# About the Randi Restriction in Geller threads **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 10, 2013, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-randi-restriction-in-geller-threads/652533 "2013-03-10T05:04:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-randi-restriction-in-geller-threads/652533/141 "2013-03-12T02:56:25Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Please quote my insult. I will not let this drop. > > I will not let this drop because it is a common tactic of PM’s. He casually makes shit up about something that someone allegedly did and hopes the shit sticks. You are enabling him. Reported. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-randi-restriction-in-geller-threads/652533/142 "2013-03-12T02:57:04Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Are we clear? No dog in this fight, but that statement is utterfuckinghilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-randi-restriction-in-geller-threads/652533/143 "2013-03-12T02:58:02Z")
> [@wedgehed](#): > > No I haven’t. Well, I’m glad you didn’t let lack of knowledge keep you from sharing your opinion. Anyhoo, there’s a pit-thread that goes over the high-points if your interested. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-randi-restriction-in-geller-threads/652533/144 "2013-03-12T02:59:49Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Well, whatever you do, don’t let it drop. :rolleyes: So where is this insult anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-randi-restriction-in-geller-threads/652533/145 "2013-03-12T03:00:24Z")
Here you go, because I know it’ll be totally productive and persuasive: > [@you](#): > > Peter I know the point baffles you. It baffles approximately no one else. > … > Peter has any number of reasons why any test designed by anyone else is wrong, but if you ask him to design one he would rather give excuses for pages than attempt to do so. > … > Further, you need to read my posts for comprehension [and I’m sure you’ll begin doing so right after hell freezes over]. For how many posts do you think it’ll be productive to bicker over whether these are insults? I have a number in mind, and if you’re psychic, you already know it :). I’m not enabling him, however. Came to my conclusions all by my lonesome. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-randi-restriction-in-geller-threads/652533/146 "2013-03-12T03:01:05Z")
I agree with Princhester. There aren’t any insults there. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-randi-restriction-in-geller-threads/652533/147 "2013-03-12T03:02:08Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I agree with Princhester. There aren’t any insults there. Fair enough. Like I said, I think they’re borderline, and it doesn’t remotely upset me that the mods disagree, or that Princhester disagrees; it doesn’t even upset me that Peter agrees. My point never was about Princhester, and still isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-randi-restriction-in-geller-threads/652533/148 "2013-03-12T03:03:42Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > By the way, folks. Just to clarify the point. > > This is not a complaint against Princhester, nor Marley several months after the event. It’s gone past, let it lie. > > I posted it merely in response to Tom’s request. It is given simply to show that some of my complaints have gone unanswered. > > That’s all it is, nothing else. Are we clear? Well according to Colibri you aren’t reporting posts so of course they went unanswered. Also since you claim that anyone who doesn’t agree with you as lying and personally insulting you it’s a little hard to take you seriously after the millionth time you lay the claim. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-randi-restriction-in-geller-threads/652533/149 "2013-03-12T03:12:00Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Well according to Colibri you aren’t reporting posts so of course they went unanswered. . He spoke of one specific forum in a limited time period. ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-randi-restriction-in-geller-threads/652533/150 "2013-03-12T03:12:36Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Well, I’m glad you didn’t let lack of knowledge keep you from sharing your opinion. > > Anyhoo, there’s a pit-thread that goes over the high-points if your interested. Throw me a bone here, were his posts free & clear of the rules against thread-shitting, hijacking, or “don’t be a jerk”? If you avow that he did not violate those rules & that your shorts aren’t in a twist simply because you don’t agree with him, then yes, I will delve into the mystery that is Peter Morris. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-randi-restriction-in-geller-threads/652533/151 "2013-03-12T03:15:49Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > For how many posts do you think it’ll be productive to bicker over whether these are insults? I’ve taken it to the point where you have been forced to “put up”, and that is enough. I have confidence that others will form an appropriate view, once the facts are provided. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-randi-restriction-in-geller-threads/652533/152 "2013-03-12T03:17:52Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Also since you claim that anyone who doesn’t agree with you as lying and personally insulting you … That’s not true, and really rather insulting in itself. I haven’t called any Doper a liar in years. Last time I did it, I got a Warning. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-randi-restriction-in-geller-threads/652533/153 "2013-03-12T03:22:22Z")
> [@wedgehed](#): > > Throw me a bone here, were his posts free & clear of the rules against thread-shitting, hijacking, or “don’t be a jerk”? Yes. Yes they were. They were entirely free of any of these things. Despite this, the mods went to great lengths to waste their time and energy on devising and defending a controversial anti-PM ruling, because they are corrupt and like to mod to defend their sacred cows. Well, actually, I don’t know about any of the above. It’s just my default assumption in the absence of me having a clue about what I’m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-randi-restriction-in-geller-threads/652533/154 "2013-03-12T03:24:14Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > He spoke of one specific forum in a limited time period. 3years is “limited”? > [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > That’s not true, and really rather insulting in itself. > > I haven’t called any Doper a liar in years. Last time I did it, I got a Warning. I find it highly insulting that you find my post insulting. You Sir should feel bad for making me feel bad. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-randi-restriction-in-geller-threads/652533/155 "2013-03-12T03:26:27Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > > [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > > > Also since you claim that anyone who doesn’t agree with you as lying and personally insulting you… > > That’s not true, and really rather insulting in itself. OK, so leaving aside the “lying” part, do you agree that you claim that anyone who doesn’t agree with you is personally insulting you? I’m guessing not. Anyone else have a view? Because I know what mine is… ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-randi-restriction-in-geller-threads/652533/156 "2013-03-12T03:31:24Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > 3years is “limited”? 1 year. For 2 of 3 years the Randi ban prevented me from posting. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-randi-restriction-in-geller-threads/652533/157 "2013-03-12T03:36:04Z")
The question that was asked in the OP has been resolved. Since this has now become a personal squabble, you can take it to the Pit. I’m closing this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-randi-restriction-in-geller-threads/652533.md?page=7)