# Abusive moderator's decision **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 27, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abusive-moderators-decision/679890 "2014-01-27T22:06:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abusive-moderators-decision/679890/22 "2014-01-29T09:56:21Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > Lurk moar. It’s like a “Preview post” for accounts 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abusive-moderators-decision/679890/23 "2014-01-29T14:17:16Z")
I think you can also get being hit on the head lessons but that’s in the office around the corner. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abusive-moderators-decision/679890/24 "2014-01-29T16:27:59Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Just don’t look up when you’re in The Pit. Found that out the hard way. It hurts when it gets in your eyes. Now I can empathize with a few ladies from my past… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abusive-moderators-decision/679890/25 "2014-01-29T20:03:15Z")
Lovely people, the Romans… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abusive-moderators-decision/679890/26 "2014-01-29T20:22:47Z")
All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abusive-moderators-decision/679890/27 "2014-01-29T22:09:10Z")
“Look, I came here for an argument! I’m not going to just stand—” “Oh! Oh, I’m sorry, but this is abuse.” “Oh, I see, well, that explains it.” “Ah yes, you want room 12A, Just along the corridor.” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abusive-moderators-decision/679890/28 "2014-01-29T22:22:47Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? Roman Meal Bread, Roman Polanski, and [Ro-Man.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Monster) ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abusive-moderators-decision/679890/29 "2014-01-29T22:42:56Z")
Polanski was Polish, not Roman. You forgot Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abusive-moderators-decision/679890/30 "2014-01-29T22:54:27Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Polanski was Polish, not Roman. I forgot my favorite song-“They Call The Woosh Maria”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abusive-moderators-decision/679890/31 "2014-01-30T02:53:30Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Polanski was Polish, not Roman. Was? He changed it? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abusive-moderators-decision/679890/32 "2014-01-30T02:54:48Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? Roman candles? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abusive-moderators-decision/679890/33 "2014-01-30T03:21:44Z")
Roman numerals? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abusive-moderators-decision/679890/34 "2014-01-30T03:45:40Z")
[Roman Holiday](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046250/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1)! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abusive-moderators-decision/679890/35 "2014-01-30T04:28:35Z")
[Roman Meal](http://www.romanmeal.com/)! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abusive-moderators-decision/679890/36 "2014-01-30T04:32:59Z")
[Roman Coppola](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0178910/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abusive-moderators-decision/679890/37 "2014-01-30T04:48:42Z")
[Roman a Clef!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_%C3%A0_clef) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abusive-moderators-decision/679890/38 "2014-01-30T05:13:34Z")
Romance! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abusive-moderators-decision/679890/39 "2014-01-30T05:37:22Z")
Friends, Romans and countrymen! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abusive-moderators-decision/679890/40 "2014-01-30T05:58:52Z")
Roman charges! ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abusive-moderators-decision/679890/41 "2014-01-30T06:05:13Z")
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