# Mod Warning in GQ

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-in-gq/622701>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [May 22, 2012, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-in-gq/622701 "2012-05-22T11:20:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-in-gq/622701/15 "2012-05-22T14:31:53Z")

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**Colibri** is probably not going to see this thread until the weekend, but speaking as a non-GQ mod, I think the big problem is this part of the post:

> [@They built up with their bare hands what we still can't do today...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-built-up-with-their-bare-hands-what-we-still-cant-do-today/622382/24):
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> Look what happens when you try to reduce carbon footprints (by building a nuclear power plant)-the protest groups come out of the woodwork-and tie you up in court for years.

This is not a comment about hypothetical protesters, it’s an off-topic political comment about real-world environmental protesters. **Colibri** says **ralph214c** has a history of that, so he took that into account in deciding to hand out a warning.

I’ve also fixed the thread title so it’s clear warning was given in GQ, not GD.

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