# Closure of HD's thread in IMHO

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**Created:** [November 21, 2019, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closure-of-hds-thread-in-imho/843747 "2019-11-21T01:59:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closure-of-hds-thread-in-imho/843747/10 "2019-11-21T04:36:58Z")

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Thanks for starting this thread. I was going to raise a couple of these issues and this seems like an appropriate forum.

First off, **ecg** ’s closure message said:

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> Moderator Action
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> Starting a thread in an attempt to force someone to answer something that you feel was not adequately addressed in its original thread seems like a very poor reason to start an entirely new thread. Trying to force someone into answering a question to your satisfaction is also the type of thing that is almost guaranteed to end up in the Pit.
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> Since a Pit thread for this topic already exists, I am going to close this.

I take issue with the characterization of my invitation as “an attempt to force someone to answer something that you feel was not adequately addressed in its original thread” and “Trying to force someone into answering a question to your satisfaction”. I was not attempting to “force” anything. In my OP I said “I’d like to **give you the opportunity** to do so here, **if you’re willing** ” and in the note in the other ATMB thread, I said:

> [@Misogyny, victim-blaming, and the board culture (yet again)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-victim-blaming-and-the-board-culture-yet-again/843504/292):
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> … **iiandyiii** , I started a thread [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21984592) for you and I to have one of those subsequent discussions, **if you feel so inclined**.

(emphasis added)

It was merely an invitation, largely because I had been ordered to cease any sort of side discussion in that ATMB thread. If he chose not to answer, I had no intention of following up further, either with additional threads, or PM’s, or posts in other threads, or by even bumping that thread. I don’t think the language used (“force”) accurately reflects the nature of the request.

Furthermore, this particular poster and I [have a bit of a history of being invited to share thoughts on subjects](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=842409) (even in that same forum)

I could understand the “harassment” angle if I had brought it up over and over again, or brought it up in other threads not related to the topic, but this was literally the second time I had mentioned it (the first being the post in which I had actually asked the question).

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