# Have there been any members here who you felt were banned unjustly? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 24, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-members-here-who-you-felt-were-banned-unjustly/170740 "2003-04-24T01:43:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-members-here-who-you-felt-were-banned-unjustly/170740/1 "2003-04-24T01:43:22Z")
Any individuals on the board who were banned because of questionable reasons? ---
**Author:** ![Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fred)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-members-here-who-you-felt-were-banned-unjustly/170740/2 "2003-04-24T01:47:36Z")
Of course. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-members-here-who-you-felt-were-banned-unjustly/170740/3 "2003-04-24T01:54:30Z")
Questionable reasons to whom? It’s a private site, the owners and their agents can toss out anyone they please, for any or no reason. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-members-here-who-you-felt-were-banned-unjustly/170740/4 "2003-04-24T02:02:42Z")
Please, stop trying to be a martyr. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-members-here-who-you-felt-were-banned-unjustly/170740/5 "2003-04-24T02:02:51Z")
Moving this to the BBQ Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-members-here-who-you-felt-were-banned-unjustly/170740/6 "2003-04-24T02:05:06Z")
Dude, are you TRYING to get yourself banned? When have you been warned, even? I think you WANT to be banned, so you can say, “See! I was right all along!” Classic case of Suicide by Mods. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-members-here-who-you-felt-were-banned-unjustly/170740/7 "2003-04-24T02:08:59Z")
Here, a bit more explanation of the origions of this thread. [Incubus expresses his dissatisfaction](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=179084) and [For some reason, this thread really seems to have set Incubus off](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=179012&perpage=50&pagenumber=1) Now people can post to this thread with full understanding of your angst. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-members-here-who-you-felt-were-banned-unjustly/170740/8 "2003-04-24T02:14:12Z")
The **Incubus** model was built with a fail proof safety. A one year lif span. 🙂 Re OP: Yes. But when they came for the racists I did not speak up because I was not a racist. When they came for the plagirists I did not speak up because I was not a plagirist. I guess when they come for me they’ll be noone left to speak up for me. (and that’s the ugliest paraphrase/misquote I’ve ever had the displeasure of typing) ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-members-here-who-you-felt-were-banned-unjustly/170740/9 "2003-04-24T02:14:23Z")
You didn’t answer my question. All I wanted was a list of names of people who were banned because of something they said that the moderators took personally. There’s no point in putting this thread in the pit; its a legitimate question. And Guinastasia, how am I asking myself to get banned? I asked a question. ---
**Author:** ![Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fred)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-members-here-who-you-felt-were-banned-unjustly/170740/10 "2003-04-24T02:21:37Z")
> [@](#): > > All I wanted was a list of names of people who were banned because of something they said that the moderators took personally. I don’t mean to be a literalist, but that’s really not what you said. You never said anything about a list. You never said anything about the moderators taking anything personally. Besides, legitimate questions about the administration and it’s policies don’t belong in IMHO - they belong in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-members-here-who-you-felt-were-banned-unjustly/170740/11 "2003-04-24T02:26:53Z")
Besides being _verboten_, talking about banned users seems to correlate mathematically with your chances of becoming one of their ranks. What do you really hope to get out of this anyways? ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-members-here-who-you-felt-were-banned-unjustly/170740/12 "2003-04-24T02:29:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Incubus \* > **You didn’t answer my question. All I wanted was a list of names of people who were banned because of something they said that the moderators took personally.** One reason why you may not have received an answer to that question because it is not the question you posed in the OP. It is, indeed, a much stupider one, and you probably would have been better off sticking with the first one. ---
**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-members-here-who-you-felt-were-banned-unjustly/170740/13 "2003-04-24T02:31:02Z")
Opening a pit thread about a pit thread about a pit thread… :eek: I’m in a house of mirrors. ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-members-here-who-you-felt-were-banned-unjustly/170740/14 "2003-04-24T02:31:25Z")
So which one are you, Incubus: Woodward or Bernstein? ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-members-here-who-you-felt-were-banned-unjustly/170740/15 "2003-04-24T02:32:23Z")
**Jack Dean Tyler**. He came to preach the Foreskin Gospel to the snipped heathens, and they didst mock his words. Okay, not really. But _damn_ was that guy fun to read! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-members-here-who-you-felt-were-banned-unjustly/170740/16 "2003-04-24T02:34:09Z")
Uh oh! **Lamia’s** done started this thread down that mobius strip of who can and cannot say stupid things. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-members-here-who-you-felt-were-banned-unjustly/170740/17 "2003-04-24T02:41:18Z")
No. None at all. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-members-here-who-you-felt-were-banned-unjustly/170740/18 "2003-04-24T02:42:39Z")
You know what? I think the mods do a pretty good job here. As a matter of fact I _don’t_ think they’ve banned anyone unfairly that I know of. This is an amazingly diverse and open MB. There are plenty of other ones on the net that will ban your ass at the drop of a hat for little or no reason. This is a great board. Appreciate what you have. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-members-here-who-you-felt-were-banned-unjustly/170740/19 "2003-04-24T02:45:26Z")
I think the infamous **Jack Dean Tyler** was banned because he mailed all of the mods and admins a virus on purpose. Or something like that. Oh hey-remember that one guy who kept complaining about doctors-he was convinced that all doctors were having sex in their offices with female patients? That was a riot. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-members-here-who-you-felt-were-banned-unjustly/170740/20 "2003-04-24T02:46:23Z")
I was getting sort of fond of Farmer Oak when he got banned, but that doesn’t mean I think his banning was unjustified. I think he didn’t know when to quit. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-members-here-who-you-felt-were-banned-unjustly/170740.md?page=2)