# Hurricane Ditka, Shodan, Octopus, and  BigT...

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 16, 2019, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522 "2019-11-16T02:00:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ditka-shodan-octopus-and-bigt/843522/182 "2019-11-23T18:27:56Z")

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I just read an ATM thread about **Shodan** ’s reprehensible insult. (Fortunately I don’t have to read\*\* Shodan’\*\*s posts unless some fool quotes them.)

> [@Just how reprehensible can you be in the Pit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-reprehensible-can-you-be-in-the-pit/843820/156):
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> … _Too mean_ isn’t the issue. _Off-fucking-limits_ is.
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> You don’t attack someone’s children or someone’s relationship with their children. You don’t attack someone’s actual mental health issues (as opposed to a mere “You’re crazy!”). **You don’t insult someone’s physical disability.** [my emphasis - sgs7]

The final sentence there reminded me [of a three-years-ago incident.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX9reO3QnUA)

Welcome to America! **Shodan** was just being Presidential. Get over it.

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