# I have been unjustly banned! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 9, 2013, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774 "2013-02-09T06:51:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AdanTheSomali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@AdanTheSomali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AdanTheSomali)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774/1 "2013-02-09T06:51:18Z")
\*\*Posting this for my new username “unit”. This account is an older account I discarded because of the username. \* Dear mods/admins, I was recently banned for what I believe to be a misunderstanding in the intent of one of my threads. I posted a small paragraph that someone had thought plagiarized, after having discovered the same in a different forum. This is a misunderstanding: the paragraph entitled "Liberty like a fire threatens liberty"was authored by me in both websites. So please unban me, i’d like to continue my membership in this community and benefit from its collective wisdom. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774/2 "2013-02-09T06:59:35Z")
In before the lock!!! PS - you deserve to be banned. You cannot simply spread your shit all over the internet. We require a little more than that. ETA - all you did was post your screed. You took no effort to engage in a thoughtful discussion. This is not a blog for you to paste your manifesto. If you have a topic for discussion, present it as a viable argument and give your supporting points. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774/3 "2013-02-09T07:12:25Z")
Now you’ll be banned again for registering a new name. Nice knowing you! ---
**Author:** ![AdanTheSomali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@AdanTheSomali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AdanTheSomali)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774/4 "2013-02-09T07:22:21Z")
A permanent ban seems a harsh reaction to a minor offense committed in ignorance of the rules. Can a man not get a second chance here? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774/5 "2013-02-09T07:28:10Z")
> [@AdanTheSomali](#): > > A permanent ban seems a harsh reaction to a minor offense **committed in ignorance of the rules.** Can a man not get a second chance here? Part of registering an account is an acknowledgement that you read the rules. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774/6 "2013-02-09T07:30:28Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Part of registering an account is an acknowledgement that you read the rules. Rules? We got rules 'round here?? I never knew. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774/7 "2013-02-09T07:30:44Z")
Send a note to the moderators. Tell them your story. You may get a second chance, you may not - we’ll see… ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774/8 "2013-02-09T07:33:27Z")
But ya gotta promise to play with us. As **zoid** said earlier, posting great swathes of text does not do anything to endear new posters to us old farts. You must engage! Or bring chocolate and goats, that works too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774/9 "2013-02-09T07:56:32Z")
Chocolate goats are acceptable, too. Goat chocolate is not acceptable, however. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774/10 "2013-02-09T08:05:59Z")
A link would be good. You had an existing user id, which you have certainly used before and are using in this thread, but it sounds like you created another one to post the information which got that user id banned. Is that right? Why didn’t you use the user id you’re using now in the thread that got “you” banned? It might have looked less like spam coming from an existing user rather than a brand new one. And if you still have this old user id, why do you care if the new one has been banned? I’ll second the motion to email the moderators and explain the situation. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774/11 "2013-02-09T08:14:47Z")
Very soon now you’ll never be able to post anything again for the rest of your life! ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774/12 "2013-02-09T09:56:53Z")
He seems honest. I say give him another chance. Mods?!.. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774/13 "2013-02-09T10:22:12Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > He seems honest. > I say give him another chance. > Mods?!.. Do you promise to feed him, and walk him and take him out for his wee-breaks? 😛 ---
**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:** [February 9, 2013, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774/14 "2013-02-09T10:57:23Z")
> [@Lord\_Mondegreen](#): > > A link would be good. Here you go: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=681161](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=681161) ---
**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:** [February 9, 2013, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774/15 "2013-02-09T11:03:48Z")
[QUOTE=unit] In most of these cases were are simply futile [/quote] Were always are simply futile. There’s no way for were to are anything else. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774/16 "2013-02-09T11:05:58Z")
> [@AdanTheSomali](#): > > A permanent ban seems a harsh reaction to a minor offense committed in ignorance of the rules. Can a man not get a second chance here? You can help yourself by being truthful. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774/17 "2013-02-09T11:36:18Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Do you promise to feed him, and walk him and take him out for his wee-breaks? > > 😛 But, whatever you do, never feed him after midnight. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774/18 "2013-02-09T13:29:14Z")
Unjustly Banned name. ---
**Author:** ![Uber\_the\_Goober](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/58956e/32.png) [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774/19 "2013-02-09T13:49:17Z")
I smell either troll feces, or schizophrenic brain droppings. Either way - it just isn’t going to work out. We need to see other people. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774/20 "2013-02-09T14:27:39Z")
At least the last fruitcake talked about boobs. Regards, Shodan [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774.md?page=2)