# How did Diogenes the Cynic get banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 24, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-diogenes-the-cynic-get-banned/607298 "2011-12-24T17:51:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-diogenes-the-cynic-get-banned/607298/1 "2011-12-24T17:51:41Z")
I must have missed that happening, but I’m sure it’s a great story. Underneath his name in his posts it says “BANNED.” Thanks in advance for the juicy gossip! ---
**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:** [December 24, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-diogenes-the-cynic-get-banned/607298/2 "2011-12-24T17:53:47Z")
In before this thread gets closed. Look in ATMB. There was at least one, and maybe two, multi-page threads on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-diogenes-the-cynic-get-banned/607298/3 "2011-12-24T17:57:18Z")
You get pitted 20 something times for being a jerk and sooner or later the jerkiness catches up with you. I prefer to think of it as a Festivus miracle that came early. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-diogenes-the-cynic-get-banned/607298/4 "2011-12-24T18:04:05Z")
This is in the wrong forum, so I’m moving it. [Here’s a link to the announcement of the ban](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=624354), and [here’s the discussion thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=624359). ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-diogenes-the-cynic-get-banned/607298/5 "2011-12-24T18:18:12Z")
“Send not to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee…” OK, I’m Donne here. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-diogenes-the-cynic-get-banned/607298/6 "2011-12-24T19:07:03Z")
He got banned the old fashioned way. He earned it. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-diogenes-the-cynic-get-banned/607298/7 "2011-12-24T19:39:35Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > He got banned the old fashioned way. He earned it. No he didn’t. What? Someone has to pick up the slack. ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-diogenes-the-cynic-get-banned/607298/8 "2011-12-24T20:04:47Z")
Thanks for the links. This place is more homogeneous and insular without him, although I realize his signal to noise ratio was erratic. Also thought the links posted in the Gonzomax banning thread didn’t contain anything caustic at all. I’m less familiar with him, but enjoyed his participation in The Game Room. As the Ban Hammer swings… ---
**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:** [December 24, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-diogenes-the-cynic-get-banned/607298/9 "2011-12-24T20:08:07Z")
> [@unwashed\_brain](#): > > Thanks for the links. This place is more homogeneous and insular without him… That’s true when anyone gets banned. ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-diogenes-the-cynic-get-banned/607298/10 "2011-12-24T20:15:56Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > That’s true when anyone gets banned. Yes, but not always notably so. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-diogenes-the-cynic-get-banned/607298/11 "2011-12-24T20:20:46Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > “Send not to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee…” Or, Send not to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for **D** …" > [@](#): > > OK, I’m Donne here. Or, as Donne wrote to his wife just after marrying her against her powerful father’s wishes (thereby losing a lucrative position), “John Donne, Anne Donne, Un-done.” ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-diogenes-the-cynic-get-banned/607298/12 "2011-12-24T23:40:29Z")
> [@unwashed\_brain](#): > > This place is more homogeneous and insular without him Correct. there are fewer outright jerks. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-diogenes-the-cynic-get-banned/607298/13 "2011-12-25T00:18:15Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > “Send not to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee…” > > OK, I’m Donne here. I love this!!!🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-diogenes-the-cynic-get-banned/607298/14 "2011-12-25T01:35:52Z")
Given that there was extensive discussion of the ban when it took place several months ago, I’m going to close this.