# If you post inaccurate info in GQ, can there be a policy that we cut off a finger? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 16, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-post-inaccurate-info-in-gq-can-there-be-a-policy-that-we-cut-off-a-finger/182204 "2003-06-16T13:11:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-post-inaccurate-info-in-gq-can-there-be-a-policy-that-we-cut-off-a-finger/182204/41 "2003-06-17T13:15:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PunditLisa \* > \*\*We need more information here. \*\* I think that was the OP’s point… 😃 ---
**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:** [June 17, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-post-inaccurate-info-in-gq-can-there-be-a-policy-that-we-cut-off-a-finger/182204/42 "2003-06-17T13:53:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PunditLisa \* > \*\* Will you save the finger in a cooler in the unlikely event that the poster wins an appeal by producing a link which supports his dumbass statement? > \*\* This is going to be the heart (maybe 100 wrong answers and you get your heart cut out?) of the problem. Thanks to the miracle of the internet any fool can and does make a page to support their little fantasy world. There can be cites made to show that the moon landing was faked and aliens are in positions of power in world governments. My question would be who will be the arbiter of what is right and what is wrong? This assumes that Cecil can’t verify the content of every post. Also, will this policy be retroactive? If so, there is a user who may have to change their screen name to **Stumpy**. [sub]Remember to take the gauntlets off my suit of armour, just in case.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-post-inaccurate-info-in-gq-can-there-be-a-policy-that-we-cut-off-a-finger/182204/43 "2003-06-17T15:00:40Z")
Scoff all you want, but my right to post inaccurate information is guaranteed by the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. ---
**Author:** ![refusal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@refusal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/refusal)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-post-inaccurate-info-in-gq-can-there-be-a-policy-that-we-cut-off-a-finger/182204/44 "2003-06-17T16:00:57Z")
If it’s an important question, you’ll find out the truth soon enough when you die/are arrested/give birth to mutant piglet-things, and if it’s not important then who cares whether it’s right or wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-post-inaccurate-info-in-gq-can-there-be-a-policy-that-we-cut-off-a-finger/182204/45 "2003-06-17T17:28:20Z")
All of you touting a user-voting/karma type system to weight a post’s (and poster’s) value: please spend half an hour over at [Slashdot](http://slashdot.org). If you still think it a good idea afterwards, THEN we can talk. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-post-inaccurate-info-in-gq-can-there-be-a-policy-that-we-cut-off-a-finger/182204/46 "2003-06-17T17:41:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bricker \* > \*\*I’m just asking. It would really make me happy. > > I would even donate one of my cigar cutters for the function. \*\* Lemmie get this straight, **Bricker**. You want us to cut off a finger when we fail? You got tattoos on yer ass, Yakuza-boy? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-post-inaccurate-info-in-gq-can-there-be-a-policy-that-we-cut-off-a-finger/182204/47 "2003-06-17T17:48:55Z")
Actually, if you’ll check the record, **Dewey** , you’ll see that my first instinct was for a user mutiliation system, rather than a rating system. I’m ambivalent as to the merits of the latter but still enthusiastic about the former. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-post-inaccurate-info-in-gq-can-there-be-a-policy-that-we-cut-off-a-finger/182204/48 "2003-06-17T18:29:03Z")
Oh man, you just made me spray blood all over my keyboard! ---
**Author:** ![Humble\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/47e85d/32.png) [@Humble\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humble_Servant)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-post-inaccurate-info-in-gq-can-there-be-a-policy-that-we-cut-off-a-finger/182204/49 "2003-06-17T18:42:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by adam yax \* > **If so, there is a user who may have to change their screen name to Stumpy.** We could all chip in and buy him some TORRANCE #6 stainless steel… [sub]Nevermind. I apologize.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-post-inaccurate-info-in-gq-can-there-be-a-policy-that-we-cut-off-a-finger/182204/50 "2003-06-17T18:52:12Z")
Actually, had **Bricker** ’s policy been in place from the beginning, he would not have had to change his username: he would have disappeared long ago with a post count of 20 (assuming he can get his feet to the keyboard). ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-post-inaccurate-info-in-gq-can-there-be-a-policy-that-we-cut-off-a-finger/182204/51 "2003-06-17T19:32:47Z")
“he” is not referring to **Bricker** , may I assume? ( certainly a _handy_ way of accomplishing things) ---
**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:** [June 18, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-post-inaccurate-info-in-gq-can-there-be-a-policy-that-we-cut-off-a-finger/182204/52 "2003-06-18T04:34:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wring \* > \*\*“he” is not referring to **Bricker** , may I assume? > > ( certainly a _handy_ way of accomplishing things) \*\* I’d be tapping my finger to my nose if I had any left. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-post-inaccurate-info-in-gq-can-there-be-a-policy-that-we-cut-off-a-finger/182204/53 "2003-06-18T15:01:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by adam yax \* > \*\*I’d be tapping my finger to my nose if I had any left. \*\* What, they left you with a nose?! After losing my nose, toes and fingers, I’ve been forced to use Dragon Naturally Speaking; now I’m wondering what they’ll cut off next. 'Cause, if I’m not actually touching the 'puter anymore, what happens? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-post-inaccurate-info-in-gq-can-there-be-a-policy-that-we-cut-off-a-finger/182204.md?page=2)