# 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:** 7
**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:** [September 15, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/121 "2011-09-15T21:53:08Z")
I’m pretty much with **Tamerlane** – can’t see how anyone who knew him could be surprised. I’m not glad to see him banned, but he only has himself to blame. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/122 "2011-09-15T21:53:30Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > I do like the idea that if **Dio** were to be banned it would be because of Sarah Palin. Diogenes the Cynic and Sarah Palin: Two brilliant minds, neither one willing to compromise their own deeply held beliefs due to the inspirational personal integrity and rigorous intellectual honesty that they both show the world on a daily basis. I know in my heart that in 500 years from now, both of these brave and noble Cultural Warriors will be equally revered and held in exactly same esteem as the other!!! ---
**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:** [September 15, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/123 "2011-09-15T21:58:11Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Damn. They offered the motherfucker counseling? Keep in mind, our version of “counseling” involves a tazer and a rubber hose. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/124 "2011-09-15T21:59:25Z")
I’m particularly not surprised that he got banned for actions in a thread about Sarah Palin. The guy had one big-ass hard on for SP. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/125 "2011-09-15T22:02:54Z")
Sorry to see him go. I’m sure he caused the mods a lot of headaches dealing with reported posts, but he brought a lot of (acerbic) wit and a lot of knowledge to the Boards. ---
**Author:** ![Otara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Otara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otara)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/126 "2011-09-15T22:04:59Z")
Given his tragic experience earlier this year, its sad to see. I appreciate that this was a difficult decision for the mods and it does look to me like they worked hard to avoid it as an outcome. In my view there had been a noticeable change in how he was posting, but it wasnt enough I guess. Otara ---
**Author:** ![emu2swan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@emu2swan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emu2swan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/127 "2011-09-15T22:12:13Z")
I was very sorry to read that Dio has been banned. I’m going to miss this man a lot. Over the years he’s educated me, he’s gotten me interested in religion. I looked forward to see what he had to say on various subjects. Maybe the reason I don’t understand the dislike of Dio is because I’m not a poster so I didn’t take his board style personally. There are many good posters on this board, smart people, educated people, people with a flair for writing and conveying their opinions concisely but none of them made the impression on me as much as Diogenes the Cynic. His lack of input on the Straight Dope Message Board will be noticeable. He was just so much fun to read. I greatly admire him and think him to be a fine fellow. I apologize for how this post is written. I know it’s clumsy. ---
**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, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/128 "2011-09-15T22:12:17Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > 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) If you’ve got 56000 posts, you’re going to need to mix it up now and then ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/129 "2011-09-15T22:20:32Z")
Well that’ll cut down the traffic in the Pit. I regret that he never became the board member he could have been if only he would have listened to other people for once in his damn life when they were only trying to help him. And there are others I fain would have seen gone before him. But he brought this on himself and I’m not faulting the mods for it. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/130 "2011-09-15T22:23:34Z")
He won’t be missed by me. There are plenty of other people that just can’t wait to dive headlong into a gun thread with the usual comments, and his anti-Packers schtick threatened so many NFL threads it was ridiculous. Other than those types of threads I’ve done my best over the past few years to avoid him because I don’t enjoy banging my head against a wall and arguing with what is essentially a bot. Whatever you said generated either an insult or some variation of “I’m not wrong”. If you think you’ll miss him you may rest assured that there will be many more like him. Nature abhors a vacuum. ---
**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, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/131 "2011-09-15T22:26:50Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > If you’ve got 56000 posts, you’re going to need to mix it up now and then When I get to two thousand posts I want to be allowed to call somebody in GD a fartlicker. Just to mix it up a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/132 "2011-09-15T22:26:54Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > If you’ve got 56000 posts, you’re going to need to mix it up now and then [del]Bollocks[/del] I respect the fact that your viewpoint differs from mine and I respect utterly your right to hold it, but I do not accept that the word “need” is in any way justified in context. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/133 "2011-09-15T22:30:12Z")
I’m disappointed, but I cannot profess surprise. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/134 "2011-09-15T22:31:28Z")
I’m kinda new here, and was just getting to know him. I agreed with nearly everything he said…although, perhaps, he said it a bit more loudly than I would have. But, doggone, he was one of the best educated souls ever to post here. EVER! The moderators’ decision was just…but, even so, TANJ. Trinopus ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/135 "2011-09-15T22:32:13Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Other than those types of threads I’ve done my best over the past few years to avoid him because I don’t enjoy banging my head against a wall and arguing with what is essentially a bot. Whatever you said generated either an insult or some variation of “I’m not wrong”. OK, now I’m worried about someone coding a **Diobot** - I may not be able to sleep right for months. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/136 "2011-09-15T22:34:39Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I’m pretty much with **Tamerlane** – can’t see how anyone who knew him could be surprised. I’m not glad to see him banned, but he only has himself to blame. I started the thread, and I wasn’t _surprised_ to see him booted; merely sorry that he will be absent from certain threads. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/137 "2011-09-15T22:36:49Z")
Well, too bad, but not unforeseeable. I had a problem with him always going off half-cocked in political threads where a more reasoned approach (with cites) would’ve been more effective. He wasn’t always quite like that; it seems like he really tweaked out in the last year or so. Anyway, I look forward to being able to have more reasonable political (and football!) discussions without all that hoopla derailing it. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/138 "2011-09-15T22:41:36Z")
Well, it’s not exactly a shock like the fall of the Berlin Wall… maybe the Berlin Room Divider. ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/139 "2011-09-15T22:42:13Z")
Maybe Dio would’ve settled down a bit if he was a Mod? ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416/140 "2011-09-15T22:48:25Z")
To all those bemoaning the loss of Dio’s expertise, maybe I should try to recruit my brother, a Biblical scholar, here. My brother will be defending his thesis any day now, then he should get his PhD. IIRC, Dio only had a Bachelor’s in religious studies. Fun fact: My brother isn’t an atheist, but his doctoral thesis is on the devil. If my brother doesn’t want to join, there will be plenty of people to fill in. Dio’s specialty isn’t unique, and was outweighed by his jerkish behavior. I agreed with him much more often than not, and I still didn’t like him very much. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416.md?page=8)