# I got %$@\* booted for having an opinion **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 21, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-booted-for-having-an-opinion/202979 "2003-09-21T15:41:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wdolfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c4cdca/32.png) [@wdolfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wdolfan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-booted-for-having-an-opinion/202979/1 "2003-09-21T15:41:31Z")
Now this one will get booted as well. Try to help out your fellow Americans & this is how I’m treated. My thread was absolutely no different than any of the other threads on here. This is censorship at its best! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-booted-for-having-an-opinion/202979/2 "2003-09-21T15:44:03Z")
Link? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-booted-for-having-an-opinion/202979/3 "2003-09-21T15:44:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wdolfan \* > \*\* This is censorship at its best! \*\* Since you have not provided a link, we can’t know what you are talking about. However, the boards are property of the Chicago Reader, and you agreed to the terms of service when you signed on. If you don’t like what you call “censorship”, then you are free you start your own message boards and admistrate them in any way you see fit. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-booted-for-having-an-opinion/202979/4 "2003-09-21T15:48:16Z")
No, this one will get booted because once you are banned you cannot come back with different name. ---
**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 21, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-booted-for-having-an-opinion/202979/5 "2003-09-21T16:33:32Z")
Your fellow Americans? What have you done for us Canadians, you selfish _FUCK?!_ ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-booted-for-having-an-opinion/202979/6 "2003-09-21T17:28:51Z")
Tsk, tsk. From the thread at hand, now removed from the public eye: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lynn Bodoni \* > \*\*From the [registration](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=148527) agreement: > > "This message board is intended as a medium for public discussion. Do not post spam, including but not limited to advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, solicitations, or other messages primarily intended to promote a cause, venture, organization, event (except Straight Dope-related events), website, or other entity or activity, whether or not money is involved. " > > I’m going to remove this thread in about 24 hours, in order to give you time to read this warning. Do NOT open up another thread about your pet cause. If you do, your posting privileges will be revoked. > > Lynn > For the Straight Dope \*\* See that bit I underlined there? Buh-bye. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-booted-for-having-an-opinion/202979/7 "2003-09-21T17:50:04Z")
Just a question, since I didn’t get to see the now-deleted thread… what was his “pet cause”? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-booted-for-having-an-opinion/202979/8 "2003-09-21T17:55:06Z")
Bashing some online computer store. Repeatedly. With many “bumps” over the course of nearly 2 months. And it being the only reason for his presence here, or so it seems. Anyways, let’s close this puppy up.