# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/101 "2002-11-30T16:51:44Z")
> [@](#): > > it is not the form or size of my signature that was a problem Yes. It. Was. You had it in HUGE BOLD LETTERS!!! Big bright, screaming text. And you posted it in EVERY post you made. The rule is generally-only post your sig ONCE in a thread. Look at my sig. It’s longer in text, but takes up less room than your’s did. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/102 "2002-11-30T16:56:02Z")
Um, I think the broken link was a TYPO. I’m sure you’ve had typos before. Sheesh! Occam’s Razor, dude. ---
**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/103 "2002-11-30T17:01:40Z")
\*\*Lynn Bodoni wrote: When I first saw your sig, I clicked on one of the links, WHICH WAS BROKEN! Your original link was broken. So when you copied and pasted the link, it was STILL broken. No mod would have broken the link, if we had modified it at all we would have removed the link. And quite probably the colors, as well. Got it??? TalkAboutIslam, you broke your link yourself. Now, I advise you to quit whining about how unjustly persecuted you are, because you’re not. You’re just making yourself look foolish.\*\* The Goddess of SDMB has spoken! All praise the Goddess! All praise the Goddess! ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/104 "2002-11-30T17:03:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TalkAboutIslam \* > \*\*did you hardygrrl or any other modo tell me to reduce the size or change the color of my sig ??? > > No … > > The link was broken in silence behind the scenes… \*\* When did I become a moderator? And where is my coffee mug? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/105 "2002-11-30T17:06:14Z")
Kid raised some good points. I feel that another one to raise for ol’ TAI, since he entitled this thread the way he did, is “Got any proof of the atrocities you say the US Armed Forces committed in Iraq? Or is it just that you’ve bowed to peer pressure?” ---
**Author:** ![Pablito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@Pablito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pablito)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/106 "2002-11-30T18:03:06Z")
Why is it taking so long for this guy to get BANNED? Surely he has met the ‘jerk’ and ‘whiny asshole’ and ‘unjustly criticized the mods’ requirements by now? ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/107 "2002-11-30T18:05:59Z")
I do suspect that if TAI had acted exactly the way he has up to now, but was linking to a different kind of web site (say, a white supremacist board) he would have been banned somwhere around the start of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/108 "2002-11-30T18:20:02Z")
So what you are saying, **Doghouse** is that, contrary to **TAI** ’s opinion that he is the victim of discrimination and unfair treatment by the mods because he is Muslim, he is, in fact, receiving special hands-off treatment dispite activities that would get others banned. The first time I saw his infamous sig, I thought, Huh, lookit the spammer. I think you may be right. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/109 "2002-11-30T18:32:20Z")
Well, I think he’s been given maximum benefit of a doubt. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, especially given our interest in diversifying our range of viewpoints on this board. But I think TAI has exhausted any additional goodwill he may have been granted. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/110 "2002-11-30T18:37:29Z")
Personally, I would have pulled the trigger of the Ban Gun during TAI’s bewildered–almost superhumanly addled, really–questions of how in the world he was to know if he’d posted in a thread using the Giant Blue Chunk-o-spam sig before. I can only admire our admins’ patience. ---
**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, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/111 "2002-11-30T18:48:55Z")
In some cases, patience may not be a virtue. ---
**Author:** ![dave316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dave316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dave316)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/112 "2002-11-30T19:21:21Z")
Dear TAI Your sig line was removed because of copy write violation. Your sig line was Big and Blue which copy write is owned by the IBM corporation the request to remove your sig line was made by IBM and was made solely on the basis that IBM does not wish to have this copy write fall into general use. This decision was not based on your national origin or religion as IBM has excellent relations with its Muslim employees and the many Muslims through out the world who standard of living has improved through the continuing hard work of IBM ---
**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/113 "2002-11-30T20:02:00Z")
That’s not very helpful is it **dave316**? It’s _copyright_ anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/114 "2002-11-30T20:13:16Z")
**Doghouse** , if you’re I hope you’re not suggesting that a neo-nazi board is the same as a board to discuss Islam? ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/115 "2002-11-30T20:15:16Z")
No, I’m just saying that TAI has been given more of a pass than other posters might in the same situation. ---
**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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/116 "2002-11-30T21:19:21Z")
Aw, he’s gone. I felt bad overnight about my slam in this thread. Then I took it upon myself to read his entire post history. I agree with Doghouse; the only reason he lasted as long as he did is BECAUSE he’s Muslim; extra slack was in fact cut. He’s very young, very stupid, and very frothy. NOT the advocate Islam needs on this board right now. At least we taught him some new swear words. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/117 "2002-11-30T21:33:14Z")
Banned? Crud. Now I’ll never know if he recognized that quote from the Qur’an. FWIW: I did laugh myself until blue in the face over dave’s parody post above. ---
**Author:** ![flyboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@flyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flyboy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/118 "2002-11-30T23:48:58Z")
I feel sort of spiteful for asking this, but oh well. Mods, now that he’s gone, is there any way to get rid of his sig so it doesn’t show up in his previous posts? I’m not sure what the policy on that is, but I see no reason to keep the eyesores on the boards. ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/119 "2002-12-01T01:09:06Z")
I don’t know that that’s necessary, **flyboy**. I assume this thread is going to die pretty quickly. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597/120 "2002-12-01T01:19:18Z")
I do wish he had a chance to answer to **Chula’s** find. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-some-truth/139597.md?page=7)