# Idle Thought, with (absolutely no) respect, your decision is ridiculous.

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**Created:** [November 13, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thought-with-absolutely-no-respect-your-decision-is-ridiculous/737430 "2015-11-13T00:24:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thought-with-absolutely-no-respect-your-decision-is-ridiculous/737430/27 "2015-11-13T01:34:36Z")

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> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#):
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> I don’t know why you keep bringing this up, I wasn’t telling you that you were forbidden to continue posting in that thread. I didn’t tell you “stop posting in this thread” or “stop replying to dale in this thread” (which mods do have the right to do, by the way…it’s been done many times and I personally have done it a few times)…
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> …my note was only saying “don’t insult dale in this thread or call him names” and to take it to the Pit if you want to use insulting terms.

Huh?

If you’re parsing my response to suggest that i was definitely going to ignore your instructions, isn’t it also reasonable for me to parse your instructions as saying that i was not to respond to dale at all again that that thread?

Here’s what you said:

> [@Missouri football players threaten to strike? An exercise in pure stupidity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-football-players-threaten-to-strike-an-exercise-in-pure-stupidity/737039/150):
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> In fact, if you feel you have to say pretty much anything to dale, you’re probably better off doing it in the Pit since you can’t seem to help speaking insulting to him in here.

It’s worth noting, given the number of people who have jumped in to defend the idea of restricting my participation in that thread, that i was not the only one who parsed your instructions in this way.

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