# Are the powers that be really going to remain silent? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 27, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-powers-that-be-really-going-to-remain-silent/913404 "2020-06-27T16:42:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-powers-that-be-really-going-to-remain-silent/913404/7 "2020-06-27T17:43:08Z")
> [@Chronos and Betting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-and-betting/912992/88): > > > [@Chronos and Betting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-and-betting/912992/88): > > > > You realize that under the new “Chronos Rule” you thinking that using the word stupid is against the rules now makes your post moddable … even if there is no rule about the word stupid… > > This is not an accurate description of the post in question. > > UltraVires did not get a warning just because he said he thought betting was against the rules but he was going to make a bet anyway. > > Betting actually is against the rules and Ultravires got a warning because he said he was aware of that rule but was going to make a bet anyway. > > So you wouldn’t get a warning for using the word stupid “even if there is no rule about the word stupid”. You would only get a warning if there actually was a rule against using the word stupid. > > Here’s what happened: > > 1. There is a rule against doing something on this board. > 2. A poster said he was aware of this rule. > 3. The poster said he was doing it anyway. > 4. The poster got warned for breaking the rule. Is this a woosh? Because that’s not at all what happened. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-powers-that-be-really-going-to-remain-silent/913404)._