# In the matter of Ed's thread take down **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 24, 2014, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519 "2014-06-24T09:28:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [June 24, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519/41 "2014-06-24T16:36:13Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Also the incident that started the thread is still up on youtube and it was the first hit, for me, searching his name on youtube. > > I wonder why he would care so much, and threaten legal action, about a message board of this size but yet not youtube. Because Youtube/Google will squash him like a bug. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519/42 "2014-06-24T16:37:35Z")
Anyone know the statute of limitations for being a dick? ---
**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:** [June 24, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519/43 "2014-06-24T16:40:21Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Because Youtube/Google will squash him like a bug. Yeah, most bullies only use standover tactics on people they know will cave. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519/44 "2014-06-24T17:03:28Z")
Countdown until this thread is also vanished by the Zotti the Brave. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519/45 "2014-06-24T17:13:33Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > This decision is an embarrassment to the board, and should be a source of shame for those who made it. This really sums it up nicely. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519/46 "2014-06-24T17:20:27Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > First off, it was a minor incident from seven years ago. > > Second off, anyone who wants to get all huffy about hiding information or knuckling under or other types of weenieness can damn well come out from behind their usernames and post under their real names. Done and done. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519/47 "2014-06-24T17:29:29Z")
> [@MikeG](#): > > Done and done. I’m not sure if MikeG from Chicago is going to do anybody a whole lot of good anymore than Joey P from Milwaukee. Though, if you spend enough time combing through my posting history, I’m pretty sure you could track me down. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519/48 "2014-06-24T17:38:00Z")
I think the old adage applies: if you eavesdrop on others you’ll hear nothing good about yourself. The guy should have quit self-googling. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519/49 "2014-06-24T17:49:00Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Though, if you spend enough time combing through my posting history, I’m pretty sure you could track me down. Can you move a little bit to the left? You’re blocking my view of the tv. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519/50 "2014-06-24T17:54:39Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It probably has more to do with corporate lawyers and executive types who are the spineless weenies. I’m not understanding your statement. If Zotti is the one we are speaking to then Zotti is the only one we know who is making the decision. If there is something or someone else behind the decision, then there is a deficiency of honesty in his post on the matter. I think this is one of the most important issues ever encountered on the Dope. I believe that the shape of the world is as much determined by major wars or landmark legal decisions as it is by the outcome of little battles fought by little people to protect small rights. Some people would like a world dominated by fairness, reason and equality. Others want a world where might makes right - usually powerful people who have the means to to forcefully enforce their desires. I think this is a sad day. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519/51 "2014-06-24T18:07:44Z")
And now people are apparently mentioning on reddit that he’s suing this place, and mocking him for that. (According to a youtube clip of said incident at the Oscars) I say Redacted should learn that if he’s going to talk the talk, he needs to walk the walk. Grow some balls and own up to what you did. And um, I’ll sue the pants off of anyone who disagrees with me. Thanks. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519/52 "2014-06-24T18:16:30Z")
Frankly, Ed could have just deleted the thread and not said boo about it. Seven year old threads could go missing every once in a while and there’s no need to get all Nancy Grace shrill about it. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519/53 "2014-06-24T18:18:49Z")
I think all the anti-vax threads need to be deleted before Jenny McCarthy or whoever that woman that’s married to Jay Cutler threatens to sue the board. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519/54 "2014-06-24T18:24:03Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > Frankly, Ed could have just deleted the thread and not said boo about it. Seven year old threads could go missing every once in a while and there’s no need to get all Nancy Grace shrill about it. I hear these types of arguments but I never understand them. Saying it’s a seven year thread implies it does not matter. By that logic, if it does not matter to us then it should not matter to the person trying to remove it either, because, after all, its a seven year old thread. In this case there is also the fact that very recently, the poster, not Zotti was threatened with legal action, and a thread about that has also been suppressed. If you do not know the difference between this and Nancy grace shrill, I hope you are not a current voter. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519/55 "2014-06-24T18:24:45Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > ISTM that we take this message board a little too seriously sometimes. It’s just an internet forum, not the Supreme Court. I agree. What’s wrong with occasionally showing graciousness even to people who don’t necessarily deserve it? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519/56 "2014-06-24T18:29:18Z")
> [@Deeg](#): > > I agree. What’s wrong with occasionally showing graciousness even to people who don’t necessarily deserve it? Graciousness in the aftermath of legal threats is not the kind of graciousness I find noble. If he wants people to have a better opinion of him, he can come right in the pit and defend himself, apologize, explain his actions whatever. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519/57 "2014-06-24T18:43:22Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > Graciousness in the aftermath of legal threats is not the kind of graciousness I find noble. If he wants people to have a better opinion of him, he can come right in the pit and defend himself, apologize, explain his actions whatever. Who, Ed, or the guy filing suit? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519/58 "2014-06-24T18:43:37Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > Graciousness in the aftermath of legal threats is not the kind of graciousness I find noble. If he wants people to have a better opinion of him, he can come right in the pit and defend himself, apologize, explain his actions whatever. Yep. There have been posters that have been mocked/ridiculed/pointed at because of stupid shit they’ve said. Some of those posters have bounced back and shown themselves to be worthwhile individuals. Not naming names, we know who we are.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519/59 "2014-06-24T18:48:22Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Who, Ed, or the guy filing suit? Maybe both:D ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519/60 "2014-06-24T18:48:37Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > Graciousness in the aftermath of legal threats is not the kind of graciousness I find noble. If he wants people to have a better opinion of him, he can come right in the pit and defend himself, apologize, explain his actions whatever. I choose to take Ed’s explanation at face value and believe the deletion was not the result of a threatened lawsuit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-eds-thread-take-down/691519.md?page=4)