# Hey Miller...closing one Pell thread, leaving another open? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 14, 2018, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-miller-closing-one-pell-thread-leaving-another-open/826109 "2018-12-14T09:32:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-miller-closing-one-pell-thread-leaving-another-open/826109/1 "2018-12-14T09:32:36Z")
Hi **Miller** , just curious why you chose to close the long-running Cardinal George Pell thread started in 2016 (with current posts) in favour of a thread started today that has had a tepid response. I understand that my original thread was tres old. Yes, the Pell saga has been a long and ongoing one, that is the nature of the Catholic child-abuse cases and the court’s responses. But to shut my thread down misses the back-story that the current court-case (and it’s blocking) has eradicated. I petition ye Miller to re-open my thread. Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-miller-closing-one-pell-thread-leaving-another-open/826109/2 "2018-12-14T09:37:08Z")
Yeah, as the OP of the new thread, maybe a thread merge is in order? If that’s not an option then the one that should stay open is probably not the one I banged out in 2 minutes consisting mostly of Tim Minchin lyrics. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-miller-closing-one-pell-thread-leaving-another-open/826109/3 "2018-12-14T09:45:20Z")
Tim Minchin deserves his own thread re Cardinal Pell 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-miller-closing-one-pell-thread-leaving-another-open/826109/4 "2018-12-14T10:31:38Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Tim Minchin deserves his own thread re Cardinal Pell 😃 That song really is just that damn good. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-miller-closing-one-pell-thread-leaving-another-open/826109/5 "2018-12-14T19:16:37Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Hi **Miller** , just curious why you chose to close the long-running Cardinal George Pell thread started in 2016 (with current posts) in favour of a thread started today that has had a tepid response. I did explain my reasoning when I closed the thread. But since the OP of the other thread has said he’a okay with a merge, I’ll go ahead and do that. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-miller-closing-one-pell-thread-leaving-another-open/826109/6 "2018-12-14T19:19:40Z")
And done. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-miller-closing-one-pell-thread-leaving-another-open/826109/7 "2018-12-14T19:39:40Z")
Thanks Miller 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-miller-closing-one-pell-thread-leaving-another-open/826109/9 "2018-12-15T14:36:40Z")
Reported. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-miller-closing-one-pell-thread-leaving-another-open/826109/10 "2018-12-15T14:38:57Z")
**DrPK** , you’re new around here, I see. Well, welcome.