# I gotta ask..Zagadka..Why banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 3, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835 "2004-12-03T02:39:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/1 "2004-12-03T02:39:37Z")
I hate being the last to know. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/2 "2004-12-03T02:40:39Z")
Link? ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/3 "2004-12-03T02:43:19Z")
Here’s where I saw it. > **[Scott Peterson: sociopathic killer...benign prior to Laci. Why](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=289546)** > > Apparently Peterson lived a “reasonably normal” life prior to his plan to whack Laci and their unborn baby. I can understand a crime of passion…murder 2…but what physiological or chemical brain changes occured that would lead a person to plot a... the post under mine. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/4 "2004-12-03T02:43:30Z")
> **[Zagadka Banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=289647)** > > Previous warnings: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=264713&page=2 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5008282#post5008282 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5020461#post5020461 ... ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/5 "2004-12-03T02:47:41Z")
Following [our new policy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=289273), **Gaudere** has explained in the post that **Troy** linked to: [Zagadka banned](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=289647) Since posts in ATMB forum are held to different rules of decorum than that Pit, we’ll leave this one open, and you can react in either location. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/6 "2004-12-03T02:55:18Z")
Ah…an insult in GD. Boy don’t I know about those. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/7 "2004-12-03T02:59:23Z")
Interesting. I applaud the new policy. I’ve got to start reading ATMB more often. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/8 "2004-12-03T03:20:14Z")
Wow, if I get banned for insulting someone, I hope my last insult is better then the old “your so retarded your an insult to retards”. Sounds like something a 3rd grader might come up with. How embarassing. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/9 "2004-12-03T03:31:45Z")
Applause for the policy and the banning. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/10 "2004-12-03T03:51:40Z")
> [@furt](#): > > Applause for the policy and the banning. You applaud a banning. Fuck you. Even I didn’t applaud when December got banned. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/11 "2004-12-03T05:28:04Z")
The policy is wonderful thing. True, we shouldn’t _applaud_ a banning, as such a thing would be in bad taste. But I think \*\*Zagadka \*\* was asking for it. ---
**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 3, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/12 "2004-12-03T05:37:40Z")
> [@furt](#): > > Applause for the policy and the banning. I 2nd that. Zaq was a complete idiot who did nothing more than start endless GD threads amounting to “Ooh, OOh, I just had a thought…” Good ridance. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/13 "2004-12-03T05:58:17Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > True, we shouldn’t _applaud_ a banning, as such a thing would be in bad taste. Meh. Since when is taste a criteria in the Pit? My opinion may be skewed because I post almost exclusively in GD and miss all those warm and fuzzy humanizing threads, but by and large Zag’d become one of those dime-a-dozen sorts who see everything as a partisan issue and who seldom if ever contribute anything truly novel or thought-provoking. Add insulting to the mix and he easily moves from “not an asset” to “liability.” I can think of a dozen knee-jerk nimrods – on both right and left – I’d be happy to see gone with him. Oh, and I really hated the o\_0 too. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/14 "2004-12-03T08:00:39Z")
> [@furt](#): > > Oh, and I really hated the o\_0 too. Amen. I despise that chatroom crap. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/15 "2004-12-03T08:26:46Z")
Eh, I never get the memo. Was Zagadka the one that always made ridiculous arguments and then defended them with such wizened glyphs as O\_o ? If so, can’t say I’m upset. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/16 "2004-12-03T08:51:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh, and I really hated the o\_0 too. o\_O??? What is that? ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/17 "2004-12-03T08:55:58Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > o\_O??? What is that? emoticon. one ‘eye’ larger than the other, expresses puzzlement. (I think) ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/18 "2004-12-03T08:57:58Z")
It indicates surprise and/or disbelief. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/19 "2004-12-03T08:59:11Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > o\_O??? What is that? I think it is the chat/1337 equivalent of :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835/20 "2004-12-03T13:15:28Z")
I’ll miss him since I generally agreed with him. I never thought he was that much over the line, however in reading the links to threads where he was warned, I can see where the mods were coming from. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-ask-zagadka-why-banned/277835.md?page=2)