# Is there a Cecil Adams?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-cecil-adams/605322>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 7, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-cecil-adams/605322 "2011-12-07T00:22:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-cecil-adams/605322/81 "2011-12-09T17:07:46Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> Nah. Since it’s clear that the post is a deliberate experiment, it doesn’t qualify as an intentional personal insult. So no particular conclusion should be drawn.

So, if I want to insult someone on the SDMB, I should just preface the insult with “This is an experiment”?

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**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:** [December 9, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-cecil-adams/605322/82 "2011-12-09T17:15:19Z")

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> [@Giles](#):
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> So, if I want to insult someone on the SDMB, I should just preface the insult with “This is an experiment”?

No. The intent is what matters.

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**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-cecil-adams/605322/83 "2011-12-12T07:06:32Z")

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I’ve never believed in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny or the Great Pumpkin. But I always thought Cecil was real. This thread is making me question all my beliefs.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-cecil-adams/605322/84 "2011-12-18T01:58:44Z")

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[QUOTE=Peter Morris]  
Dexter raised a finger to the man in the white coat. Evidently the thread was at an end. A needle jerked into Winston’s arm. He sank almost instantly into deep sleep.  
[/QUOTE]  
I’m seeing this way way later, but I deny any connection between this so-called “Dexter” and myself.

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