# Okay, mods, circle around Tom
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-mods-circle-around-tom/452123
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [June 7, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-mods-circle-around-tom/452123 "2008-06-07T13:40:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-mods-circle-around-tom/452123/21 "2008-06-07T17:46:57Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo]
You have done that, Lib. I’m not sure what the exact moment was but I think it was somewhere between _“She’s the fucking Beast from Revelation.”_ ([cite](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9833143&postcount=9)) and _“Obama has many Christ-like qualities.”_ ([cite](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9878895&postcount=13))
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Is it too late to set up a cage match?
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### Author:  [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-mods-circle-around-tom/452123/22 "2008-06-07T20:44:32Z")
[QUOTE=Rick]
Sure there are, for example I am number 77,409 on the best poster list.
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You forgot. Since Wee Bairn and his socks were banned, you are 77,406. Congratulations on moving up the ranks!
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### Author:  [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-mods-circle-around-tom/452123/23 "2008-06-07T22:55:02Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal]
**Tom Tom Tom**.
If you wouldn’t mind, after all the mods and ass-suckers have chimed in to defend you, please address my complaints. Thank you. God bless you. And God bless America.
[/QUOTE]
For $50, cash, I promise to not defend **tom**.
Your pal,
samclem
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### Author:  [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-mods-circle-around-tom/452123/24 "2008-06-07T23:20:29Z")
Hell, I’ll not-defend him for _free_.
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### Author:  [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-mods-circle-around-tom/452123/25 "2008-06-07T23:23:13Z")
[QUOTE=ElvisL1ves]
Hell, I’ll not-defend him for _free_.
[/QUOTE]
This is **Lib** you’re talking about. Word is out on the street…
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### Author:  [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-mods-circle-around-tom/452123/26 "2008-06-07T23:27:37Z")
God bless the Chinese too. Nobody ever God-blesses them.
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-mods-circle-around-tom/452123/27 "2008-06-07T23:27:55Z")
[QUOTE=samclem]
For $50, cash, I promise to not defend **tom**.
Your pal,
samclem
[/QUOTE]
My question is, does **tom** have to wait until every ass-sucker on the board chimes in before he replies, as **Lib** requested? Because that could take some time.
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### Author:  [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-mods-circle-around-tom/452123/28 "2008-06-07T23:37:22Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal]
God bless the Chinese too. Nobody ever God-blesses them.
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\
Why can’t they say “Buddha bless you?”
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### Author:  [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-mods-circle-around-tom/452123/29 "2008-06-07T23:40:35Z")
Or Mao. Whatever.
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### Author:  [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-mods-circle-around-tom/452123/30 "2008-06-07T23:42:13Z")
Lib, are you off your meds, again? 😃
[ol][li]I am actually not a supporter of Senator Clinton, (and where you dragged out that belief, I have no idea, although it suggests an excessive amount of chili and boiled cabbage in your diet).[/li][li]I did nothing to silence **Shayna**.[/li][li]My criticism of **Shayna** ’s single post was limited to the precisely correct points that we frown on junior modding in these parts and that she had misinterpreted the rule with which she attempted to silence **DrDeth**.[/li][li]I made no claim that **Shayna** had offered any criticism of Senator Clinton (a conclusion to which she, too, has leaped by misreading my post); I did suggest only that **DrDeth** would be less likely to repeatedly post his concern if she encouraged other posters who have vilified Senator Clinton to back away from the invective that incites hard feelings among the various constituencies opposing senator McCain.[/ol][/li]
Put down your Obama pom-poms, remove your “hate Clinton” goggles, and read my post, again, noting what I actually posted.
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### Author:  [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-mods-circle-around-tom/452123/31 "2008-06-07T23:43:03Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri]
My question is, does **tom** have to wait until every ass-sucker on the board chimes in before he replies, as **Lib** requested? Because that could take some time.
[/QUOTE]
It’s only fair that every ass-sucker have an opportunity.
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### Author:  [@Dumbguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dumbguy)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-mods-circle-around-tom/452123/32 "2008-06-07T23:43:43Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim]
You forgot. Since Wee Bairn and his socks were banned, you are 77,406. Congratulations on moving up the ranks!
[/QUOTE]
Not for long!
Dumbguy - 82,614 with a bullet
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### Author:  [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-mods-circle-around-tom/452123/33 "2008-06-07T23:43:49Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri]
My question is, does **tom** have to wait until every ass-sucker on the board chimes in before he replies, as **Lib** requested? Because that could take some time.
[/QUOTE]
Nah. I just got home from work and had not seen this thread until a few minutes ago.
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### Author:  [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-mods-circle-around-tom/452123/34 "2008-06-07T23:47:05Z")
[QUOTE=tomndebb]
Put down your Obama pom-poms, remove your “hate Clinton” goggles, and read my post, again, noting what I actually posted.
[/QUOTE]
Ah, I see it now! In the future, watch which way you tilt your head.
You might also wish to re-examine mine. Thar be sarcasm and TIC innit!
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-mods-circle-around-tom/452123/35 "2008-06-07T23:53:28Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal]
You might also wish to re-examine mine. Thar be sarcasm and TIC innit!
[/QUOTE]
Ah, _that_’s what’s in there!
Seriously, that thread’s time had come. I’d actually told the other Mods I was taking bets on when the thing was going to be locked and by whom. Whether it got closed then or today, it wasn’t going to last much longer. And while I know you didn’t trust her, she was obviously toast after Tuesday, so it did make sense to finish the thread then.
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### Author:  [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-mods-circle-around-tom/452123/36 "2008-06-08T00:04:19Z")
[QUOTE=tomndebb]
[ul][li]I did nothing to silence **Shayna**.[/li][li]My criticism of **Shayna** ’s single post was limited to the precisely correct points that we frown on junior modding in these parts and that she had misinterpreted the rule with which she attempted to silence **DrDeth**.[/li][li]I made no claim that **Shayna** had offered any criticism of Senator Clinton (a conclusion to which she, too, has leaped by misreading my post); I did suggest only that **DrDeth** would be less likely to repeatedly post his concern if she encouraged other posters who have vilified Senator Clinton to back away from the invective that incites hard feelings among the various constituencies opposing senator McClain.[/ul][/li][/QUOTE]
For the record, I didn’t feel silenced (as if anyone could silence _me_ ;)). Nor did I wish to silence **DrDeth** , merely get him to stop beating us over the head with his spanking stick. And lastly, [ahem](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=470992). 😛
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### Author:  [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-mods-circle-around-tom/452123/37 "2008-06-08T00:06:31Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23]
[Quote=Liberal]
You might also wish to re-examine mine. Thar be sarcasm and TIC innit!
[/quote]
Ah, _that_’s what’s in there!
Seriously, that thread’s time had come. I’d actually told the other Mods I was taking bets on when the thing was going to be locked and by whom. Whether it got closed then or today, it wasn’t going to last much longer. And while I know you didn’t trust her, she was obviously toast after Tuesday, so it did make sense to finish the thread then.
[/QUOTE]
Actually, I simply ignored his whinbing about the closed thread on the grounds that he had already vented his spleeen when he opened the current thread. Despite the huffing in the current thread between Tuesday and today, (to which I do not object, nor have I objected), my guess that the Clinton campaign had ended was correct. The earlier thread was closed mostly to keep the thread from spilling into more pages when the outcome had been decided. If anyone wants to continue to bash Senator Clinton in **Great Debates** , they are welcome to do so, (provided they adhere to the Forum rules), although they will probably encounter some criticism from **DrDeth** if they do.
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### Author:  [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-mods-circle-around-tom/452123/38 "2008-06-08T00:11:53Z")
I like how this thread was Godwinned in the OP.
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### Author:  [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-mods-circle-around-tom/452123/39 "2008-06-08T00:18:42Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01]
Any possible respect I had for you has been completely wiped out **Liberal**. I was willing to let your constant attacks on Hillary and her supporters slide as just being part of the process of an election cycle, but then you had to go and do this.
You are nothing more than a blemish on these boards.
[/QUOTE]
I love how people try to influence economic outcomes with debased currencies.
Hey Poster X, I was giving you the benefit of the doubt but now I don’t RESPECT you! Ph34r my respect and its retraction!
I don’t think there has ever been a Pit thread against a long time poster where someone’s long time respect was not capriciously retracted.
It’s always been a funny thing on this board how people bandy their respect as some sort of social currency. I think it happens more often here than on other boards. At least other boards that I frequent.
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### Author:  [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-mods-circle-around-tom/452123/40 "2008-06-08T00:23:42Z")
[QUOTE=tomndebb]
Lib, are you off your meds, again? 😃
[ol][li]I am actually not a supporter of Senator Clinton, (and where you dragged out that belief, I have no idea, although it suggests an excessive amount of chili and boiled cabbage in your diet).[/li][li]I did nothing to silence **Shayna**.[/li][li]My criticism of **Shayna** ’s single post was limited to the precisely correct points that we frown on junior modding in these parts and that she had misinterpreted the rule with which she attempted to silence **DrDeth**.[/li][li]I made no claim that **Shayna** had offered any criticism of Senator Clinton (a conclusion to which she, too, has leaped by misreading my post); I did suggest only that **DrDeth** would be less likely to repeatedly post his concern if she encouraged other posters who have vilified Senator Clinton to back away from the invective that incites hard feelings among the various constituencies opposing senator McCain.[/ol][/li]
Put down your Obama pom-poms, remove your “hate Clinton” goggles, and read my post, again, noting what I actually posted.
[/QUOTE]
Now don’t think this means that I _respect_ you or anything, but that post was quite charming.
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