# Afraid of Some Truth??? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 30, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597 "2002-11-30T03:48:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/21 "2002-11-30T05:01:56Z")
Don’t you guys get it? [talkaboutislam.com](http://talkaboutislam.com) isn’t some guy’s personal homepage. It’s an organisation’s site. Someone from the organisation thinks “I know how to get free publicity. I’ll post links all over someone else’s board”. It’s spam, and it should be resisted. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/22 "2002-11-30T05:03:29Z")
If one of us did that on another message board, she’d get in trouble. ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/23 "2002-11-30T05:11:54Z")
Well, it does not appear to be a commercial site, and the admins claim that > [@](#): > > We are simple moderate followers of the Prophet peace be upon him, and we do NOT represent ANY social group, association, club, organisation, establishment, or panel of any form and in any way. I trust the mods will decide if it constitutes spam. Is this generally considered spam? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/24 "2002-11-30T05:14:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TalkAboutIslam \* > \*\*Why am I being dealt with in this very unfriendly way ??? > > Are Muslims not welcome to SDMB ??? > > Is my color or religion the criteria upon which I am being pre-judged over at SDMB ??? > \*\* [This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=87474) [Muslim Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=92968) had a much better reception than you, **TAI**. Here’s a hint, it ain’t about your religion. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/25 "2002-11-30T05:20:12Z")
**Moderator’s note:** Several moderators have had to clean up your messes and we’re getting pretty sick of it. You’ve been advised of the rules–_which apply to every other poster on this board_–but deliberately flouted them anyway. You haven’t even tried to learn, or take the advice of fellow posters. You’re being rude, obnoxious and a jerk. We ban jerks. TVeblen SDMB Moderator ---
**Author:** ![TalkAboutIslam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@TalkAboutIslam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TalkAboutIslam)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/26 "2002-11-30T05:34:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DeniseV \* > \*\*I would assume, rather, that your too-large .sig was edited to an acceptable length by a moderator, and that a typo was made. However, considering your unrelenting blatant promotion of your other message board here, I think I’d be tempted to break the link. 😛 (Just a hint, other people with message boards usually leave the link just in their profile and “www” option, and don’t flog it in every freaking thread they post in.) > > If they really wanted to stop you, they would simply say “don’t post that link here”. \*\* dont assume too much, my sig. was half a line… ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/27 "2002-11-30T05:37:20Z")
What was that rule about being a jerk? ---
**Author:** ![TalkAboutIslam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@TalkAboutIslam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TalkAboutIslam)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/28 "2002-11-30T05:37:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*Is it possible that you, **TAI** , made an error? > > As for the issue of your religion/color (whatever the fuck _THAT_ has to do with anything is someone else’s guess), there are several muslim and/or non-white members of this board. A cursory search of IMHO or GD would reveal that. > > And a final note … the mods could change your sig to “I like pie” if they felt like it. I rather doubt they purposefully changed the link in your sig to wreck the link. \*\* read me well, I said I copy-pasted from my text file… how could I still do an error ??? ---
**Author:** ![TalkAboutIslam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@TalkAboutIslam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TalkAboutIslam)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/29 "2002-11-30T05:39:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Caught@Work \* > \*\*Lynn (the admin) changed your sig. line after she requested you to change it. It suggests that you did not change it adequately. > If it got broken, then it was accidental and not deliberate. > The pit is the place to bitch, but considering it was Lynn who probably made the change, there isn’t any higher you can go. > The point she made that was your sig was way too long and all of the links pointed back to the same website albeit different forums. \*\* Caught@Work, what you are talking about is Past. I had edited my sig long time ago, and made it HALF A Line… and I double checked my sig and the link was correct… ---
**Author:** ![TalkAboutIslam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@TalkAboutIslam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TalkAboutIslam)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/30 "2002-11-30T05:40:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sterra \* > \*\*I like your forum. It doesen’t make you hypocritical at all. \*\* do not hold me responsible of somebody else’s behavior … ---
**Author:** ![TalkAboutIslam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@TalkAboutIslam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TalkAboutIslam)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/31 "2002-11-30T05:42:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wearia \* > \*\ ***TalkAboutIslam** your striking me as a little paranoid. > From what I gather you were asked to change your sig, you didn’t, so a mod stepped in and did it for you. Is that right? > \*\* NO THAT IS NOT RIGHT that is pure assumption you made. I was requested to change my sig, and I DID I made my sig to be HALF A LINE… and the link was still valid. If you want to understand why my link was sabotaged, go and check the very first post of this thread and see how : the links were removed. my signature removed. got it now ??? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/32 "2002-11-30T05:43:36Z")
Woohoo, my turn next. Haj ---
**Author:** ![TalkAboutIslam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@TalkAboutIslam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TalkAboutIslam)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/33 "2002-11-30T05:44:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hajario \* > \*\* You may have noticed, for instance, that no one has long and/or large, brightly colored sigs on _any_ topic except, of course, for you. \*\* my HALF A LINE SIG IS LONG ??? ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/34 "2002-11-30T05:47:40Z")
I farted once on the set of Blue Lagoon… [sub]Dude, quit whining.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/35 "2002-11-30T05:48:25Z")
Tick tick tick tick tick… ---
**Author:** ![TalkAboutIslam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@TalkAboutIslam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TalkAboutIslam)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/36 "2002-11-30T05:51:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Airman Doors, USAF \* > \*\*I farted once on the set of Blue Lagoon… > [sub]Dude, quit whining.[/sub] \*\* It is important to show everybody the kind of language that the moderator is allowing here… what is sad is that they do not know what he erased of my post. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/37 "2002-11-30T05:52:37Z")
I’m feeling very left out here… ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/38 "2002-11-30T05:54:36Z")
Fuck it, I give up. Most of us here have been trying to help you. It’s a shame you won’t allow yourself to realize that. Good night, Haj ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/39 "2002-11-30T05:55:30Z")
Yeah, what kind of asshole would write in something other than the Queen’s fucking English? We’re allowed to swear here. Doesn’t it feel liberating? ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/40 "2002-11-30T05:58:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TalkAboutIslam \* > **It is important to show everybody the kind of language that the moderator is allowing here…** Are you saying talk of farting wouldn’t be allowed at your board? I’m fine where I am, thanks. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597.md?page=3)