# "God Bless America" thread in BBQ Pit - what hapened to it?

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**Created:** [January 23, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-thread-in-bbq-pit-what-hapened-to-it/341255 "2006-01-23T16:04:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-thread-in-bbq-pit-what-hapened-to-it/341255/1 "2006-01-23T16:04:06Z")

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Yesterday, someone pitted the CBS announcers of a football game for talking during the playing and singing of “God Bless America”. Yes, the postings were going fast and furious and the language was a bit rough but all of a sudden the thread was gone. What happened? I’ve seen threads locked but totally deleted (with no explanation) is really strange.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-thread-in-bbq-pit-what-hapened-to-it/341255/2 "2006-01-23T16:09:27Z")

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Not sure what went on here. I’ll ask the moderators involved for a clarification.

TubaDiva

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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-thread-in-bbq-pit-what-hapened-to-it/341255/3 "2006-01-23T16:13:06Z")

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The usual. 'Twas a sock.

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**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-thread-in-bbq-pit-what-hapened-to-it/341255/4 "2006-01-23T17:01:58Z")

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To me, it seemed as if that person was just feigning indignation just to get a jokefest going. (Something similar to my occassional mock postings of “I am thoroughly outraged - HARUMPH”)  
However, it seemed as if a _lot_ of people took that posting seriously and it did become heated very qucikly which I guess is what the OP wanted.  
Anyway, thanks for the quick reply. 🙂

(On further reflection, I feel your closing that thread so quickly resulted in a serious affront to my sensibilities. - HARUMPH) 😃

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-thread-in-bbq-pit-what-hapened-to-it/341255/5 "2006-01-23T21:26:19Z")

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> [@wolf\_meister](#):
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> (On further reflection, I feel your closing that thread so quickly resulted in a serious affront to my sensibilities. - HARUMPH) 😃

If they ever film Kipling’s Just So Stories, we’ll put your name in for the camel.