# Is jamiemcgarry violating the personal agenda rule? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 11, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jamiemcgarry-violating-the-personal-agenda-rule/588635 "2011-07-11T16:19:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jamiemcgarry-violating-the-personal-agenda-rule/588635/1 "2011-07-11T16:19:11Z")
From [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=423183:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=423183:) > [@](#): > > Do not post the same or similar messages or threads to multiple forums; multiple threads on the same topic; or an excessive number of threads on any topic within a limited period of time. > [@](#): > > The board is not intended to furnish you with a forum for promoting your personal agenda. We reserve the right to ask you to limit postings on a particular topic, or to refrain from posting on such topics altogether. A poster previously warned and banned for having a great majority of posts on a single topic: [Jack Dean Tyler](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php). JDT reached 267 posts before SDMB staff snipped him. [jamiemcgarry](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) is at 625 posts now; 21 posts per day, most dealing with being disabled. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jamiemcgarry-violating-the-personal-agenda-rule/588635/2 "2011-07-11T16:29:38Z")
Meh, he’s discussing what he knows, is interesting, and comments on a range of other topics. IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jamiemcgarry-violating-the-personal-agenda-rule/588635/3 "2011-07-11T16:33:32Z")
In my opinion, no, he isn’t. In **jamiemcgarry** ’s first two weeks or so, he did post almost exclusively about disability issues. He’s now getting into conversations and starting threads about other topics. **Jack Dean Tyler** came and went before my time here, but I’d argue there is a difference between posting obsessively about one thing, as JDT did in re: circumcision, and posting about a variety of related issues, as **jamiemcgarry** has with subjects related to disabilities. It’s something he’s interested in for obvious reasons. He’s started 25 threads and I would say about a third of them are related to disability issues. It looks like more because some of them, especially the one about airplanes and the one about parking spots, were so long. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jamiemcgarry-violating-the-personal-agenda-rule/588635/4 "2011-07-11T20:01:27Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > A poster previously warned and banned for having a great majority of posts on a single topic: [Jack Dean Tyler](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php). JDT reached 267 posts before SDMB staff snipped him. I was around when **JDT** was active, and I think the comparison is both incorrect and very unfair. **JDT** wasn’t banned so much for being a one-trick-pony but for trolling and being thoroughly obnoxious about his pet subject. He was in an entirely different league from **jamiemcgarry**. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jamiemcgarry-violating-the-personal-agenda-rule/588635/5 "2011-07-11T20:27:28Z")
I’m grateful to Jack for bringing the entertaining phrase “Tug-A-Hoy” to my attention. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jamiemcgarry-violating-the-personal-agenda-rule/588635/6 "2011-07-11T21:04:13Z")
I don’t agree with him on all matters regarding disability (as is probably evident from my postings in his threads) and he is a little “emphatic” at times :D, but I wouldn’t fault his board postings in general; they are interesting and a lot more sensible than a lot of postings on the SDMB ( **NOT** referring to the OP). There’s a rule about personal agendas? Gee - I guess maybe I’ll have to break down and read the rules some day. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jamiemcgarry-violating-the-personal-agenda-rule/588635/7 "2011-07-11T21:16:52Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > There’s a rule about personal agendas? Gee - I guess maybe I’ll have to break down and read the rules some day. From the Registration Agreement: > [@](#): > > Do not post the same or similar messages or threads to multiple forums; multiple threads on the same topic; or an excessive number of threads on any topic within a limited period of time. > [@](#): > > The board is not intended to furnish you with a forum for promoting your personal agenda. We reserve the right to ask you to limit postings on a particular topic, or to refrain from posting on such topics altogether. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jamiemcgarry-violating-the-personal-agenda-rule/588635/8 "2011-07-11T21:18:42Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > There’s a rule about personal agendas? Gee - I guess maybe I’ll have to break down and read the rules some day. From the Registration Agreement. > [@](#): > > The board is not intended to furnish you with a forum for promoting your personal agenda. We reserve the right to ask you to limit postings on a particular topic, or to refrain from posting on such topics altogether. **JDT** was a rather special case. You could start a thread asking about a car problem and he’d find some way to scream about circumcision. ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jamiemcgarry-violating-the-personal-agenda-rule/588635/9 "2011-07-11T21:25:23Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > **J** You could start a thread asking about a car problem and he’d find some way to scream about circumcision. You mean they needed to change their Mohel filter? :o ---
**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:** [July 11, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jamiemcgarry-violating-the-personal-agenda-rule/588635/10 "2011-07-11T21:27:40Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > You mean they needed to change their Mohel filter? :o _smacks **Crazyhorse** with a gefilte fish_ ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jamiemcgarry-violating-the-personal-agenda-rule/588635/11 "2011-07-11T21:57:37Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > From the Registration Agreement: Yes, I saw the OP. I wasn’t questioning the existence of the clause in the agreement, just expressing surprise (and trying to be somewhat facetious - I guess that didn’t work). ---
**Author:** ![I\_Know\_Nothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f04885/32.png) [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jamiemcgarry-violating-the-personal-agenda-rule/588635/12 "2011-07-11T23:15:43Z")
I don’t think he’s anywhere close. His disability related threads were pretty varied. I found them interesting. Many others did also judging by the length. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jamiemcgarry-violating-the-personal-agenda-rule/588635/13 "2011-07-11T23:37:50Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > Yes, I saw the OP. I wasn’t questioning the existence of the clause in the agreement, just expressing surprise (and trying to be somewhat facetious - I guess that didn’t work). I got it. It makes me wonder if the mods are contractually required to answer all questions about the rules. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jamiemcgarry-violating-the-personal-agenda-rule/588635/14 "2011-07-11T23:48:30Z")
I recently heard about a comic out there called “Foreskin Man” (yes, seriously). I’m wondering if it was created by **JDT**. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jamiemcgarry-violating-the-personal-agenda-rule/588635/15 "2011-07-12T02:12:17Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > Yes, I saw the OP. I wasn’t questioning the existence of the clause in the agreement, just expressing surprise (and trying to be somewhat facetious - I guess that didn’t work). As a person who is functionally equivalent to a mod on a different board, I tend to overexplain in response to posts like yours. I get the facetiousness, but I if one person is admitting to surprise, there may be ten or fifteen who are now curious just what the rules say. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jamiemcgarry-violating-the-personal-agenda-rule/588635/16 "2011-07-12T03:15:41Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > Yes, I saw the OP. I wasn’t questioning the existence of the clause in the agreement, just expressing surprise (and trying to be somewhat facetious - I guess that didn’t work). Sorry, I didn’t go back and look at the OP before I replied. I didn’t realize you were kidding around. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jamiemcgarry-violating-the-personal-agenda-rule/588635/17 "2011-07-12T14:56:22Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > **JDT** was a rather special case. You could start a thread asking about a car problem and he’d find some way to scream about circumcision. I’m glad I didn’t read _that_ thread. Anyway that’s a better (fictional) example of the kind of thing we’re trying to prevent with the personal agenda rule. Everybody has interests. We just don’t want obnoxious people to use every thread to discuss their interests or promote their agenda. Ideally we want posters to have a give and with the SDMB community rather than treating them as a captive audience for their screeds. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jamiemcgarry-violating-the-personal-agenda-rule/588635/18 "2011-07-12T15:10:48Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I recently heard about a comic out there called “Foreskin Man” (yes, seriously). I’m wondering if it was created by **JDT**. Maybe he and Pigman go around annoying Muslims and Jews. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jamiemcgarry-violating-the-personal-agenda-rule/588635/19 "2011-07-12T15:22:26Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > [Jack Dean Tyler](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php). JDT reached 267 posts before SDMB staff snipped him. I just wanted to applaud this. Ah ha ha ha. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jamiemcgarry-violating-the-personal-agenda-rule/588635/20 "2011-07-12T16:20:18Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > You mean they needed to change their Mohel filter? :o It wasw his tendency to make mountains out of Mohel hills. 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jamiemcgarry-violating-the-personal-agenda-rule/588635.md?page=2)