# drachillix banned?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drachillix-banned/491684>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 2, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drachillix-banned/491684 "2009-04-02T04:30:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drachillix-banned/491684/21 "2009-04-06T01:43:35Z")

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> [@fruitbat](#):
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> The rule against socks is to prevent people from trolling or allowing them to debate dishonestly with their alternate persona.

So what would you call posting as Jesus Christ in a debate with a religious person? To me, that’s pretty clearly being a jerk.

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> Gimmick accounts are funny when well done. Saving us from Jesus H. Christ and The Grapist is a waste of time and a pointless downer.

This is a very simple rule, and if we made an exceptions for jokes we’d be up to our asses in complaints and questions of why one person got a break for a joke and another one didn’t.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drachillix-banned/491684/22 "2009-04-06T01:54:29Z")

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To add - what you’re describing, **fruitbat** , is the reason it’s a two-week suspension and not a ban.

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**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drachillix-banned/491684/23 "2009-04-06T12:49:20Z")

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> [@Julius\_Henry](#):
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> So you’ve denied him twice so far.

Now that’s funny.

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**Author:** ![sich\_hinaufwinden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@sich\_hinaufwinden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sich_hinaufwinden)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drachillix-banned/491684/24 "2009-04-06T18:47:23Z")

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> [@threemae](#):
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> Clearly it was a lapse in judgment, but he makes valuable contributions and has never engaged in similarly borderline behavior before. It would be very unfortunate not to see him return.

Are you saying this was a case of Immaculate Deception?

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