While I agree that the reason given for raevsky's ban from the forum seem frivolous, (I wish Monica had used a different choice of word), I really couldn't careless about all the raevsky 'lovers' and their opinions as to whether he deserved the ban he got or not. But as an avid contributor on the AOS thread, when I read statements such as this:
Having read AOS threads, it really shocked me how Raevsky got completely trolled there by 4-5 people working together... I am pretty sure if he even said that 2+2=4 they would jump on him and start calling him a troll and that something is wrong with him... Truly disgusting behavior from forum members in AOS thread, People saw that Raevsky got accused and some decided to fuel the fire by blaming raevsky without even looking into the subject...
then I feel a need to respond as appropriate. Raesvsky did not go through the DV AOS process, but he felt justified to call those of us who successfully went through the process 'fake', 'scammers' and liars when we told people they needed to send in DSP-122 form to KCC, and that is ok in your opinion?
Yes, he's made positive contributions to the forum, but that does not give him the right to start labeling others. The fact that he's entitled to his opinion of other people in the forum does not make it alright for him to start making unsubstantiated accusations against them or to start forging stuff to back up his erroneous claims!
Maybe all of you crying foul on his behalf should spend time on some of the other threads to get a clear picture of this guy and his conspiracy theories.
I don't really care if he would have named me a 'troll 'or a 'scammer'.... As long as you know you are not, who really cares?
I wonder if you wouldn't care either if forges your name to some spurious PM you're supposed to have sent. You may not care, but I certainly care if someone decides to play so dirt and sully my reputation through forgery and substantiated lies to make themselves look good.
Like you said this is "US" Raevsky has every right to express his opinion about certain people on this forum, this is no reason to ban a person...
Raevsky`s claim on people being "fake" can also be true... Because there is a website where you enter your case number and it shows all data about the process.. I plugged mine in, it showed how many people received GC,when,where and even the date of issue of those green cards... If people who Raevsky accuses of being "fake" give their full CN numbers and when you actually check it, it shows it doesnt exist at all... makes you wonder doesnt it.
He may have the right to express his opinion, he doesn't have the right to engage in forgery and get away with it! I opt to no longer display my CN in my signature, older posts of mine however still displays them, (for anyone who is interested in knowing my CN and wants to plug them into the stated website), and I have the right to not display my CN! Of course, I do not condone people displaying wrong CNs as it can be misleading, but it's everyone's prerogative to display whatever he/she likes without violating the tenets of this forum as put in place by the administrators.
He didn't threaten me. I didn't feel hurt by what he said.
And for the ones feeling hurt by his words, what really annoyed you? You could have explained him simply and calmly why you did not give your full CN, or an unregistered one. Isn't it that simple?
No, it's not that simple, you may want to check the following threads if you truly desire to have a better understanding of how far he stooped low:
On May 6th, this guy posted a PM I purportedly sent to him asking for his guidance:
http://forums.immigration.com/showthread.php?557246-DV-2014-Low-case-number/page2
On May 8th, he posts this same PM on another thread, however with my signature now omitted from the message:
http://forums.immigration.com/showthread.php?557093-DV-2014-Lottery-High-number-or-not-Please-help/page3
The interesting thing regarding this 2nd posting is the fact that the
"Join Date" of the sender of this email is May 2013, and the sender of the post has a total of "1 Post" as contained in what raevsky posted, so how could it have been from me or my account???
It's a good thing the administrators banned him because I was already in communication with my lawyer, exploring ways of hauling him before a judge for this defamation of character. The world wide web is not quite as fool-proof as people may think. You cannot hide behind the anonymity you think your computer provides and haul unsubstantiated accusations or resort to forgery to back up your spurious claims!!!