# odd smilie **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 16, 2001, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-smilie/76537 "2001-08-16T08:11:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![barflyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@barflyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barflyer)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-smilie/76537/21 "2001-08-26T19:57:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MysterEcks \* > \*\*I don’t suppose I could be listed as “Bone Of Contention” rather than “Member?” \*\* That seems so appropriate for you! I’m sure the powers that be would acquiesce to so modest a request. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-smilie/76537/22 "2001-08-26T21:13:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chronos \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > I will leave if you say I must. It’s up to you. > > One of the administrators (whose word has always counted for more than mine own) already did say that you must. Now, it’s possible that that was an unjust decision, and it’s likewise possible that you did not deserve to be banned the first time. In that case, the proper procedure is to e-mail one or more administrators, and politely ask that your priveliges be reinstated. If you wish for a fresh start with a new name, that can also be requested. To my knowledge, however, you have not done this, and instead registered a new name of your own initiative. It is debateable whether you broke any of our rules in your previous incarnation of **Sweet Sue** , but it is unambiguous that you have since broken one of our rules by registering a new screen name. \*\* It appears as though “sweet sue” was never banned. The name is still listed as Member anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Never\_Say\_Dice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee59a6/32.png) [@Never\_Say\_Dice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Say_Dice)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-smilie/76537/23 "2001-08-27T03:51:19Z")
I think there must be more to it than what the words say. Coldfire didn’t think the first name is banned, but Sue said it wasn’t working. The second name can’t be banned either, since she’s still posting. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-smilie/76537/24 "2001-08-27T04:42:51Z")
People can be banned, that is, have their posting privledges removed or frozen, without their Member title saying “BANNED”. ---
**Author:** ![Ski\_the\_Soo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Ski\_the\_Soo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ski_the_Soo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-smilie/76537/25 "2001-08-27T20:08:38Z")
You seem to have cheated responding to my request. You didn’t do your homework: "Will you do a real search of a better sample of my 140 threads and find out if I am the scum that must be stopped, that is out to destroy the board. Or just an ordinary poster, perhaps with not much to say, but light-hearted and trying to join in in an entertaining way. " You also seem to have overstated TubaDiva’s position, which was that if people attack me in the pit then I am a _candidate_ for banishment. (Why my attacker is not the candidate, since he seems to be the troublemaker here, I’ll not try to figure out.) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-smilie/76537/26 "2001-08-28T15:40:13Z")
Well, that’s an easy question. Your attacker didn’t get in trouble because people are allowed to attack each other in the Pit, so long as they’re not a jerk about it. Many people found your previous posting style annoying. They’re certainly entitled to that opinion, and on this board, they’re also entitled to share that opinion, in the appropriate venue. If you, also in the Pit, had decided to counterattack, even with ad hominem attacks, it would not have been notable at all, but merely par for the course. I haven’t searched through all of your posts because I have, in fact, been doing my homework… You know, the stuff I need to do to get my degree? Don’t feel heartbroken by this, but there are other things more important in my life than you. I do not and never have made decisions on who gets banned. Only the administrators (usually **TubaDiva** or **Lynn Bodoni** ) can make that decision. If you were banned, and want to know why, or to contest that decision, then they are the ones you should talk to. ---
**Author:** ![AngelFelina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AngelFelina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelFelina)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-smilie/76537/27 "2001-08-28T17:13:19Z")
Don’t mind me - just practicing ☹ m:eek:m (“Home Alone”, I hope) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-smilie/76537.md?page=1)