# Mehitabel, I am married. Start stalking someone else.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 6, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371 "2004-11-06T18:39:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aldebaran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Aldebaran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aldebaran)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371/81 "2004-11-08T17:33:52Z")

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> [@El\_Kabong](#):
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> b) **Mehitabel** has never claimed she knows your nationality or exactly where you are located, and I think everyone here understands that she was speculating on this, not stating it as fact.

If someone writes constantly about someone as if knowing where that someone lives and does this for 17 months, it creates just the same effect to readers of such posts as if the poster makes a claim to know where someone lives.

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> There has been no damage to your credibility, IMO, from this speculation.

It has caused very often people claiming that “I can not know what I talk about” because… “I do not live where I say I live” because “it is known” that I am “Belgian”. The only one who spread this is Mehitabel.

It is should come across as weird though that this part of her lies sticks more to the memory then the posts whre she invents that I am Saudi.  
Yet in fact it is not weird because that is so handy when it comes to dismiss posts I make with knowledge about my region that needs to be dismissed by people who go through life with precondioned prejudice and don’t want someone to open their eyes.eirdoes not sound

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You yourself, in this very thread, have stated that the Mods do not consider **Mehitabel** ’s speculations to have violated the rules, so you are unlikley to convince anyone here that a rules violation has indeed taken place, no matter how many repetitive posts you choose to make.

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There came also no reply to my mails after Lynn Bodoni popped up in a thread to help poor Mehitabel with her obsessive search for my location by posting what she perceived as the location the IP I used at that moment.  
That was then obviously also not a violation of the rules.  
It seems however that on afterthought is indeed was a violation of the rules.  
Salaam. A

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**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371/82 "2004-11-08T17:36:20Z")

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> [@Aldebaran](#):
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> Gorfot:  
> STALKING is for me not related to “heaving a romantic interest” at all, and most certainly not when posting on an anonymous message board (which should already be a clear indication that no “romantic situation” could ever be involved, is n’t it? Or do you have Live Cyber Kisses and Live Cyber Sex these days? )
> 
> It is a reference to someone who follows you around bothering you, harassing you, being rude and intrusive and who is so obsessive about it that it is impossible for that person to stop the behaviour.

Then why even mention that you’re married in the OP? At least stand by your insinuations.

This thread is a perfect indicator of **debbie’s** hypocricy- he complains that others don’t use the “ignore” function but doesn’t use it himself. He constantly harps on the US but never mentions his country of origin as it would undercut his arguments. If you make a post that discredits his argument, chances are he’ll ignore it. Or try to weasel out of it as in the example above.

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**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371/83 "2004-11-08T17:40:18Z")

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> [@Rysler](#):
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> Also, it’s pretty apparent that any location information he gives is used to discredit his arguments. **Mehitabel** has gotten dirty and personal _even in this thread where she was begged to stop_. (Classy, by the way). **Alde** ’s assumption that more information would lead to more harassment seems valid. Everything he says is already used against him.

Just my opinion, but I enjoy Aldebaran’s posts here, and it seems to me that the ‘Don’t be a jerk’ rule is not applied fairly when it comes to those who stalk or insult him on this MB. Why is the question of his location brought up over and over again anyway by Mehitabel … does it really matter where in the ME he is located? I appreciate that we have members in the ME who can provide a different POV about what happens there.

I think that the mods. could easily put an end to this interminable speculation about Aldebaran if they really wanted to.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371/84 "2004-11-08T17:41:30Z")

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> [@Mojo](#):
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> **debbie’s**

“ **Debbie**!” Ha! 😃

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371/85 "2004-11-08T17:47:57Z")

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> [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](#):
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> Why is the question of his location brought up over and over again anyway by Mehitabel…?

I believe the answer to that can be found in **Mojo** ’s post.

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**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371/86 "2004-11-08T17:57:23Z")

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> [@Aldebaran](#):
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> 1. Thread Title:
> 
> Learn how to read sarcasm where it is used. I’m not some immature teenager who thinks some unknown immature woman an a message board has what you call “a crush” on him. The fact that some posters here even come up with this shows only how immature they reason themselves.  
> Salaam. A

Give me a frikken break. If this were the case there was no reason to use the “married” qualifier in your thread title. I don’t really know either you or the target of your rant, but reading many of the threads you have referred us to it appears to me that any fantasy regarding you and **Mehitabel** has been conjured up in your head.

Curiosity about other posters in inevitable. How else would it be fun to sit and write to people you may never meet? Most of us share some bits of information about ourselves and find it even more curious when someone does not. Why you have focused, what appears to be anger toward this curiosity from scores of posters, on **Mehitabel**? You will have to figure that out. The answer does not appear to be in the many threads you cite. I think it may be in your head.

Good luck.

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**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371/87 "2004-11-08T18:00:29Z")

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> [@Lute Skywatcher](#):
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> “ **Debbie**!” Ha! 😃

Wasn’t there a little flick called _“Debbie Does Dallas”?_

Maybe he is from Dallas.

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**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371/88 "2004-11-08T18:46:05Z")

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[quiote]_Grey said_  
Let’s see here…

Aldebaran is a pompous ass with delusion of organized thought and a persecution complex large enough to house Bush’s imagined WMD.  
Mehitabel is unable to resist skewering the dim wit.

I’m calling a draw but giving Mehitabel bonus points since I understand the chronic condition she struggles with.  
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Guess I’d basically agree except I’d take points off **Mehitabel** for being a shithead just for the kicks. YMMV.

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**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371/89 "2004-11-08T19:31:35Z")

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Well I can understand the enjoyment from skewering our black sheep eminence so I’m a bit more lenient.

Still I’d rather she not make any agreement with **Aldebaran** , he’s simply not worth it. There are plenty of other people on this board able to wail on his arguments like candy crazed kids in a piñata factory when he drags out his normal inductive fallacies.

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**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371/90 "2004-11-08T19:34:08Z")

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> [@Aldebaran](#):
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> You posted a thread on a message board for all to see, and in that thread title you strongly implied, sarcastically or not, that Mehitabel had romantic feelings towards you.
> 
> Read my loast post here and you know you are inventing what is not there…

I am not inventing your repeated claims that she wants to marry you, or that she is fantasizing about you. You wrote that. It’s pretty obnoxious. If you really want someone to stop talking to you, just tell them to stop talking to you, then IGNORE them. Don’t taunt them and mock them, because that’s just continuing the fight. Is she supposed to just sit there and let you accuse her of fantasizing about you? I don’t think you would if the shoe were on the other foot.

> [@](#):
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> I don’t think it’s very fair of you to be calling me immature for pointing out the absurdity of your characterization of Mehitabel as someone who’s stalking you out of romantic interest.
> 
> Read my posts here and you know why I find your prematurely jumping to conclusions that are not even remotely intended rather immature.

You didn’t just intend to imply that Mehitabel has a romantic obsession with you-- you flat-out said it. I know you didn’t mean it seriously, but it is a taunt and that is NOT the way to get someone to leave you alone. If you want to get rid of her, ignore her, don’t hurt insults at her in the Pit. That’s just simple logic.

> [@](#):
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> So sorry to reming you, but it is you who called me “immature”.

I can’t help but call a spade a spade. Why, do you think you’re behaving in a rational, adult way and are trying to constructively remedy the situation with Mehitabel? It’s pretty clear that you’re not.

> [@](#):
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> So you think it is my responsibility that Mehitabel has some strange obsession to follow me around with immature, obsessive posts spreading willfully and knowingly confusion and false information about me? And this since about 17 months non-stop?

Hyperbolic much? When I want someone to get out of my life, I avoid them like the plague and refuse to engage them even when they bait me. You are not doing this-- you are continuing the brawl by opening threads like this when the solution is NOT TO TALK TO HER. Got it?

> [@](#):
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> The sad fact is that I repeatedly asked her to - as you called it - “knock it off”. Hell, I’m even making a thread on thisd foum to ask her to “knock it off”.  
> Do you see any intention coming from her side to “knock it off” in the posts she made here?

You didn’t open a thread asking her to knock it off. You opened a thread telling her to stop stalking you because you are married. Not the same thing. This thread is not an attempt to get Mehitabel to cease and desist-- it’s a thread where you take potshots at her but get angry when she shoots back, and get angry when other posters enter the thread to tell you that you’re going about this the entirely wrong way.

> [@](#):
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> Or do you think I have some sort of obligation to post to an immature poster on a message board:

News flash: when you start a thread with the person’s name in the thread title, YOU ARE POSTING TO THAT PERSON, which is exactly what you’re asking her NOT TO DO to you. Why not take your own advice? Stop addressing her and acknowledging her, rather than opening a new thread in which to fight?

IGNORE HER and she’ll go away. Or if she doesn’t, you won’t know about it anyway. Resist the temptation to reply to her. Be the bigger man.

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**Author:** ![GillianBoardman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@GillianBoardman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GillianBoardman)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371/91 "2004-11-08T21:46:36Z")

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> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> As an alternative to this Celebrity Pit Death Match, how about an _ **Alde and Mehitabel** _ comic strip?
> 
> Opening strip: _ **Alde** _, waving his arms wildly as he fulminates about American perfidy, trips over his robes, spilling out dozens of passports to various countries.
> 
> Trailing him at a discreet distance and scooping up the fallen passports for clues to his nation of residence is _ **Mehitabel** _ (who looks uncannily like Jack Chick’s “Lil’ Suzy”).
> 
> The permutations are endless.

There already was a comic strip **mehitabel**. She was a cat who was obsessed with a mouse, (or was he a rat?) and as soon as I saw the OP I thought of that strip. So perhaps that is the influence on **aldebaran** ’s style. I don’t have any problems with anybody knowing where I post from, but it seems to me that nobody on these boards should ever, for any reason, be “outed” concerning anything. I don’t get into the politcal threads, (I already know that nobody’s listening to me), so I’m not following the individual stories. It would seem to me that if **aldebaran** is saying things you don’t want to hear, you could ignore him. With or without a button. It’s not possible to “know” the truth about anyone on this board anyway, we could all be lying our asses off every minute of every day. I’m not saying anybody is, just that it is the nature of the beast, so why on earth would you get all worked up about a posters supposed place of origin. Besides, he could have grown up in Lakewood, OH and had a very anti-western upbringing, or in the Mid-East with a pro-western upbringing. Or anywhere in between, geographically, and philosophically. Global village and all, y’know. If he’s claiming to be in the know about something due to his origin and ethnicity, well you’ll just have to weigh what he says just like every other yahoo on this board. You know there are people who manage to fool others IRL about complicated professions, so why would you think you could take as gospel anything anyone says here? Why have a hard on for any one poster. We are all hiding details, because it’s the smart thing to do. Some of us may be hiding more than others. Get over it. You have a cite to disprove a specific claim that doesn’t involve “outing” a poster, use it. Otherwise, leave it alone.

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**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371/92 "2004-11-08T22:14:09Z")

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Whoops! Quick correction here:

I am named after [Mehitabel](http://www.donmarquis.com/archy/), a character created by poet/reporter Don Marquis for the NEW YORK SUN ca. 1916. She’s a free-spirited alley cat who’s a pal to Archy, the formerly-human cockroach poet who used a manual typewriter but was unable to capitalize or use punctuation (to his great chagrin). [Here’s](http://www.donmarquis.com/readingroom/archybooks/song.html) [some](http://www.donmarquis.com/readingroom/archybooks/cleopatra.html) [Mehitabel](http://www.donmarquis.com/readingroom/archybooks/past.html) [poems.](http://www.donmarquis.com/readingroom/archybooks/kittens.html)

Now, [Krazy Kat](http://www.krazy.com/coconino.htm) was the cat of indeterminate gender who was hopelessly in love with Ignatz the Mouse, who responded by throwing bricks at his head. Your confusion might arise from the fact that both the column and the cartoon were illustrated by [George Herriman,](http://www.krazy.com/archy.htm) and frankly Mehitabel looked just like Krazy except with longer eyelashes.

Both the Archy and Krazy Kat oeuvre are great examples of early 20th-century surrealism and, with a few updates, Archy’s observations would be perfectly valid today:

> [@](#):
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> just as soon as the  
> uplifters get  
> a country reformed it  
> slips into a nose dive

That said, I don’t think our friend of indeterminate nationality was influenced by either of these critters. 😃

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**Author:** ![GillianBoardman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@GillianBoardman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GillianBoardman)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371/93 "2004-11-08T22:38:21Z")

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> [@Mehitabel](#):
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> Whoops! Quick correction here:
> 
> I am named after [Mehitabel](http://www.donmarquis.com/archy/), a character created by poet/reporter Don Marquis for the NEW YORK SUN ca. 1916. She’s a free-spirited alley cat who’s a pal to Archy, the formerly-human cockroach poet who used a manual typewriter but was unable to capitalize or use punctuation (to his great chagrin). [Here’s](http://www.donmarquis.com/readingroom/archybooks/song.html) [some](http://www.donmarquis.com/readingroom/archybooks/cleopatra.html) [Mehitabel](http://www.donmarquis.com/readingroom/archybooks/past.html) [poems.](http://www.donmarquis.com/readingroom/archybooks/kittens.html)
> 
> Now, [Krazy Kat](http://www.krazy.com/coconino.htm) was the cat of indeterminate gender who was hopelessly in love with Ignatz the Mouse, who responded by throwing bricks at his head. Your confusion might arise from the fact that both the column and the cartoon were illustrated by [George Herriman,](http://www.krazy.com/archy.htm) and frankly Mehitabel looked just like Krazy except with longer eyelashes.
> 
> Both the Archy and Krazy Kat oeuvre are great examples of early 20th-century surrealism and, with a few updates, Archy’s observations would be perfectly valid today:
> 
> That said, I don’t think our friend of indeterminate nationality was influenced by either of these critters. 😃

Sorry, my only reference to either of these strips was a book I had years ago about cats, in the chapter on “cats in literature”. I clearly did get them mixed up. oh, well, another perfectly good theory trounced just because it’s wrong. Why on earth do I keep coming here, LOL? :smack:

And what with syndication and all, I wouldn’t be so sure of that, except of course, for the fact that I got it wrong! Again. :smack: :smack:

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371/94 "2004-11-08T22:47:46Z")

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I hasten to add that my _ **Alde and Mehitabel** _™ comic strip idea, while inspired in part by various of the cartoon characters previously described, is not intended to portray any real people, living or dead, including any non-Belgians who may or may not actually be a counterman at a doughnut shop in Paterson, New Jersey.

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**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371/95 "2004-11-08T22:55:48Z")

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_suppressing cockroach jokes…suppressing cockroach jokes…sputter…_

Damn you, wee **Jackmanni!**

😃

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**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371/96 "2004-11-08T23:01:43Z")

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> [@](#):
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> I hasten to add that my Alde and Mehitabel™ comic strip idea, while inspired in part by various of the cartoon characters previously described, is not intended to portray any real people, living or dead, including any non-Belgians who may or may not actually be a counterman at a doughnut shop in Paterson, New Jersey.

Liar. You have clearly violated board rules with your lunatical (my favorite Alde-ism) insistence that he is not a Belgian, when everyone knows he is actually a non-Saudi who may or may not perform oil changes at a Pep Boys outlet in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

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**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371/97 "2004-11-08T23:16:04Z")

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> [@Aldebaran](#):
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> It is should come across as weird though that this part of her lies sticks more to the memory then the posts whre she invents that I am Saudi.  
> Yet in fact it is not weird because that is so handy when it comes to dismiss posts I make with knowledge about my region that needs to be dismissed by people who go through life with precondioned prejudice and don’t want someone to open their eyes.eirdoes not sound

I think we’re all just very curious to know where this place that you live is, as the culture and political system there is apparently so very much better that you can continually harp on ours from a position of vast superiority. Obviously it must be a veritable paradise on Earth.

Or to phrase it less obliquely – if someone continually posts about the myriad deficiencies of Western Culture, but refuses to say where he is from, that person appears to be protecting himself from any effectual counter-criticism.  
And if it’s simply fear of his own government or his own people that keeps Aldebaran from revealing his country of origin, then what right does he have to critique our system for its failings?

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**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371/98 "2004-11-08T23:31:41Z")

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> [@Lute Skywatcher](#):
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> I believe the answer to that can be found in **Mojo** ’s post.

I don’t think the answer to my question can be found in Mojo’s post - Mojo changes Aldebaran’s posting name, [something that other posters have complained about with success] and makes a few snide comments - but that’s hardly an answer.

There also doesn’t seem to be an answer on my other point - why do people that attack Aldebaran for not revealing his location seem to get a free pass on the ‘don’t be a jerk’ rule? I thought that this was supposed to be the primary rule on SDMB.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371/99 "2004-11-08T23:40:38Z")

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> [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](#):
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> I don’t think the answer to my question can be found in Mojo’s post - Mojo changes Aldebaran’s posting name, [something that other posters have complained about with success] and makes a few snide comments - but that’s hardly an answer.

Okay, then look in the post from **Finagle** directly preceding yours.

> [@](#):
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> _There also doesn’t seem to be an answer on my other point - why do people that attack Aldebaran for not revealing his location seem to get a free pass on the ‘don’t be a jerk’ rule? I thought that this was supposed to be the primary rule on SDMB._

Two things: the admins evidently decided it’s not a violation and **Aldebaran** has difficulty playing by the rules himself.

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**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371/100 "2004-11-09T00:13:58Z")

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Aside from my calling him “ **debbie** ” (and it’s a lot easier to type than **Aldebaran** , just as “USer” is easier to type than “American”) I don’t think any part of my post was snide. I thought that by this point that it’s common knowledge that he doesn’t post his current location as it would completely undercut his points. He simultaneously wants to claim that **Mehitabel** has a crush on him and then deny that he claimed such a thing (clue: read the title of the thread and try to tell me otherwise). I understand that English isn’t his primary language but that only goes so far- “Bad-faith debater” pretty much sums it up. And IMHO, being a bad-faith debater is being a jerk.

[sub]If you want snide, then his post is my shite.[/sub]

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