# \[B\]Revtim\[/B\], You....... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 25, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-revtim-b-you/203799 "2003-09-25T18:06:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-revtim-b-you/203799/1 "2003-09-25T18:06:11Z")
[…nailed it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=213386&perpage=50&pagenumber=4&postid=4028428) The thread was locked, and rightly so (in my opinion), so I couldn’t respond there. But the next time I choose to join in a pile-on, I might do well to go back and read what you posted. Well said. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-revtim-b-you/203799/2 "2003-09-25T18:15:43Z")
Thanks **Shodan** , I was hoping for a bit of feedback on that, to see if I was the only person who saw the parallels. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-revtim-b-you/203799/3 "2003-09-25T18:26:53Z")
Often, if no one else says anything, the Pitted person uses that as justification for their actions. “See? You’re the only person who has a problem with this.” I’m not saying pile-ons are good, but it’s damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Say something and it’s a pile-on, or it’s junior modding. Say nothing and you indirectly condone the action being taken. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-revtim-b-you/203799/4 "2003-09-25T18:31:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Revtim \* > \*\*Thanks **Shodan** , I was hoping for a bit of feedback on that, to see if I was the only person who saw the parallels. \*\* It wasn’t so much seeing the parallels. It was looking at the crowd of waiting huskies, and seeing myself in the midst of it. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-revtim-b-you/203799/5 "2003-09-25T19:24:48Z")
And here I thought **Shodan** and I would never agree on anything more meaningful than the first letter of the English alphabet:) ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-revtim-b-you/203799/6 "2003-09-25T22:42:25Z")
Don’t blame me - blame **Revtim**. 🙂 Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [September 25, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-revtim-b-you/203799/7 "2003-09-25T23:19:05Z")
To be honest, I don’t get why pile-ons are such terrible, awful things. I’ve seen a few that I thought were undeserved, but as an insitution (for lack of a better word) I don’t see what the problem is. Maybe that’s because I’ve never been on the receiving end of one. But maybe _that’s_ because I’ve managed to make my way for several years here without saying something so patently offensive that every person who saw it was moved to condemn it. I don’t think the wolf-pack analogy holds water, either. If I get pissed at something someone has said on the boards, I’m going to speak up, wether I’m the first person to say something or the fiftieth. If there are four pages of people angry at one poster, that says to me that the initial transgression was so appalling that almost _anyone_ who reads it will have the same reaction. I don’t see it as a pack mentality, I see it as the reactions of dozens of individuals. Considering the wildly disparate make-up and generally contrary nature of the board membership, that’s got to be one doozy of a bad move. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-revtim-b-you/203799/8 "2003-09-25T23:26:17Z")
I missed that little drama. **Shodan** , you nailed it. ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-revtim-b-you/203799/9 "2003-09-25T23:31:11Z")
**Miller** , you nailed it. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-revtim-b-you/203799/10 "2003-09-26T01:25:29Z")
**Shodan** , posting that takes a lot of class. 'preciate the “heads up.” ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-revtim-b-you/203799/11 "2003-09-26T01:55:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shodan \* > \*\*It wasn’t so much seeing the parallels. It was looking at the crowd of waiting huskies, and seeing myself in the midst of it. > > Regards, > Shodan \*\* It happens; don’t beat yourself up too much about it. I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t taken part in similar activites, that make me cringe now when I think of them.