Treat'em with respect Sheik.
Anyhoo, not that I know what was going on with the thread in question, nor do I know of Ruben or Smush, but since it was nominated for thread of the year by a reputable member, I thought I better brush up. The thing that made me post was Smush's claim to have been banned because he saw that he did not have access to a page as per the message on page.
smush said:
the message for 5 minutes said i did'bnt have permission to access this page. or something to that effect.
i bet it was that moderator guy who closed my thread.
Now keep in mind that I didn't have the patience to read much further than this, but this happens to me once in a while as well. Oh about every couple of weeks. I just figure the page is inaccessible for the time being as it maybe in the process of being reviewed by the TERB. Now if I am being banned every couple of weeks I only have to wonder if it is for my vulgar display of profanity against Scott Sabel in the AI thread.
