# Guns Are Evil! Ban Them! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 26, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-are-evil-ban-them/231327 "2004-02-26T19:44:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Uncivil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ccd318/32.png) [@Uncivil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncivil)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-are-evil-ban-them/231327/21 "2004-02-27T14:59:25Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Nice strawman you’ve built there. :rolleyes: > Your heavy sarcasm, coupled with the pretty much guaranteed responses that will follow, make me think that The BBQ Pit is the place for this thread. Uh, no, the whole thing is a joke. It has nothing whatsoever to do with what I really think. It comes under the category of “pointless”. \ Seems that whatever drivel you post on the web, there is always someone who will take it seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Uncivil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ccd318/32.png) [@Uncivil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncivil)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-are-evil-ban-them/231327/22 "2004-02-27T15:01:01Z")
> [@Steve Wright](#): > > I think this has possibilities … > > \*In the news today: diplomats are negotiating with India and Pakistan to prevent the exchange of limericks along the Kashmiri border from developing into full-fledged sonnets … > > The conflict in central Africa has reached its fourth stanza with no end in sight … > > And the UN has sent negotiators in another attempt to resolve the long-standing epic poetry in the Middle East … \* > > Yes, it sounds like a good idea to me. Damn, where is the “lol” smiley. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Uncivil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ccd318/32.png) [@Uncivil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncivil)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-are-evil-ban-them/231327/23 "2004-02-27T15:18:57Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > **Uncivil** …are you actually vehemantly anti-gun yourself, or are you making fun of anti-gun people? > > That’s not meant to be an insult…I just honestly can’t tell anymore. 😕 S’ok, my opinions have no relevance at all on this thread, I’m just playing. I’m not having a go at anyone, from either side of the gun debate. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-are-evil-ban-them/231327/24 "2004-02-27T15:40:35Z")
So, let me get it straight. It was a **joke** (not allowed in the pit) that you wish you had posted in Great Debates even though it fell under the category of POINTLESS. Good work! We’re proud to count you among us :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Legolamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@Legolamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legolamb)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-are-evil-ban-them/231327/25 "2004-02-27T16:22:54Z")
> [@Uncivil](#): > > Uh, no, the whole thing is a joke. It has nothing whatsoever to do with what I really think. It comes under the category of “pointless”. > > \ > > Seems that whatever drivel you post on the web, there is always someone who will take it seriously. I can’t say I’m 100% clear on the joke thread thing, but isn’t this [against Pit rules](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=127729)? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-are-evil-ban-them/231327/26 "2004-02-27T16:36:01Z")
Didn’t this start out in MPSIMS? ---
**Author:** ![Uncivil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ccd318/32.png) [@Uncivil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncivil)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-are-evil-ban-them/231327/27 "2004-02-27T18:37:36Z")
> [@jarbabyj](#): > > So, let me get it straight. It was a **joke** (not allowed in the pit) that you wish you had posted in Great Debates even though it fell under the category of POINTLESS. > > Good work! We’re proud to count you among us :rolleyes: No, it was a joke, my comment about how it it should be in GD was a joke (can you imagine the reaction?) and it somehow ended-up in here, where making joke threads is against the rules. I find that hilarious, but then I do have a seriously warped sense of humour. ---
**Author:** ![Uncivil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ccd318/32.png) [@Uncivil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncivil)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-are-evil-ban-them/231327/28 "2004-02-27T18:42:07Z")
And yes, it started out in MPSIMS, but a moderator moved it for being too inflammatory! A good job they did, as I can criticise the moderators in here. 😉 How anyone could have taken a post advocating replacing the armies weapons wish fluffy cushion is beyond me. :rolleyes: 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Morrigoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Morrigoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morrigoon)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-are-evil-ban-them/231327/29 "2004-02-27T19:17:33Z")
> [@MMI](#): > > I don’t know about this if we are seeking to make war more humane. Listening to vast quantities of poorly written poems could be extremely painful. Unless the goal is to be a deterrent - some sort of mutually assured pentamer. Hmm… Vogon poetry, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-are-evil-ban-them/231327/30 "2004-02-27T19:20:43Z")
Fluffy cushions are no joke. I am against the unfettered use of fluffy cushions in warfare, as their use could lead to the deployment of the fiendish torture device, the Comfy Chair. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-are-evil-ban-them/231327/31 "2004-02-27T19:46:21Z")
MacTech readies his PMD’s (Poems of Mass Destruction) here’s a “warning shot” Oh frettled gruntbuggly, thy micturations are to me\* \*all credit due to Douglas Adams ---
**Author:** ![Uncivil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ccd318/32.png) [@Uncivil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncivil)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-are-evil-ban-them/231327/32 "2004-02-27T20:35:42Z")
Mods, any chance this could be moved back to MPSIMS please? As you can see, it’s turned into Monty Python references and Vogon poetry, and not flames as feared. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-are-evil-ban-them/231327/33 "2004-02-28T00:34:38Z")
I can do something even better. See, we have rules against trolling here, so what I’m gonna do is ban you for trolling and close this thread because it was started as a trolling thread. Lynn For the Straight Dope [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-are-evil-ban-them/231327.md?page=1)