Nobody here has answered a screamingly obvious question which is: why can't mazingerz provide an English translation of his French posts, especially in the English-only threads he is always posting in?
I really don't care whether he posts in French or not - I don't give a rat's ass. The problem is he is continually posting in threads started by English posters, and with English only-replies, and he is doing so in unilingual fashion, in French. The ONLY conceivable reason to do so is to be an asshole/jerk. I have already proven he can post in capable English - I have quoted two such posts of his. So he's putting up French posts in English only threads without an accompanying translation, one he is capable of providing. Why?
If you guys don't see that as a problem, then frankly I think you all have serious problems with your conception of what constitutes "ugliness" and "courtesy." The problem with this thread is nobody is posting based on an actual examination of mazingerz' recent posting history. You are all posting in knee jerk fashion - even the normally astute and well reasoned Captain Renault.
Mazingerz has now been proven to be a poster capable of accomodating others. I have only asked that he do so when he interposes himself into English only threads as he always seems to be doing lately. I would do the same if my written French was on the same level as his written English, and I posted in a French only thread. I am certain I would be ridiculed if I didn't.
As I have previously said, this Board exists in cyberspace and is run out of Toronto, and the continued notion that Montreal has political or legal jurisdiction over this Board is an utter fallacy. The Board bears Montreal's name, but Montreal has no more jurisdiction over this Board politically or legally than Boston, New York or Hartford.
What mazingerz is doing in the English-only threads on MERB is functionally and legally equivalent to going to my friend's restaurant in Connecticut, placing his order in French, and then refusing requests to speak English. My friend would ask only once, and then mazingerz's ass would be out the door.
N.B. To the posters who say Montreal has legal and political jurisdiction over this Board: please refer me to exactly where this is codified. I don't see such a statement on the Board that when I signed up, I agreed my postings would be subject to Montreal or Quebec law. Please show me where it says this.