I would like to apologize in advance to all new members who might wander into AWAD during this trying time.

The person known as Keiva, was banned for flaming. He forced his way back into this forum by implied threats of legal action against Anu Garg, the founder of AWAD. This same person has also been known to post under the names AphonicRants, KeivaCarpal.

In Private Messages (PM) and e-mails he has hurt many of the Board’s members. He often posts inflammatory statements. When people get upset and respond, he returns to his original posts to change them so that he will look like an innocent being accosted by a crowd. He will then copy the messages of those who argued against him and post them in other threads to cry wounded cow.

He often welcomes new members with warm private messages. He pretends to befriend the new member and when he feels put upon, he will call on this person to come to his defense, using guilt “aren’t you my friend, I welcomed you” to make them act. He’ll then drop them like a hot potato if they disagree with him in any way. You can see how he did this to one sensitive member, just click on this url to read her story…
http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=announcements&Number=73137&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5

So, I do apologize for exposing you to this. Please do stay. We are trying to work around him but it is a little difficult.

Please excuse the repetition but I will post this in several categories since new members often start in the other categories.