# Holy crap! No more Dio? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 15, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416 "2011-09-15T18:01:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/101 "2011-09-15T21:03:59Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > And that’s why it’s okay to respond to “Some idiots are protesting my friends funeral” with “Let me go on a tangent about an unrelated group of hypocrites who have nothing to do with your personal loss”? Righto, Bob. He was responding to **Oakminster** mentioning the Patriot Guard Riders. > [@muldoonthief](#): > > There’s a whole forum on giraffeboard for complaining about this board? That seems odd. I guess they just wanted a place to put them where posters who _don’t_ want to complain about the SDMB wouldn’t be subjected to them. > [@BigT](#): > > It would be hypocritical to object to complaining about the SDMB when the entire forum was set up as a protest to the SDMB. I don’t think the Giraffe Boards were set up as a “protest” to the SDMB, or at least not in theory. They’re supposed to be a message board with lighter moderation than the SDMB, largely user-moderated in fact. Some posters may prefer such a setup. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/102 "2011-09-15T21:12:16Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I am not displeased to see him go. Me neither. He sometimes had a point that no one else had the guts to make. But he was mostly just a jerk on a regular basis. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/103 "2011-09-15T21:16:17Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I did. She said he was banned for repeated behavior. That doesn’t change the fact that they ignored the normal procedure before banning someone. Normally I wouldn’t say anything about it, but, honestly, I see what they did here as so objectionable that I’m going to point out even the small things. He was Warned repeatedly. That doesn’t count? He was also counseled many, many times – told to modify his behavior. That doesn’t count either? He was suspended for a month. Suspension is what happens when someone is repeatedly Warned and counseled over action – and they keep on keeping on. He was specifically informed that when he returned from suspension he was on his last good chance – that any further infraction, no matter how mild, was the last infraction. It could not have been made more clear to him. He chose to disregard all of it. His choices, not ours. Over and over again. How does this come to not following normal procedures in your mind? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/104 "2011-09-15T21:18:45Z")
The ban notice should have been titled “The Dio Show has been cancelled”. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/105 "2011-09-15T21:21:05Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > There’s a whole forum on giraffeboard for complaining about this board? That seems odd. Yes. We have forums for every single doper! For you, and for _you_ and even…for YOU!!! 😉 To avoid further Giraffeboard hijacks, here’s a link to one of the two threads there [about Dio](http://www.giraffeboards.com/showthread.php?t=21693). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/106 "2011-09-15T21:29:04Z")
And to make sure that hijack is over, let’s retire the Giraffeboard discussion in this thread. The name of the forum is About _This_ Message Board. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/107 "2011-09-15T21:30:11Z")
Never had a run-in with the guy that I can recall, so had no beef with him. Any responses he made to my threads were generally on the mark, but then I usually don’t participate in religion threads or even in GD, for that matter. However, I know he was pitted quite frequently, which usually means smoke/fire for being a jerk, so perhaps it was warranted. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/108 "2011-09-15T21:30:40Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > The refs gave the game to them!!! > > There, I have now given you more than the equivalent of a years’ worth of Dio’s football analysis. This will take half the fun out of rooting against the Vikings. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/109 "2011-09-15T21:32:17Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > He was Warned repeatedly. That doesn’t count? > > He was also counseled many, many times – told to modify his behavior. That doesn’t count either? > > He was suspended for a month. Suspension is what happens when someone is repeatedly Warned and counseled over action – and they keep on keeping on. > > He was specifically informed that when he returned from suspension he was on his last good chance – that any further infraction, no matter how mild, was the last infraction. > > It could not have been made more clear to him. > > He chose to disregard all of it. His choices, not ours. Over and over again. > > How does this come to not following normal procedures in your mind? Yeah, maybe. But he was right. I never noticed his posts to be over the line. It’s hard to reform when you’ve dine no wrong. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/110 "2011-09-15T21:32:34Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Giraffe created the board as a criticism of this board. Even I know that is not true. > [@BigT](#): > > That doesn’t change the fact that they ignored the normal procedure before banning someone. Twenty/thirty pit threads. Nine or ten warnings. A suspension with a final warning. _Counseling_ for gods sake. Exactly what part of the procedure did they miss? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/111 "2011-09-15T21:35:50Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Yeah, maybe. But he was right. I never noticed his posts to be over the line. It’s hard to reform when you’ve dine no wrong. Getting two warnings in a month and a half just after a suspension equals “done no wrong” to you? ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/112 "2011-09-15T21:36:54Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > And to make sure that hijack is over, let’s retire the Giraffeboard discussion in this thread. The name of the forum is About _This_ Message Board. Agreed. Enough about the Giraffeboard. Let’s talk about the SDMB. So, how does the SDMB feel about the Giraffeboard? 😃 :: flees :: [sub]please don’t ban me![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/113 "2011-09-15T21:38:45Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > Even I know that is not true. > Twenty/thirty pit threads. Nine or ten warnings. A suspension with a final warning. _Counseling_ for gods sake. Exactly what part of the procedure did they miss? They didn’t give him a hug and now BigT is worried that when he’s banned he won’t get a goodbye hug either? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/114 "2011-09-15T21:40:17Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Getting two warnings in a month and a half just after a suspension equals “done no wrong” to you? Yes, if the warnings were unjustified ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/115 "2011-09-15T21:40:53Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > Twenty/thirty pit threads. Nine or ten warnings. A suspension with a final warning. _Counseling_ for gods sake. Exactly what part of the procedure did they miss? They usually ask for my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/116 "2011-09-15T21:42:37Z")
> [@bup](#): > > They usually ask for my opinion. I was too busy losing yet another Scrabble game to you. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/117 "2011-09-15T21:45:52Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > Even I know that is not true. > Twenty/thirty pit threads. Nine or ten warnings. A suspension with a final warning. _Counseling_ for gods sake. Exactly what part of the procedure did they miss? Damn. They offered the motherfucker counseling? ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/118 "2011-09-15T21:50:06Z")
Yeah, he was a total cunt at (many) times, but he knew his shit about a lot of stuff. I’d hate for it to become a precedent where often absurd behavior outweighed the potential contributions of a sharp guy. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/119 "2011-09-15T21:50:33Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Damn. They offered the motherfucker counseling? Counseling yes, but they didn’t give him his “goodbye” hug!!! So, c’mon. It’s the worst thing that could possibly happen to anyone ever! ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/120 "2011-09-15T21:51:48Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Yes, if the warnings were unjustified So you think calling someone a “fuckhead” in IMHO and getting warned for it is “unjustified”? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...0#post14219440](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...0#post14219440) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416.md?page=7)