# Can we have an SDMB Death Panel? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 26, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251 "2016-02-26T20:26:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/1 "2016-02-26T20:26:23Z")
I just love the idea a waving a figurative torch and pitchfork around and screaming “Ban Them!” I have some nominees, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/2 "2016-02-26T20:37:39Z")
We could call it Committee of Public Safety! ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/3 "2016-02-26T20:40:03Z")
One caveat. You have to either take the label of liberal or conservative. And a liberal can only vote to ban a conservative. Or visa versa. And a ban only results when a certain percentage of either population reaches a consensus. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/4 "2016-02-26T20:56:50Z")
**Can we have an SDMB Death Panel?** We have one, it’s just that it’s located on a different board. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/5 "2016-02-26T21:48:04Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > **Can we have an SDMB Death Panel?** > > We have one, it’s just that it’s located on a different board. I see them as more Kervorkianesque. Assisted suicide Death Panel. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/6 "2016-02-26T21:50:00Z")
If it’s located here, we can consider it more an Autoerotic Asphyxiation Death Panel. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/7 "2016-02-26T22:11:03Z")
Would it go something like [this documentary of ancient legal procedure](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2xlQaimsGg)? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/8 "2016-02-26T22:47:02Z")
Didn’t someone do a Pit thread like that a year or two ago? At any rate, we advocate for people to be banned in the Pit all the time in various and sundry threads. I can’t see why an Omnibus thread would be against the rules. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/9 "2016-02-26T22:49:11Z")
Ban **Oakminster**! he turned me into a newt! ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/10 "2016-02-26T23:10:02Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Ban **Oakminster**! he turned me into a newt! Does he weigh more than a duck? ---
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/11 "2016-02-27T02:59:37Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I can’t see why an Omnibus thread would be against the rules. Me neither. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/12 "2016-02-27T03:52:23Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Ban **Oakminster**! he turned me into a newt! You got better. > [@Frank](#): > > Does he weigh more than a duck? More than several ducks and a goose. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/13 "2016-02-27T05:45:47Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Me neither. Well, there you have it! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/14 "2016-02-27T06:54:18Z")
Shouldn’t there also be a thread where people are counseled on end-of-SDMB-membership issues, such as the need to have an advance directive in place to ensure that their wishes are clear (Do Not Suspend; Do Not Warn; or Take All Available Measures To Prolong Membership)? You know, just so we can have an HONEST discussion about what’s actually being proposed… ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/15 "2016-02-27T07:40:15Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Shouldn’t there also be a thread where people are counseled on end-of-SDMB-membership issues, such as the need to have an advance directive in place to ensure that their wishes are clear (Do Not Suspend; Do Not Warn; or Take All Available Measures To Prolong Membership)? > > You know, just so we can have an HONEST discussion about what’s actually being proposed… Then, as the doctors say, transferred to the ECU (eternal care unit) ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/16 "2016-02-27T17:08:50Z")
This lack of death panels is exactly why it costs so much for me to be here. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/17 "2016-02-27T17:10:59Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Then, as the doctors say, transferred to the ECU (eternal care unit) Heh. Had a relative undergoing a procedure. The doctor told him he might see a bright light. At which point I exclaimed to the relative “but don’t go towards it!”. The doctor laughed. Then he said he had never heard that before. I found that hard to believe. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/18 "2016-02-27T18:50:56Z")
Rather than talk about it I took the bullshit by the horns and [created it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=785347) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/19 "2016-02-27T19:09:19Z")
I say we Ban **Boyo Jim** first. That will greatly improve the board. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/20 "2016-02-27T20:19:01Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I say we Ban **Boyo Jim** first. That will greatly improve the board. He’d come back as **Boyo John**. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251.md?page=2)