# Locking Hitler's Alternate Universe **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 1, 2013, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-hitlers-alternate-universe/670078 "2013-10-01T10:45:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-hitlers-alternate-universe/670078/1 "2013-10-01T10:45:31Z")
As the OP of [Hitler's Alternate Universe - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=701952) I understand why Gack was banned but I am at a loss as to why the thread was locked. Yes, my original “thesis” was pretty lame and uniformed, but over time, it transformed itself into lively exchange of ideas that I was finding illuminating. I’d like you to reopen the thread. A side issue. Trolls are trolls because intelligent? people react to them. If the informed here merely recognized an asshole for what he is and ignored him, the mods could retire the SWAT team and get back to directing traffic. Thanks for listening, John Aloha ETA mods please correct the typo in the title :o ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-hitlers-alternate-universe/670078/2 "2013-10-01T11:00:20Z")
I closed the thread because I thought the conversation was going to be over without **Gack**. If you’re interested in discussing the topic some more I don’t mind reopening it. That’s done. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2013, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-hitlers-alternate-universe/670078/3 "2013-10-01T11:33:46Z")
And thus Marley23 went down in history as the man who allowed Hitler’s Alternate Universe to thrive. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-hitlers-alternate-universe/670078/4 "2013-10-01T12:05:09Z")
We would expect nothing less of someone who started his career as administrator by banning the entire board. ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-hitlers-alternate-universe/670078/5 "2013-10-01T12:22:52Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I closed the thread because I thought the conversation was going to be over without **Gack**. If you’re interested in discussing the topic some more I don’t mind reopening it. That’s done. Thanks. Aloha ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-hitlers-alternate-universe/670078/6 "2013-10-01T12:42:13Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > And thus Marley23 went down in history as the man who allowed Hitler’s Alternate Universe to thrive. This Fall on Syfy: “They Saved Hitler’s Thread.” ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-hitlers-alternate-universe/670078/7 "2013-10-01T23:30:20Z")
Dammit, Marley. You get all the great nicknames.