# Hey Monty, what's the deal about Opal stabbing people in the back IRL? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 2, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034 "2015-03-02T19:14:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/121 "2015-03-03T22:32:54Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Thanks for not smiting me and passing the word up for me. And yes, please, I’d prefer **Ranger Jeff**. > > When I returned, I figured: > > 1. I wasn’t on the SD staff anymore so that old username was inappropriate > B. I couldn’t remember that old username’s password > III. It was a long dormant, anything but active account, I didn’t resurrect it and use the new one as a sock puppet to support arguments the old account might be making or to troll people. > > Nevertheless, mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. ☹ d. And I’m really liking your style of lists! It reminds me of the Car Talk guys. v. Numerous former staff kept their names on the message boards. It must be several by this time, not counting those who stopped completely when they stopped moderating or administrating. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/122 "2015-03-03T22:39:07Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > The account of a victim is solid evidence, you choose not to believe it because it comes from 37 people who happen to be women. I wouldnt care if it was 40 _old white guys_. And, until he’s convicted, he isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/123 "2015-03-03T22:59:06Z")
So in summary, drug and fuck as many incapacitated women as you want, guys. Or if you prefer kids, bang your way through the whole playground. It’s not rape if you never get convicted! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/124 "2015-03-03T23:15:55Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > What else could it be but a knife or other sharp pointed weapon? I mean, you can’t stab someone with a bowling pin can you? If you were going really really fast you might achieve penetration with the skinny end of the pin, but the blunt force trauma would cause a lot more damage. Kind of like the trauma it must be for a petty decade old grudge against a dead person to be brought up. Reminds me I was once in Rio surrounded by cat pictures eating pigeon eggs and a bacon sandwich. Outside was a plane trying to take off, but something was wrong with the treadmill runway. I was working on a Death Ray from an idea from the 20’s. I gave up and read an anthology of Lord of the Rings by different authors. This might have been in 1960 and for 20 minutes I overheard a story comparing a gun toting evil republican Bill Cosby to a Nazi. Apparently he was an anti-vaxxer and believed in God. But maybe the bad Muslim one. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/125 "2015-03-03T23:42:14Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > The account of a victim is solid evidence, you choose not to believe it because it comes from 37 people who happen to be women. The Piece of Shit shows he’s unaware of irony. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/126 "2015-03-03T23:45:27Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I wouldnt care if it was 40 _old white guys_. This is almost certainly not true. If 40 white guys came forth saying Cosby had raped them (and there was a similar level of plausibility in terms of physical opportunities for it to have happened) it is incredible in the extreme to think that you wouldn’t be inclined to think they were telling the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/127 "2015-03-03T23:51:48Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > And, until he’s convicted, he isn’t. Again, this is nonsense. Nobody’s ever committed rape while the verdict was being read. A conviction is an official determination that a person committed rape in the past. So the person was a rapist before the trial began. He just wasn’t a convicted rapist. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/128 "2015-03-04T00:00:39Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > This is almost certainly not true. > > If 40 white guys came forth saying Cosby had raped them (and there was a similar level of plausibility in terms of physical opportunities for it to have happened) it is incredible in the extreme to think that you wouldn’t be inclined to think they were telling the truth. Nope. 40 year old memories are more or less worthless,\* no matter the source. \*I have stood behind this over and over here on this MB. I have also stood behind my support for the American Justice system which is “innocent until proven guilty” time after time, no matter who is being accused. If the allegation is based upon a forty year old memory I wouldnt accept it even if it were to come from a Supreme Court Justice- \*or even my own memory. \* But you clearly believe in “trial by internet” where all you need is enough unsubstantiated statements to make someone guilty or a fact true. Hundreds of dudes claimed there were witches in Salem, and even swore to that effect. Doesnt make it true. Ten of thousands claim to have been abducted and anally probed by aliens. Doesnt make it true. Hundreds of thousands attest to the Miracles of Lourdes. Doesnt make it true. And I dont give a rats ass whether those claims were made by white guys or black women or even Frenchmen…I am still skeptical. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/129 "2015-03-04T00:02:26Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Again, this is nonsense. Nobody’s ever committed rape while the verdict was being read. A conviction is an official determination that a person committed rape in the past. So the person was a rapist before the trial began. He just wasn’t a convicted rapist. What babble juice are you on? _Man_, those are good drugs- and you arent even sharing. Selfish bastard. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/130 "2015-03-04T00:34:51Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > The Piece of Shit shows he’s unaware of irony. Please explain to us how your lack of character is all due to a misunderstanding of the nature of irony. That you are only going around defending Cosby and smearing Opal ironically as a part of a performance art piece. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/131 "2015-03-04T00:36:09Z")
What about a pointed stick? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/132 "2015-03-04T00:41:50Z")
[http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/new-bill-cosby-accuser-speaks-out-about-being-drugged-and-sexually-assaulted-‘i-trusted-the-wrong-person’/ar-BBibx7c](http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/new-bill-cosby-accuser-speaks-out-about-being-drugged-and-sexually-assaulted-%E2%80%98i-trusted-the-wrong-person%E2%80%99/ar-BBibx7c) Another one. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/133 "2015-03-04T01:17:50Z")
> [@GrandWino](#): > > \*Rubber ducky, you’re the one… \* Ernie – is that you? > [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I suspect fowl play. I was going to say that but chickened out. > [@BurnMeUp](#): > > What about a pointed stick? Why not? This thread already covered the raspberries. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/134 "2015-03-04T01:31:13Z")
**Monty** is an asshole, but then, so was **OpalCat** , so fuck it. Two assholes farting at each other carries only limited entertainment value. For me, anyway. Neither of them has (had) wit, humor, logic, or a style of writing that is (was) persuasive or amusing. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/135 "2015-03-04T01:50:53Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > **Monty** is an asshole, but then, so was **OpalCat** , so fuck it. Two assholes farting at each other carries only limited entertainment value. For me, anyway. > > Neither of them has (had) wit, humor, logic, or a style of writing that is (was) persuasive or amusing. Yes, but Monty can carry an unpersuasive and unamusing grudge for decades and long after you are dead. There’s something to be said for that. Such as, he’s a huge dick. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/136 "2015-03-04T02:02:48Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Nobody’s ever committed rape while the verdict was being read. Challenge accepted? ---
**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:** [March 4, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/137 "2015-03-04T02:37:17Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > I was going to say that but chickened out. Yeah, these puns are for the birds. _:ducks_ ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/138 "2015-03-04T02:52:47Z")
Wasn’t there once a thread about jokes that needed to die? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/139 "2015-03-04T03:04:15Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > Wasn’t there once a thread about jokes that needed to die? > > :rolleyes: Asks the moron with over 1,300 posts in his own global warming thread, most of them either content-free bullshit or outright misrepresentation. If anyone on this message board is an expert at flogging a dead horse, it’s you. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/140 "2015-03-04T03:22:47Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > Wasn’t there once a thread about jokes that needed to die? > > :rolleyes: > [@mhendo](#): > > Asks the moron with over 1,300 posts in his own global warming thread, most of them either content-free bullshit or outright misrepresentation. If anyone on this message board is an expert at flogging a dead horse, it’s you. I was only going to say that FX has a knack with the [del]necrophilia[/del] necromancy of old posts to make others fight, but **mhendo** ’s comment is better. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034.md?page=8)