# Argent Towers, a moment of your time. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 16, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227 "2010-02-16T18:23:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227/421 "2010-02-18T08:54:57Z")
Sod all the stuff about porn books, children, private messages…what I want to know is why has Argent Towers suddenly become French: Originally posted by **scalvim** > [@](#): > > _Tours d’Argent_ ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227/422 "2010-02-18T09:33:05Z")
:facepalm: ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227/423 "2010-02-18T09:46:19Z")
Welcome to the SDMB, scalvim. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227/424 "2010-02-18T09:46:29Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > :facepalm: Huh? ETA: Ah. He changed his name? Nobody told me… ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227/425 "2010-02-18T10:25:46Z")
> [@](#): > > **Zoe** : Marley, I think you missed this one big time. Listen to your fellow board members. Did you read all the way through? > [@](#): > > **Marley** : Did you? **Argent Towers** was warned on page 4 of this thread. Yes, but that was by **Ed** , acting in his capacity as an Administrator. My comments had nothing to do with whether or not AT was warned. It is _your_ lack of insight that was so jaw-dropping. Two statements were just unthinkable: > [@](#): > > **Marley23** : He can be very naive but he’s capable of deciding whether or not he wants to read a book. Under different circumstances he is capable of deciding whether or not he wants to read a book. The mind of a thirteen year old who is “naive” is not ready to be exposed to pornography – especially when that pornography is suggested to him by a stranger in private email on the internet when that stranger is aware of his age. To make matters worse, the pornography involves a child. There needs to be a little guidance in what is read – even the pornography. Somehow girlie magazines aren’t hidden from sight quite as much. Or the kid’s allowance covers the price. Parents turn a blind eye. That’s to be expected. Don’t assume that we are on some crusade against pornography. > [@](#): > > **Marley** : The fact that Argent Towers made his suggestion by PM instead of in a thread doesn’t make a difference to me. For this particular book and this aged child, it should have. We are not talking about an adult. Adolescent psychology and guidance were my specialty in grad school – for whatever that’s worth. And twenty years of teaching high school gave me a lot of exposure with the changes kids go through between 14 and 18. I’m talking about things that have nothing to do with intelligence. You have been totally defensive through this thread – an example of the stubborness you don’t like to see in other Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227/426 "2010-02-18T11:00:40Z")
> [@Tours d'Argent](#): > > I think I’ve permanently shot my credibility to hell, and will be voluntarily leaving the board indefinitely. I wish there was a way to remove your account, but there isn’t. Good. Door. Ass. What, you still here? ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227/427 "2010-02-18T13:08:03Z")
> [@tagos](#): > > Good. > > Door. Ass. > > What, you still here? Jackass. ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227/428 "2010-02-18T13:18:49Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Jackass. Screw you and screw the stupid pervert, lying ‘Oh i’m about to leave, no -I’ll just adopt a variant of my user name and hope the smell doesn’t linger’ drama queen too. Why he wasn’t booted the very second this came to light I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227/429 "2010-02-18T13:28:07Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Question – is it pronounced “hog” or “hoag”? I wonder that too (as have manny peoples), but one data point: in college when I took statistics the book was by authors Hogg and Ledolter, and we pronounced it “Hoag”. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227/430 "2010-02-18T13:38:56Z")
> [@tagos](#): > > Good. > > Door. Ass. > > What, you still here? ??? He seems to have left after that post, and one other right afterwards. So, no, as far as I can tell, he isn’t still here. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227/431 "2010-02-18T13:41:02Z")
> [@tagos](#): > > Screw you and screw the stupid pervert, lying ‘Oh i’m about to leave, no -I’ll just adopt a variant of my user name and hope the smell doesn’t linger’ drama queen too. > > Why he wasn’t booted the very second this came to light I don’t know. Jackass. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227/432 "2010-02-18T13:49:15Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Jackass. One note. Off Key. Dingleberry. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227/433 "2010-02-18T13:50:07Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > One note. Off Key. > > Dingleberry. Menstrual clot. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227/434 "2010-02-18T14:03:30Z")
Jackass. Dingleberry. Menstrual clot. Great. Now I’m flashing back to a weekend in Tiajuana. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227/435 "2010-02-18T14:08:28Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > Sod all the stuff about porn books, children, private messages…what I want to know is why has Argent Towers suddenly become French: > > Originally posted by **scalvim** I asked him to change his username since it was confusing Dopers and I didn’t want my own name dragged into all of this. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227/436 "2010-02-18T14:18:43Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > I asked him to change his username since it was confusing Dopers and I didn’t want my own name dragged into all of this. Whatever you say, L’agent Foxtrot. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227/437 "2010-02-18T14:39:59Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > Whatever you say, L’agent Foxtrot. 😃 I’m going to beat you. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227/438 "2010-02-18T17:55:55Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Jackass. Dingleberry. Menstrual clot. > > Great. Now I’m flashing back to a weekend in Tiajuana. Best damned night of your life? ---
**Author:** ![toodlepip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@toodlepip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toodlepip)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227/439 "2010-02-18T20:52:13Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > I asked him to change his username since it was confusing Dopers and I didn’t want my own name dragged into all of this. I don’t want to piss on your cornflakes here, but it looks like he’s getting a fresh start with a new name, while your name still sounds like the guy that recommended porn to a 13 year old.. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227/440 "2010-02-18T21:17:22Z")
I’m not sure shitting on his cornflakes was a good alternative. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227.md?page=23)