# Might as well try to nip this in the bud (Paterno thread references)

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**Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-as-well-try-to-nip-this-in-the-bud-paterno-thread-references/635312/4 "2012-09-20T20:53:43Z")

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> [@Starving\_Artist](#):
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> I submit that the person doing the hijacking is the person who brings it up in the first place.

Fair enough. You’re being asking for permission to _continue_ a hijack (one off-topic post does not always do the job of hijacking a thread), and the answer is no. Report the posts and in most cases I would expect a mod to step in.

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> Why is my attempt to set the record straight a hijack but their random off-topic insult which was made first is not?

[In this case that post _was_ moderated.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15510512#post15510512)

> [@The Romney Tapes - thoughts as to how they'll affect the election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-romney-tapes-thoughts-as-to-how-theyll-affect-the-election/635007/411):
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> You can post like this in the Pit, but not here. Stick to the topic at hand and don’t insult other posters.

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