Well, I can't read the whole thread now(the linked one), but firstly I think Parasomnium has shown great character in this topic.
Here's what Buz said;
Buz writes:
it is totally meanspirited and obnoxious forum behavior for my counterparts to call me on being dishonest and in violation of rules when I refer to the whole process as random
Now it appears that people were calling Buz dishonest and such.
I myself have called evolution random, and chance naturalism etc.. We say this because we refer to the CHOICE-based definition of "selection" involving a mind. You have to remember that evolution=no God from Buzsaw's perspective. Sheesh, terminology. That can't be what he was hanged for surely.
Buz writes:
This's the way I see it and I should not be denied that right to express what I believe as I believe it
Here Buz simply asserts his right to express it as he wants it. Big deal, we all do that.
Percy, you said;
Percy writes:
but in this post he says he has the right to express his view of things without ever having to engage the numerous rebuttals
I didn't read that personally. I just read that he wasn't altering his terminology.
Percy and Dan, really - your bad on this one, this seems like the same old "Buz won't change" routine. I personally think you just don't understand him.
In life, if you don't like the way someone debates or talks, yet he isn't doing anything particularly wrong then you don't cut his tongue off do you?
My worry Percy, is that you're simply banishing Buz for being Buz, but will there be an investigation into what Buz has said above in this quote? What about his words about people attacking HIM?
Percy, I have to plead with you to let Buz back, and put him in bootcamp where you and him can talk about this respectfully with eachother. I just can't see the justification of permanent banishment on the face of this. Should you silence him for no wrong-doing? Is he going to be sacrificed as the scapegoat of evo-frustrations?