# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/21 "2016-02-27T21:33:00Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I say we Ban **Boyo Jim** first. That will greatly improve the board. > [@Morgenstern](#): > > He’d come back as **Boyo John**. But he might change his appearance and come back as **Boyo SlimJim**. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/22 "2016-02-28T05:18:51Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > 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. What if one is neither a conservative or a liberal? ---
**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 28, 2016, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/23 "2016-02-28T06:38:44Z")
Then you’re only allowed to vote to ban people who are both… ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/24 "2016-02-28T19:34:38Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > What if one is neither a conservative or a liberal? You HAVE to choose one or the other… Though given that the BBQ pit thread where I am the only one who actually put a candidate forward and have gotten a shit ton of shit for doing so…well, let’s just say this concept needs a bit of tweeking 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/25 "2016-02-29T18:53:02Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > You HAVE to choose one or the other… > > Though given that the BBQ pit thread where I am the only one who actually put a candidate forward and have gotten a shit ton of shit for doing so…well, let’s just say this concept needs a bit of tweeking 🙂 Sorry, there is no way that I could completely support everything either side has to say. Especially now … 😛 ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/26 "2016-03-01T21:37:45Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I just love the idea a waving a figurative torch and pitchfork around and screaming “Ban Them!” > > I have some nominees, BTW. First we shoot all the lawyers… 😛 [QUOTE=billfish678] 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. [/QUOTE] I suppose this makes some sense, as the 5 board conservatives would be able to come to a consensus and start voting folks off the island, while the 10k board liberals wouldn’t be able to focus their wrath enough to get rid of any one particular conservative without all sorts of in fighting. 😛 Personally, I think what we really need is to allow the moderates to take control of this process and ban from the middle… ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/27 "2016-03-02T00:41:32Z")
I propose that we ban the committee on banning. ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/28 "2016-03-02T03:25:57Z")
You missed the meeting. The old committee banned the new committee. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/29 "2016-03-02T14:37:35Z")
As a bonafide internet doctor, I would be honored to serve on the death committee. I meet all the requisite requirements, including absolutely no formal medical schooling. We wouldn’t want to cloud our life or death decisions with all that sciency stuff. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/30 "2016-03-02T15:02:59Z")
> [@4d3fect](#): > > You missed the meeting. The old committee banned the new committee. I apologize for adding to this thread. Those responsible for banning the old committee who had been banning posters have just themselves been banned. But we still get to keep the mani interesting furry animals. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251/31 "2016-03-02T16:35:57Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > I apologize for adding to this thread. Those responsible for banning the old committee who had been banning posters have just themselves been banned. As I said in the other thread we should have called the panel “Committee of Public Safety”, and there you have it, Robespierre banned Danton and then… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-sdmb-death-panel/747251.md?page=1)