my joke harm the reputation of blacks or jews? No it did not.
• Obscene? We go back to the dictionary:
Quote:
Main Entry:
ob·scene Listen to the pronunciation of obscene
Pronunciation:
\äb-ˈsēn, əb-\
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
Middle French, from Latin obscenus, obscaenus
Date:
1593
1: disgusting to the senses : repulsive2 a: abhorrent to morality or virtue ; specifically : designed to incite to lust or depravity b: containing or being language regarded as taboo in polite usage <obscene lyrics> c: repulsive by reason of crass disregard of moral or ethical principles <an obscene misuse of power> d: so excessive as to be offensive <obscene wealth> <obscene waste>
ob·scene Listen to the pronunciation of obscene
Pronunciation:
\äb-ˈsēn, əb-\
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
Middle French, from Latin obscenus, obscaenus
Date:
1593
1: disgusting to the senses : repulsive2 a: abhorrent to morality or virtue ; specifically : designed to incite to lust or depravity b: containing or being language regarded as taboo in polite usage <obscene lyrics> c: repulsive by reason of crass disregard of moral or ethical principles <an obscene misuse of power> d: so excessive as to be offensive <obscene wealth> <obscene waste>
• No, nothing in the joke incited to lust, depravity, used language that was crass or taboo, nor was the joke disregarding moral or ethical principles , neither in the language used nor the way it was stated.
• Hateful? No, in no way did the joke inspire hatred for blacks or for jews.
• Did my joke contain racially or ethnically offensive language, by way of ethnic slurs or religious epithets? Again, no it did not use words that started with the letter "n" or the letter "k."
• Were any of my characters names, titles, descriptions or item in game labels or guild names pet names or inscriptions involved in the joke? Not at all.
So from what I've done, it was not covered by your Code of Conduct. Yet you chose to ban me without any warning, reprimand, or other proof of wrong doing on my part.
Can you explain this?
I will check back on your Code of Conduct page periodically from time to time, to see if you have updated it to include language that specifically relates to the principles behind my violation.
In the meantime, I will enjoy playing Eve-Online, and I will be reconsidering my account status in this game.
Have a nice day.
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End of letter.
Now, for your entertainment, or groans, I present, The Joke:
Q: Why would it be incredibly depressing to be a black jew?
A: Because you would have to sit in the back of the oven!
Edited, Feb 20th 2009 2:49am by Lobber
