# Hey why was Terr banned?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-why-was-terr-banned/735480>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 22, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-why-was-terr-banned/735480 "2015-10-22T20:14:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-why-was-terr-banned/735480/21 "2015-10-24T06:30:01Z")

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> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#):
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> I should have just said Terr was troll who made many offensive posts including grossly racist ones.

Why did “X” happen.  
_It was because of A and B._

It wasn’t because of A.  
_I never said it was because of A._

Uhm… yes, you did.  
_Well, maybe I should have said it was because of B, including A._

Yeah, that clears things up!

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**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-why-was-terr-banned/735480/22 "2015-10-24T18:37:24Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> He was banned because he was behaving **TERR** ibly.

I think the question has been answered, but I propose not only a banning, but a hanging, drawing, and quartering for this awful, awful joke. 🙂

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-why-was-terr-banned/735480/23 "2015-10-24T19:36:14Z")

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I was banking on the idea that a joke can be SO bad that it’s good. 😉

A risky proposition, to be sure…

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**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-why-was-terr-banned/735480/24 "2015-10-24T21:25:38Z")

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I let’s all go to the quarry and throw stuff down there!

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**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-why-was-terr-banned/735480/25 "2015-10-24T21:35:26Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> Why did “X” happen.  
> _It was because of A and B._
> 
> It wasn’t because of A.  
> _I never said it was because of A._
> 
> Uhm… yes, you did.  
> _Well, maybe I should have said it was because of B, including A._
> 
> Yeah, that clears things up!

## A is an indicator of B. X happened because of B. Given A, I’m not surprised X happened.

If A, then B (as an empirical, but not logical matter).

If B, then X (as a matter of logic and jackboots).

A. Therefore B. Therefore X.

A. Therefore X is unsurprising.  
Jeez Ibn, why can’t you be as clear as John Mace and I? 😃

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