# Marley, if you can't moderately honestly, then recuse yourself. Or: Respect Mahlay's Authoritay! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 19, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley-if-you-cant-moderately-honestly-then-recuse-yourself-or-respect-mahlays-authoritay/593260 "2011-08-19T01:46:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley-if-you-cant-moderately-honestly-then-recuse-yourself-or-respect-mahlays-authoritay/593260/4 "2011-08-19T03:42:08Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > Quote anywhere, at all, where I said in the thread that I refused to reduce my snarkiness. Anywhere. One single post. Can you do it? > Of course not, and you know it. > > … > > You told me not to be rude. I never once disputed that instruction in the thread, not once. What about post #61: > [@Do the new tobacco warnings violate 1st Amendment rights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-new-tobacco-warnings-violate-1st-amendment-rights/593003/62): > > What are you even talking about? My “comments” about other posters? You mean, where I’ve posted their own words claiming I’ve said things that I haven’t? Where I’ve posted their own words claiming I haven’t said things that I have? Where I’ve posted my own words, right next to their own words, where I’ve quoted the things I’ve said that they claim I haven’t? > > That’s _rude_? > On what planet? From what I understand, the legitimacy of your questions isn’t in dispute at hand–it’s that you posted the comments in the wrong forum. ISTM that (in general) there are are at least three classes of posts that are note-able or warning-able based on location: personal insults outside the pit, political pot-shots in GQ, and discussions of mod actions outside ATMB. Note that the _intent_ of the post isn’t necessarily relevant–the insult may be justified, the pot-shot may be funny, and the grieved mod action may be warranted. But that’s beside the point; the tangential (or even somewhta relevant) questioning or commentary, per SDMB Mod Rules/Policy, _must_ be severed from the thread and put in ATMB. This, of course, is only my interpretation of the situation. To further complicate it, there seem to be three issues at play. First, whether or not you were being rude, second, whether or not Bricker’s summary of your posts were accurate, and three, whether your further discussion were arguing with Mod instructions/actions. ISTM that the gist of the Marley’s statements focused on alleged rudeness and arguing the point; the accuracy of Bricker’s statement appeared tangential. That is, disputing \*that \*doesn’t seem to rise to the level of arguing with mod instructions. **Marley** : Had another poster independently chimed in with a different viewpoint or disputed Bricker’s assessment, would they have gotten a warning as well? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley-if-you-cant-moderately-honestly-then-recuse-yourself-or-respect-mahlays-authoritay/593260)._