# Ellen Cherry, why have you not acted on this reported post? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 5, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779 "2012-09-05T18:57:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779/21 "2012-09-05T21:33:03Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > Here’s one: [lawyer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBLTW-KLdHA&feature=player_embedded) That’s \*\*Oakminster \*\*in the video, right? I heard it was him over in another sub-forum. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779/22 "2012-09-05T22:20:47Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > So basically, anybody is free to insult me at will and the mods will do nothing. Hey, at least he didn’t call you [“unnecessarily snotty”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15424332&postcount=19), or say you were being [“more than a little annoying”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15424332&postcount=19). I mean, _that_ would have been insulting! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779/23 "2012-09-05T22:41:52Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > So basically, anybody is free to insult me at will and the mods will do nothing. At this point, I would be willing to propose making that a rule. It would save everybody a lot of trouble. 😉 _ **NOTICE THE SMILIE** _ More seriously, that of course is not the conclusion any reasonable person would draw. I am assuming you are joking, even though you evidently forgot to include a smilie. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779/24 "2012-09-05T23:09:17Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > So basically, anybody is free to insult me at will and the mods will do nothing. Oh, the humanity! ---
**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:** [September 5, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779/25 "2012-09-05T23:12:39Z")
I’ve seen so many insults go under the radar around here but I can’t see it in **Tildrum’s** post. It is simply over the top comedic fiction . I think **Oakminster** is really more offended by the OP’s gratuitous slam on lawyers in general which of course can not be for challenged for censure. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779/26 "2012-09-05T23:39:57Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > If you’re feeling especially saucy, you can tell them to hush up. 😉 Goddammit, that’s MY schtick! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779/27 "2012-09-06T01:30:57Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > [This post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15459065&postcount=28) LMFAO. Oh God. That post is the most amazing thing I’ve seen all week. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779/28 "2012-09-06T02:33:05Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > So basically, anybody is free to insult me at will and the mods will do nothing. I put this to the entire board, the mods, the admins and Ed Zotti and even \*\*CECIL ADAMS HIMSELF that this be incorporated into the tagline. **THE STRAIGHT DOPE** FIGHTING IGNORANCE SINCE 1973 (IT’S TAKING LONGER THAN WE THOUGHT) ALSO: FEEL FREE TO INSULT OAKMINSTER AT WILL. THE MODS WILL DO NOTHING! Who’s with me on this historic proposal? Also, I nominate Oakminster for The “SDMB Best Drama Queen-ish Post” for the above post. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779/29 "2012-09-06T03:28:04Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > ALSO: FEEL FREE TO INSULT OAKMINSTER AT WILL. THE MODS WILL DO NOTHING! > > Who’s with me on this historic proposal? It should at least be a sticky. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779/30 "2012-09-06T03:38:49Z")
Oak, I apologize. I was goofing around, and it was the wrong place to do so. I meant it to come across as a gag, not an insult, and clearly I did it badly. I have a ton of respect for you as a fellow lawyer and a Doper, and I’m sorry for being a jerk. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779/31 "2012-09-06T03:45:32Z")
…for me to poop on? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779/32 "2012-09-06T04:00:58Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Oak, > > I apologize. I was goofing around, and it was the wrong place to do so. I meant it to come across as a gag, not an insult, and clearly I did it badly. I have a ton of respect for you as a fellow lawyer and a Doper, and I’m sorry for being a jerk. Go get a room, guys! Oops! Hope that’s not an insult. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779/33 "2012-09-06T04:04:57Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > It should at least be a sticky. Hell, it should be its own forum: **Smack Oakie Upside The Head (SOUTH)** For slinging gratuitous insults at **Oakminster** with impunity. This is an unmoderated forum. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779/34 "2012-09-06T04:09:18Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Oak, > > I apologize. I was goofing around, and it was the wrong place to do so. I meant it to come across as a gag, not an insult, and clearly I did it badly. I have a ton of respect for you as a fellow lawyer and a Doper, and I’m sorry for being a jerk. Yucks aside, that was a stand-up gesture Tom. Which is always good to see. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779/35 "2012-09-06T04:15:44Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > Yucks aside, that was a stand-up gesture Tom. Which is always good to see. Ditto. Well done Tom. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779/36 "2012-09-06T09:58:39Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Had it been a generic comment about lawyers in general, you’d be right. That is not what it was. The comment directly associated me with the video. That turns it from a generic lawyer joke to a personal insult. > > How many times as it been stated in this forum that when one is insulted, you report the post rather than responding directly? That’s what I did, with no result. I have no doubt if the situation had been reversed, and I had linked another poster to a clearly offensive video, you’d be all over that. That video was offensive??? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779/37 "2012-09-06T10:11:00Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > So basically, anybody is free to insult me at will and the mods will do nothing. Do you truly, sincerely believe this? ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779/38 "2012-09-06T10:16:51Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > How many times as it been stated in this forum that when one is insulted, you report the post rather than responding directly? \*\*That’s what I did, with no result. \*\* I have no doubt if the situation had been reversed, and I had linked another poster to a clearly offensive video, you’d be all over that. Bolding mine. Please be more accurate in your posting. There most certainly was a result to your reports, as evidenced by the fact that a moderator responded to them with an explanation. I would suggest its more accurate to say that you simply didn’t like the result. In which case, tough shit. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779/39 "2012-09-06T10:30:14Z")
That was very nice, Tom. Kudos to you. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2012, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779/40 "2012-09-06T11:46:16Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > I have a ton of respect for you as a fellow lawyer … Hey, no insults!! 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-why-have-you-not-acted-on-this-reported-post/633779.md?page=3)