# Being harrased by a moderator **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 15, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518 "2013-07-15T00:44:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518/41 "2013-07-15T03:08:32Z")
> [@matt357](#): > > So if that’s just a harmless comment why did I get a warning for ASKING if someone was 12 after they said something extremely childish sounding comment. Speaking of age, how old are you **Matt357**? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518/42 "2013-07-15T03:09:14Z")
> [@matt357](#): > > This email to me also proves that he was insulted by the genetic link I suggested and then closed the thread to try to prevent further discussion about it and he further insults me in it calling me "ridiculously stupid " > > “I don’t have a personal vendetta against you. However, your last post in the Aztec thread as I said was ridiculously stupid and ignorant. You’re not interested in “discussion,” since you evidently have failed to even try to understand any of the information people have given you about why a genetic link between Aztec practices and the present is not reasonable.” Again, my remark was directed at your post, rather than at you personally, a distinction to which you evidently remain oblivious. However, if you don’t want people to _think_ you’re dumb, then don’t post silliness like this: > [@matt357](#): > > I suspect he might be of aztec descent and was offended by my comment. For the record, I am of Swiss/German/Irish ancestry. However, my tutelary deity\* is \* [Huitzilopochtli,](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SXsKgdIYGr0/T0aJDQeyzhI/AAAAAAAAA6E/nkbckZ9dTEg/s400/Huitzilopochtli-sacrifice.jpg) the Southern Hummingbird, Aztec god of war and human sacrifice. (That’s me on the upper right, and a spammer on the upper left having his heart cut out.) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518/43 "2013-07-15T03:10:43Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > That’s me on the upper right, and a spammer on the upper right having his heart cut out. The good old days. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518/44 "2013-07-15T03:10:39Z")
> [@matt357](#): > > You said I “didn’t know what I was talking about” said what I posted was “bullshit” and you “neither cursed you nor insulted you” I don’t think so. If I had said those things to somebody I would have been banned. In your emails to me you also said I was “ridiculously stupid” and “ignorant” pssssssst: dude, have you seen _a single_ person here taking your side? [Think](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/think) about that a minute. ---
**Author:** ![matt357](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@matt357](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt357)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518/45 "2013-07-15T03:12:28Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I think you actually got a warning for something else, and **Colibri** told you at the same time not to insult people: No, I got a warning specifically for asking if someone was 12. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518/46 "2013-07-15T03:12:30Z")
> [@sangfroid](#): > > Dude, does [this guy](http://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/10115.html) seriously look Aztec to you? What, you link us to a photo of a guy _wearing dark glasses_ with his _face partially covered by a beard_ and _turned away from the camera_ and you think we aren’t going to realise this is a guy desperately attempting to hide his Aztec origins? The guy couldn’t be more of an Aztec if he was called Aztec McAztec of the Aztecs. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518/47 "2013-07-15T03:15:40Z")
> [@matt357](#): > > No, I got a warning specifically for asking if someone was 12. I just quoted the post where you got the warning. Read it again. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518/48 "2013-07-15T03:15:56Z")
> [@matt357](#): > > I posted my opinion bases on the facts that I have read, which is my right. [Here’s George Carlin on your rights.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otp2UGH32Rw) ---
**Author:** ![matt357](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@matt357](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt357)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518/49 "2013-07-15T03:16:40Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I just quoted the post where you got the warning. Read it again. That was a second warning ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518/50 "2013-07-15T03:19:34Z")
Pull the plug. There is no hope for the patient. ---
**Author:** ![matt357](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@matt357](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt357)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518/51 "2013-07-15T03:21:08Z")
Dear matt357, You have received a warning at Straight Dope Message Board. ## Reason: Personal Insults ## Warning for personal insults and failure to follow a moderator’s instructions. Original Post: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16460941](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16460941) Quote: Quote: Originally Posted by simster View Post There are apparently many things you cannot do sober - What are you 12? Warnings serve as a reminder to you of the forum’s rules, which you are expected to understand and follow. ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518/52 "2013-07-15T03:22:11Z")
Just looked at Colibri’s picture and if that’s Aztec, then I hereby declare myself 100 percent purebred Polynesian. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518/53 "2013-07-15T03:22:56Z")
> [@matt357](#): > > That was a second warning No, it wasn’t. You got two warnings: I quoted the first one, and the second one was the one you got today for ignoring **Colibri** ’s instructions about uninformed medical crap. Don’t ask people to explain themselves if you’re not going to read what they tell you. It’s annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518/54 "2013-07-15T03:23:40Z")
> [@matt357](#): > > So if that’s just a harmless comment why did I get a warning for ASKING if someone was 12 after they said something extremely childish sounding comment. As has been said, your post was a personal insult directed at the other poster, rather than at his remark. But my warning to you was not just for the insult, but also for your failure to follow my instructions (as was noted in the notification you received after the warning and which you quoted). ---
**Author:** ![matt357](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@matt357](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt357)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518/55 "2013-07-15T03:25:33Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > No, it wasn’t. You got two warnings: I quoted the first one, and the second one was the one you got today for ignoring **Colibri** ’s instructions about uninformed medical crap. Don’t ask people to explain themselves if you’re not going to read what they tell you. It’s annoying. Did you see the pm I just posted it says it’s for personal insults and lists the insult as "are you 12? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518/56 "2013-07-15T03:26:44Z")
> [@matt357](#): > > Did you see the pm I just posted it says it’s for personal insults and lists the insult as "are you 12? Yes, I did. My mistake for saying it was only for ignoring his instructions. It was both. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518/57 "2013-07-15T03:28:08Z")
Matt, maybe you need to consider that your world view is outside of the mainstream. And for that reason when you offer your views you’re going to need to provide us with something more than just you saying it. Try providing us with cites for these unorthodox views you’re posting here. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518/58 "2013-07-15T03:30:13Z")
> [@matt357](#): > > Personal Insults > > Warning for personal insults **and failure to follow a moderator’s instructions.** The automated warning system only permits one infraction to be listed in the title. My message in the body of the warning indicated that it was both for personal insults and for failure to follow instructions. And you are still continuing to ignore my instructions. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518/59 "2013-07-15T03:31:14Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Matt, maybe you need to consider that your world view is outside of the mainstream. And for that reason when you offer your views you’re going to need to provide us with something more than just you saying it. Try providing us with cites for these unorthodox views you’re posting here. This is true. Like I was saying earlier, the bit about citations is important to what we try to do here (especially in General Questions and Great Debates). And “I have a right to my opinion” doesn’t really fly here. This isn’t a constitutional republic, it’s a private message board. We have our own rules here. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518/60 "2013-07-15T03:31:25Z")
Wait… so Colibri is an Aztec Vampire? Hmm, things are starting to make sense now… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518.md?page=4)