# How in the world did this madness start?

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**Created:** [March 9, 2009, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-in-the-world-did-this-madness-start/488819 "2009-03-09T10:47:53Z")
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### Author: ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-in-the-world-did-this-madness-start/488819/22 "2009-03-09T23:22:29Z")

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> [@DudleyGarrett](#):
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> So you’re opining that the staff doesn’t share culpability?

It’s not a question of culpability. Even assuming that a mod made a completely wrong call, s/he doesn’t deserve to be called a cunt or told to fuck off. That was the purpose of moving comments about SDMB administration to this forum, where insults aren’t allowed. I think it’s worked out a lot better. We’ve got a lot of people expressing their opinions in strong terms here, but everyone is remaining more or less civil, and the discussion is a lot more productive.

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