Mods take a lot of flak for their moderating. From me along with others. But this was needed.
Thanks Ellen Cherry for shutting down this nightmare high jack starting with post #48.
I approve this thread locking.
Thank you, PlainJain.
echo…echo…echo…echo…echo 
As power-mad jackbooted oppressors go, Ellen, you’re one of the good ones.
Are moderators allowed conjugal visits?
BTW, thanks to tomndebb for closing down that “Dear Woman” thread. Nothing good was ever going to come of that.
Yeah, now it can drop down the page because of a padlock - instead of a lack of interest.
:rolleyes:
I’ll second both of these thanks. I’ve gotten on tom’s case before, but in this case I think it was the right call–and Ellen, definitely the right call.
Thanks! I’m always cheered by the good-heartedness of Dopers.
Now batting for Pedro Borbon, Manny Mota… Mota… Mota..
[/Airplane!]
Anyway, yeah, closing that one was a mercy killing, I guess, but it did introduce me to the term “skeeveball”, so there’s that.
I would say that Tom closing down the Give me your 9/11 conspiracy theories! And/or their debunking thread certainly gets the XT Seal of Approval(All Rights Reserved), but sadly I fear this would backfire, as Mods vie with each other to never receive said seal again…
-XT
While we are at it, I think Czarcasm did a good job in this thread.
While we’re at it, thanks to Colibri for fixing a mistake in a post for me, at my request.
Our mods do more than just close threads and warn users…they clean up after us too.
-D/a
Thanks, Ed.
ETA: For the explanation - not the re-opening.
Seconded. It was a learning experience all around, myself included.
The mods here don’t positively suck all of the time. 
Nah, jus’ joke, as they say in Hawaii. Kudos to them and the good job they do.
And a kind word for Idle Thoughts. The original thread was so out of left field and it turned into a tough situation that was moving fast and furious.
I was as critical as anyone, but man, what a bizarre turn of events that original OP was. I know his intentions were good. A
Seconding this. I truly don’t think there was any favoritism on anyone’s part. It was a tough place for a new mod to find himself.
Thanks for all you do, folks.
Kudos to Ed for finally offering a lucid and consistent explanation of The Opal Affair. Well done to Tuba Diva as well.
I appreciate the mods on this board very much.
As a followup to my previous post, I also want to thank the mods for closing this and this thread…especially the first seemingly endless one by FXM. The only thing that would really put it over the top is that when you guys are going to close future threads you end it with FUS RO DAH! and then play some stirring music with perhaps a graphic of FXM flying backwards rapidly with pain and confusion obvious on his face…
(it’s just a thought)
-XT