# Moderator issued personal insult. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 5, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600 "2010-11-05T17:22:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600/41 "2010-11-05T20:48:30Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Every use of the word “woowoo” or just simply “woo.” It means female genitalia. I have no dog in the fight at all, but I feel privileged to be among the first to say pfffffftHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I would also like to point out that “peter” is slang for “penis” so I’m lodging a complaint that you’re using obscene language every time you post; it’s up there at the top in big letters. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600/42 "2010-11-05T21:00:10Z")
Woowoo, hooha, whatEVer. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600/43 "2010-11-05T21:03:00Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Just to emphasize: we’re not re-doing the “woo” thing in this thread. Or any other thread in ATMB, as far as I’m concerned. My apologies: I didn’t read this moderator note before I posted my quotations from the Urban Dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600/44 "2010-11-05T21:29:09Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Woowoo, hooha, whatEVer. Trim, jelly roll, vajayjay… ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600/45 "2010-11-05T21:51:21Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Trim, jelly roll, vajayjay… :rolleyes: Why don’t you two just come out and say it already… _ **CU…** _ uhhh, never mind.:eek: ---
**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:** [November 5, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600/46 "2010-11-05T21:59:44Z")
Ellen, just warn yourself and let’s move on. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600/47 "2010-11-06T00:45:38Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > cite? > > When was the last time I did so? > > Give specific examples. 6/18/2010 was recent. I don’t know if it was “the last” time. > **[Is this hate speech?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=567685)** > > From the registration agreement From the FAQ Can we please have a ruling on a particular word. I think it counts as hate speech. The word is \*woo-woo \*(or woowoo, or just simply woo) as used twice in the OP of this thread. It’s a pretty vile... And yeah–I still stand by what I said there. ETA Damn you Cyningablod! :: shakes fist :: ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600/48 "2010-11-06T01:01:58Z")
I’ve been saying this for a while now: If you do it it’s a “personal insult.” If a mod does it it’s not a “personal insult.” The double standards on this board that benefit the mods are ridiculously unfair and stupid as hell. It’s also ridiculously stupid to have people like **Marley23** and **twickster** , who obviously don’t even know the definition of “personal,” adjudicating what is and isn’t a “personal insult.” As **Marley** ’s dumbass once said to me in a PM: “twickster already explained this: you don’t need to identify anyone by name [for it to be a personal insult]” Odd! I thought that was what differentiated a “personal insult” from a plain old “insult:” that it be directed against someone _personally_, hence the “personal” part. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600/49 "2010-11-06T01:59:26Z")
> [@kidneyfailure](#): > > As **Marley** ’s dumbass once said to me in a PM: You are aware that personal insults are not permitted in About This Message Board. Do not do this again. **Gfactor** Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600/50 "2010-11-06T02:57:02Z")
_manipulates slim metal rods_ ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600/51 "2010-11-06T04:02:09Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > You are aware that personal insults are not permitted in About This Message Board. Do not do this again. > > **Gfactor** > Administrator Wow, a mod who actually knows what “personal insult” means! There’s hope for this board yet. **Marley** and **twickster** take note! ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600/52 "2010-11-06T04:12:27Z")
I think if anyone’s ass can send its own PMs, it is patently NOT a “dumbass.” ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600/53 "2010-11-06T04:13:26Z")
I’m starting to sense an upcoming “Suicide by Mod”. Anyone else getting that impression? ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600/54 "2010-11-07T19:02:29Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Every use of the word “woowoo” or just simply “woo.” It means female genitalia. _Does it_, egad! Must be a British English thing, or maybe non-North American English thing. I guess it’s the reverse of the C-bomb. You can’t use that here, but you can certainly say woo. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600/55 "2010-11-07T19:38:41Z")
[post deleted for failure to heed moderator’s instructions] ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600/56 "2010-11-07T19:52:18Z")
Hey, Marley, it seems that **Spectre of Pithecanthropus** has chosen to disregard your instructions in post #39? Are you going to give him a warning for it? I have no doubt that if I answered his question, you’d be warning me, right? Is it different rules for mods? Spectre, check your PMs. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600/57 "2010-11-07T20:04:01Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > I’m starting to sense an upcoming “Suicide by Mod”. Anyone else getting that impression? Yeah, except which one will go first? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600/58 "2010-11-07T21:34:45Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Yeah, except which one will go first? 😉 That’s what’s making this so much fun to watch. Care to make a bet? ---
**Author:** ![Cyningablod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Cyningablod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyningablod)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600/59 "2010-11-07T22:01:41Z")
It won’t be **Peter Morris**. I get the impression he’d much rather hang around for a long, long time, just to take every opportunity to let us know how oppressed he is by pretty much everyone, especially the Mods. :rolleyes: Maybe I shouldn’t have said that, though… Does sarcasm count as “hate speech”? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600/60 "2010-11-07T22:05:35Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > AFAICT, there are several reasons to ask for a cite: > [list=A][li]You are genuinely unsure that a given claim is true, and need to see that it is so[/li][li]You know perfectly well that a given claim is **not** true, and are demonstrating this, and[/li][li]Trolling, defined in this instance as “posting with intent to annoy and disrupt the conversation”. [/list]The demand for cites in sense C is annoying, and annoyingly common, and certain Dopers who shall go nameless are worse offenders than **Peter Morris**. IMO. [/li] > I think everyone who read the thread got the idea - **Peter Morris** is saying that **Czarcasm** is not being consistent in his standards of skepticism. Whether that is true or not, I neither know nor care. But having made the point, you might want to consider dropping it. > > Having the other person admit they were wrong should not be necessary to one’s awareness that one has won the argument. Because it hardly ever happens, especially about people’s beliefs about God and the supernatural and things like that. > > Regards, > Shodan Worthwhile point, and one I agree with. To nitpick slightly, though, there’s a fourth reason for “Cite?” which I and I think you also have used before – “I believe what you’re saying and agree with it, but would like further information and/or evidence to present elsewhere.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-issued-personal-insult/559600.md?page=4)