# milroyj is banned **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 13, 2005, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milroyj-is-banned/303652 "2005-05-13T06:41:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milroyj-is-banned/303652/1 "2005-05-13T06:41:57Z")
He’s accumulated five warnings. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=6149634#post6149634](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=6149634#post6149634) for being unnecessarily nasty in the Pit. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5989580#post5989580](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5989580#post5989580) post 184, hijacking thread, trolling. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=268144&page=1&pp=40](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=268144&page=1&pp=40) Insults traded with another poster in the thread, which is in IMHO. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=267095](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=267095) Trolling, opened a thread to troll. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=262111&page=1&pp=50](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=262111&page=1&pp=50) snarking. Lynn For the Straight Dope ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milroyj-is-banned/303652/2 "2005-05-13T06:50:28Z")
In respect of the alleged trolling, people need to be put on notice that any post that suggests that Bush is killing people in Iraq will not be tolerated. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milroyj-is-banned/303652/3 "2005-05-13T07:34:35Z")
On the one hand: Well done. On the other: Why do I always go back and read the threads listed in the banning announcements? It just gets me all riled up and wanting to bitchslap the banned poster in zombie threads. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milroyj-is-banned/303652/4 "2005-05-13T10:09:36Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > In respect of the alleged trolling, people need to be put on notice that any post that suggests that Bush is killing people in Iraq will not be tolerated. “I _am_ the fucking vast, right-wing conspiracy!” – **Banhattan** ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milroyj-is-banned/303652/5 "2005-05-13T12:15:32Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > In respect of the alleged trolling, people need to be put on notice that any post that suggests that Bush is killing people in Iraq will not be tolerated. What are you referring to? I can’t see from the links why he was banned. I mean, I see what he posted, I just don’t see the reason for a banning in there. Can someone summarize **milroyj’s** posting history? He seemed right wing to me, **Roger** , what’s the comment about Bush and Iraq for? ---
**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:** [May 13, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milroyj-is-banned/303652/6 "2005-05-13T15:38:26Z")
> [@Uncommon Sense](#): > > Can someone summarize **milroyj’s** posting history? He seemed right wing to me, **Roger** , what’s the comment about Bush and Iraq for? Right wing militant jerk with some very odd notions regarding what constitutes a cite. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milroyj-is-banned/303652/7 "2005-05-13T16:15:45Z")
**roger thornhill** , do not use this thread as an opportunity to fight or even discuss your political views; that’s not an appropriate use and may in itself generate a warning. You know better, you do. **Uncommon Sense** , if bad behavior is acceptable to you, well, that’s your opinion and you are entitled to it. When we tell someone over and over again not to behave in a certain manner and they continue to do so, we really don’t have much choice. your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milroyj-is-banned/303652/8 "2005-05-13T16:58:09Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > In respect of the alleged trolling, people need to be put on notice that any post that suggests that Bush is killing people in Iraq will not be tolerated. Did you know that junior modding is generally held to be against the rules? ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milroyj-is-banned/303652/9 "2005-05-13T16:59:10Z")
Whoops, now I look like a jackass. I posted before reading the whole thing and I see TubaDiva beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milroyj-is-banned/303652/10 "2005-05-13T18:56:08Z")
As is always my opinion with any long established poster who has contributed to this board- I am sorry this had to happen, and that he had to be banned. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milroyj-is-banned/303652/11 "2005-05-13T19:24:15Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > **Uncommon Sense** , if bad behavior is acceptable to you, well, that’s your opinion and you are entitled to it. > > your humble TubaDiva As I explained in the other thread (the Pit) that I have since read some more of his work and the banning seemed more justifiable. I haven’t been keeping score for a while so my score card is different than yours. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milroyj-is-banned/303652/12 "2005-05-14T01:13:02Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > Whoops, now I look like a jackass. You say that like it’s a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milroyj-is-banned/303652/13 "2005-05-17T04:11:38Z")
I can’t really see much difference between **milroyj’s** posts and most of the of the posts from some of the folks on the other side of the political coin; just substitute the words “liberal” and “Democrat” (both four-letter words in **milroyj’s** lexicon) with “conservative” and “Republican” and you’ve pretty much got a whole slew of folks needin’ to be warned, at least, if not banned for committing the same “offenses” that **milroyj’s** committed. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2005, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milroyj-is-banned/303652/14 "2005-05-17T11:28:57Z")
And, **Ex Tank** , generally they have been warned, and they cut it out. The ones who do not cut it out, after multiple warnings, are banned. Do remember, please, that often such offenses only come to our attention when reported by some other member. Mods can’t read every post in every thread, we rely on the membership to report misbehaviors. So, if you see someone behaving in this way, for cryin’ out loud, REPORT IT, don’t whine about how this one got away with it and that one didn’t. Meanwhile, as noted above by **TubaDiva** : do not use this thread as an opportunity to fight or even discuss your political views; that’s not appropriate. You know better. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milroyj-is-banned/303652/15 "2005-05-17T18:22:55Z")
Wow, is that two WARNINGS for ol Roger, or just one?