# Mod Note in The Tinted Windows Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 13, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469 "2019-06-13T12:59:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469/1 "2019-06-13T12:59:49Z")
ISTM that this [Mod Note](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21695613&postcount=124) is based on a misunderstanding. As **pkbites** points out, the “you” is the generic “you” in the traffic stop, not anyone in the thread. Reading it in context I think makes it clear. Please consider rescinding the Mod Note. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469/2 "2019-06-13T13:04:08Z")
Called someone a liar and told someone to shut up, in GD. Hard to sell that as ‘generic you’, I think. Seems like a pretty clearly legit reason for a note. It wasn’t a formal warning, so I’m not seeing any need for a retraction. YMMV ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469/3 "2019-06-13T13:04:52Z")
I read it the same as Shodan (holy cow there’s a sentence). Mod note based on incorrect reading of the post, and entirely unwarranted. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469/4 "2019-06-13T13:11:00Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Called someone a liar and told someone to shut up, in GD. But that isn’t what happened. At this point the discussion was about whether lying to a cop about a crime is itself a crime. It was posited that you (generic) can say “no” without it creating an additional chargeable offense. PK bites suggests an alternative that you (still generic) instead just say nothing. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469/5 "2019-06-13T13:45:25Z")
Someone reported the post as an accusation of lying, and with that bias in mind, I obviously misunderstood the intent of the post. My mistake. Please disregard the note. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469/6 "2019-06-13T13:54:09Z")
> [@Isosleepy](#): > > I read it the same as Shodan (holy cow there’s a sentence). Mod note based on incorrect reading of the post, and entirely unwarranted. Agreed, to read it the other way, would mean accusing manson of having drugs in his car. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469/7 "2019-06-13T14:01:34Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Someone reported the post as an accusation of lying, and with that bias in mind, I obviously misunderstood the intent of the post. My mistake. Please disregard the note. Thanks for this. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469/8 "2019-06-13T15:45:27Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Called someone a liar and told someone to shut up, in GD. > > Hard to sell that as ‘generic you’, I think. Really? Did you look at it again before posting this? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469/9 "2019-06-13T17:33:28Z")
Yeah, it was a misunderstanding and taken out of context easy to see why. But no, he didnt insult me. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469/10 "2019-06-13T17:38:32Z")
Never mind. Didn’t see **e\_c\_g’s** post. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469/11 "2019-06-14T00:00:43Z")
Can the person who reported it as an accusation be publicly named and thoroughly mocked? Just spitballing here. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469/12 "2019-06-14T07:16:04Z")
LOL, don’t we wish. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469/13 "2019-06-14T12:43:00Z")
So shame someone for misinterpreting a post because they didn’t put together the context? That seems like the wrong sort of ignorance fighting to me. And, no, it wasn’t me. For one thing, the thread didn’t interest me. For another, I don’t tend to report posts. It has to get so bad that I’m willing to send the mods a full message. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469/14 "2019-06-14T14:09:39Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > So shame someone for misinterpreting a post because they didn’t put together the context? That seems like the wrong sort of ignorance fighting to me. Seems to me a potentially powerful teaching moment to at least try to recognize the context. If it turned out to be me, I’d fully expect mockery as the price of carelessness. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469/15 "2019-06-14T14:11:48Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > So shame someone for misinterpreting a post because they didn’t put together the context? That seems like the wrong sort of ignorance fighting to me. They didn’t just misinterpret the post, they reported it. If you’re going to report posts you should put a little more time into the interpretation. And more so for the mods before acting on a report. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469/16 "2019-06-14T15:06:10Z")
Hey, at least now **pkbites** knows what it’s like to have a “guy with a gun” report called in on him when he’s just carrying an obvious squirt gun. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469/17 "2019-06-14T18:44:41Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Hey, at least now **pkbites** knows what it’s like to have a “guy with a gun” report called in on him when he’s just carrying an obvious squirt gun. Really? If I were pkbites or Loach I would find it hard to contribute to threads about law enforcement as it is, since so often they are addressed as stand-ins for other, often terrible, LEOs. Meanwhile their contributions are incredibly valuable because they can give a perspective not otherwise available to us. In addition, I have found especially Loach a clear example of what LEOs should be like. The comment above is unnecessary because it adds nothing, is not funny, and it potentially hurts the exchange of ideas which this board is often so very good at. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469/18 "2019-06-14T19:14:30Z")
> [@Isosleepy](#): > > Really? If I were pkbites or Loach I would find it hard to contribute to threads about law enforcement as it is, since so often they are addressed as stand-ins for other, often terrible, LEOs. Meanwhile their contributions are incredibly valuable because they can give a perspective not otherwise available to us. In addition, I have found especially Loach a clear example of what LEOs should be like. > The comment above is unnecessary because it adds nothing, is not funny, and it potentially hurts the exchange of ideas which this board is often so very good at. Yeah, those two are solid contributors, even if I dont always agree. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469/19 "2019-06-14T20:08:36Z")
> [@Isosleepy](#): > > Really? If I were pkbites or Loach I would find it hard to contribute to threads about law enforcement as it is, since so often they are addressed as stand-ins for other, often terrible, LEOs. Meanwhile their contributions are incredibly valuable because they can give a perspective not otherwise available to us. In addition, I have found especially Loach a clear example of what LEOs should be like. > The comment above is unnecessary because it adds nothing, is not funny, and it potentially hurts the exchange of ideas which this board is often so very good at. I hope, then, that neither **pkbites** nor **Loach** joins you in perceiving animus where none was intended. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469/20 "2019-06-14T22:09:57Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Can the person who reported it as an accusation be publicly named and thoroughly mocked? Just spitballing here. If it’s any consolation, I’m sure the mods have that poster on their “Boy Who Cried Wolf” list. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-tinted-windows-thread/835469.md?page=2)