In view of the many recent newbies joining the site, and to reaffirm to current members, this is to clarify the policy and purpose of the Punishment Book and Norty Corner features of BL.
 
Both these features are for the purpose of light hearted fun.  The PB is for you to have the opportunity to whack another member of the site provided you can give a valid FUN reason for doing so.  General greetings and ‘because I want to’ are not valid reasons.  
 
The PB is available to all members of BL and NOBODY is exempt from it.  If you do not wish to use the facility to whack somebody, that is your right but we expect that you respect the right of other members to use the facility in the nature that it was intended.  You have the right to ASK members not to whack you but you may not insist that they do not do so.  Pressure being brought to bear on members to not use the facility will be viewed as bullying and will not be tolerated by the BL staff and an official warning may be issued. Being whacked or whacking someone DOES NOT affect your spanko position in the real world.  If you are unable to cope with a purely fictitious cyber whacking amongst friends (or good natured teasing on the threads) then we suggest you reconsider whether BL is the right site and atmosphere for you.
 
The Norty Corner is a facility that is only available for staff members to administer, although we will occasionally ‘take requests’ if the reason is witty enough.  Being placed there for a set period does not affect your standing amongst our community.  The only consequence of the NC is that you are restricted access to certain facilities for the duration of your stay in the NC and your BL status is changed to BRAT for the same period.  The system is automated, once your time is up your status will change back to the original and your access to features will be restored.