About the "Horse Gag" Thread

The BBQ Pit
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A poster opened a thread asking for a source for a particularly gross piece of bestiality porn in this thread, and Dr Matrix quite reasonably closed it promptly.

Since this thread is a question about that decision, I’m putting it in the Pit, but let me say that I completely agree with the decision, and am in no way challenging it. But, being the insatiably curious Elephant’s Child that I am, I got to wondering about the reason for the closure.

I can see three separate and distinct reasons why the thread might be locked – but they are to a certain extent mutually exclusive. So I wondered which one (or combination) motivated the good Dr in making his decision:
[ol][li]The thread calls for obtaining for free a product which is offered for sale, and would therefore be a violation of the “no inducement to violate copyright” policy.[/li][li]The thread calls for a link to porn, and therefore the answer would be a violation of the “no link to porn” policy.[/li][li]The thread violates the recently announced “keep it in reasonably good taste” policy.[/ol][/li]
As can be seen from the list, there is a certain amount of contradictoriness in the reasons I came up with. (And of course I may not have thought of something.)

So I’m asking out of sheer curiosity – what reason(s) motivated the closure?

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Besides, Dr Matrix is falling behind in the Mod. Pit Thread race, and I thought he deserved a helping hand! :slight_smile:

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Maybe he’ll fix your coding, too. ARrrr! Me eyes!

:slight_smile:

Good Q, tho. I’m really wondering about the bad taste rule from the punch abortion thread, too. Any way to get a more precisely worded guideline there Mods?

btw, I agree with both closings, just curious me self, don’t ye know… Arrr…

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I’m sure you meant 'satiably curtios.
No, I have nothing more useful to post. I’m sure you’re not at all astonished, either.

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I closed the thread for all three of your reasons. I would close a thread for any one of them, and that thread had all three things wrong with it.

DrMatrix - Moderator

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I didn’t see the original thread, but given the title I immediately surmised the closing was a pre-emptive strike. I thought perhaps he wanted to close it before Scylla came in and loftily told the interested parties how little they knew of true and accurate horse care, setting off an argument.

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Thanks to Dr M for the answer, and to Cajun Man for the coding fixes! :slight_smile:

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IIRC correctly, the thread did not ask for a direct link to porn, but for directions on how to find it, an entirely different thing. So that particular rationale doesn’t work, though the other two still work.