# Collounsbury, 6-3-2000 to 11-28-2002 **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 2, 2002, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collounsbury-6-3-2000-to-11-28-2002/140027 "2002-12-02T20:10:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Truth\_Seeker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Truth\_Seeker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truth_Seeker)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collounsbury-6-3-2000-to-11-28-2002/140027/1 "2002-12-02T20:10:08Z")
**Collounsbury** , SDMB-recognized expert on genetics, arabic and the Middle East, has been banned at age two and half after 2535 posts. **Collounsbury** first came to public prominence in the late months of 2000 with his contributions to the “race threads.” Passionate and detailed with copious citations to primary source material, they are generally recognized as one of the most significant examples of fighting ignorance ever seen on the SDMB. In later months, **Collounsbury** posted extensively on the Middle East and North Africa in GD. While his posts continued to be highly informative, his passion was sometimes directed against those who were either uninformed or merely sloppy. His posts, while entertaining, often skirted the rule against personal abuse in GD, which, experts speculate, eventually led to his banning. **Collounsbury** is survived by **December** , **CKDexterHaven** and **grienspace**. **Collounsbury** , banned at two and half. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collounsbury-6-3-2000-to-11-28-2002/140027/2 "2002-12-02T20:11:40Z")
Link? ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collounsbury-6-3-2000-to-11-28-2002/140027/3 "2002-12-02T20:11:56Z")
And you posted this drivel for what reason? ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collounsbury-6-3-2000-to-11-28-2002/140027/4 "2002-12-02T20:12:14Z")
No surprise, but where did the execution take place? ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collounsbury-6-3-2000-to-11-28-2002/140027/5 "2002-12-02T20:13:05Z")
Link x2? Fenris ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collounsbury-6-3-2000-to-11-28-2002/140027/6 "2002-12-02T20:14:15Z")
Gosh I wonder if anyone will ask for a link? ---
**Author:** ![Truth\_Seeker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Truth\_Seeker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truth_Seeker)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collounsbury-6-3-2000-to-11-28-2002/140027/7 "2002-12-02T20:17:14Z")
Well, FWIW, this is his last post. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2645471#post2645471](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2645471#post2645471) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collounsbury-6-3-2000-to-11-28-2002/140027/8 "2002-12-02T20:18:53Z")
I think this is [it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=145514&perpage=50&pagenumber=5). ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collounsbury-6-3-2000-to-11-28-2002/140027/9 "2002-12-02T20:19:41Z")
Interesting, because if that’s his last post, it certainly isn’t indicative of what some may call his typical style, nor is it resembling a bannable offense. Methinks that whatever it is that got him banned was somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collounsbury-6-3-2000-to-11-28-2002/140027/10 "2002-12-02T20:20:24Z")
Oops, about halfway down the page. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collounsbury-6-3-2000-to-11-28-2002/140027/11 "2002-12-02T20:25:26Z")
It would be a good policy if every banning had an official explanation somewhere, just so the board members get an idea what policies are being strictly enforced and such. ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collounsbury-6-3-2000-to-11-28-2002/140027/12 "2002-12-02T20:28:45Z")
I believe **Eyer8** has nailed it, folks. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collounsbury-6-3-2000-to-11-28-2002/140027/13 "2002-12-02T20:29:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scout1222 \* > \*\*Interesting, because if that’s his last post, it certainly isn’t indicative of what some may call his typical style, nor is it resembling a bannable offense. > > Methinks that whatever it is that got him banned was somewhere else. \*\* Scout, if you follow Eyer’s link, it’s quite typical of his “Style,” such as it was, and it’s pretty obvious why he was banned. I believe this comes at the end of about a hundred violations of the “don’t be a jerk” rule. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collounsbury-6-3-2000-to-11-28-2002/140027/14 "2002-12-02T20:30:59Z")
Well, I’ll miss him, but I don’t disagree with it. Such a wealth of information, such a short temper… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collounsbury-6-3-2000-to-11-28-2002/140027/15 "2002-12-02T20:34:29Z")
Some people never learn. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collounsbury-6-3-2000-to-11-28-2002/140027/16 "2002-12-02T20:39:12Z")
Coll may have been vitriolic, but he was generally _right_. It’s too bad if his frustration got him snackered – we needed an informed voice on the middle-east. (Although I can see where he was coming from, it seemed like an awful lot of stupid, bigoted ignorance to have to attempt to combat on a regular basis.) A brick wall, even. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collounsbury-6-3-2000-to-11-28-2002/140027/17 "2002-12-02T20:41:28Z")
Yeah, and I kind of miss Nordberg too. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collounsbury-6-3-2000-to-11-28-2002/140027/18 "2002-12-02T20:42:01Z")
Oh sure, Larry. He was just trying to benefit everyone with his wealth of knowledge. If only others would see it that way! ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collounsbury-6-3-2000-to-11-28-2002/140027/19 "2002-12-02T20:42:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Revtim \* > \*\*It would be a good policy if every banning had an official explanation somewhere, just so the board members get an idea what policies are being strictly enforced and such. \*\* I know that this has been brought up before and rejected as giving banned posters more attention (applies more to trolls than posters like **Collounsbury** ). I agree with **erislover** – a great source of information but couldn’t always control himself. In general, I liked reading his posts and agreed with much of what he said, but he did cross the line at times. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collounsbury-6-3-2000-to-11-28-2002/140027/20 "2002-12-02T20:43:40Z")
This is a damn shame. He was pompous, but he contributed so much! Why didn’t he heed any of the dozens of warnings he got? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collounsbury-6-3-2000-to-11-28-2002/140027.md?page=2)