# Cajun Man

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cajun-man/235630>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 21, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cajun-man/235630 "2004-03-21T23:59:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Bromley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Bromley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bromley)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cajun-man/235630/1 "2004-03-21T23:59:56Z")

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You twit.

As I stated in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=246330) that you chose to close, I was not arguing with **bibliophage’s** decision. I understand that the Reader has to cover it’s arse and sites that offer Absinthe for import into the US are illegal. As I said, I was not pissed off with that or with anything that **bibliophage** did.

I also understand that GQ is for questions with a factual answer and GD for debates. Hence, as I stated, why I placed the post in MPSIMS. It was pretty pointless, yet I felt that anyone searching the boards for info on Absinthe would benefit from that Wikipedia item detailing their view (and it is just that) of the legal situation in the US.

I even understand you closing it. As I said, it’s the sort of thing that I’d have liked to tag onto the GQ thread for completeness but couldn’t because it was closed. So I wasn’t trying to provoke a discussion and was quite happy with a closed thread.

However, threatening me with banning just proved that you hadn’t even bothered to look at the fucking link that I included to the [original GQ thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=246212). Do I expect you to read absolutely everything before you close a thread? No. Do I expect you to actually understand what you’re talking about when you threaten someone? Yes.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cajun-man/235630/2 "2004-03-22T00:42:31Z")

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I nearly started a thread myself but felt it was best left up to **Bromley** there. **Cajun Man** jumped the gun and was a bit over the top. I thought **bib** closed the original thread because people had posted ways to procure an illegal substance. Discussing _why_ the substance is illegal and the relevant statutes should have been fine.

Of course, **Bromley** probably could have avoided this by getting permission from **bib** before starting the thread.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cajun-man/235630/3 "2004-03-22T01:19:48Z")

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I would venture that, when you veered from posting what the US Customs says to

> [@](#):
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> The prevailing consensus of interpretation of United States law among American absinthe connoisseurs is that:

and list what the legal opinions of those connoisseurs is, you crossed the line.

You were shilling for the connoisseurs.

**Cajun Man** was correct.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cajun-man/235630/4 "2004-03-22T02:40:47Z")

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> [@samclem](#):
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> I would venture that, when you veered from posting what the US Customs says to…list what the legal opinions of those connoisseurs is, you crossed the line.

That’s like saying we can’t discuss CD burning because filetrading is illegal.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cajun-man/235630/5 "2004-03-22T04:25:11Z")

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**Bromley** , starting a thread in order to post something that you missed out on posting to a thread that was locked by a Moderator is generally not allowed. You’ve been around long enough to know this.

**Cajun Man**  
for the SDMB