# Please Welcome tomndebb as Moderator to Great Debates **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 28, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-tomndebb-as-moderator-to-great-debates/287122 "2005-01-28T16:11:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-tomndebb-as-moderator-to-great-debates/287122/21 "2005-01-29T01:44:19Z")
Doesn’t something have to happen to him now he has crossed the “equator” of GQ and Great Debates? 😉 But he’s still a mod virgin til he gets pitted. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-tomndebb-as-moderator-to-great-debates/287122/22 "2005-01-29T01:48:45Z")
Goddamnit! I just welcomed him as a GQ moderator, now I have to do it again? What, next week he’s going to be running MPSIMS? _grumble_ Well…okay. But only one more time. Glad to see you in your new realm **tom** :). - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-tomndebb-as-moderator-to-great-debates/287122/23 "2005-01-29T04:14:40Z")
Hey guy. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-tomndebb-as-moderator-to-great-debates/287122/24 "2005-01-29T05:58:11Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > It’s always sad to see a newbie moderator demoted like this, but sometimes these things just have to be done. Poor Tom, just can’t hold down a job. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-tomndebb-as-moderator-to-great-debates/287122/25 "2005-01-29T06:00:06Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Will this add more weight to his arguments, along the lines of papal infallibility, or will he remove his moderator hat before joining a debate? Well, even the Pope is only infallible when speaking _ex cathedra_. So, when Tom is telling y’all to quit calling each other “drooling cretinous mouthbreathers” in Great Debates, he’s infallible; on all that other stuff, he’s just another really smart poster. ---
**Author:** ![recurriman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@recurriman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/recurriman)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-tomndebb-as-moderator-to-great-debates/287122/26 "2005-01-29T06:55:50Z")
Welcome…to [Zombo.com](http://Zombo.com) ! ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-tomndebb-as-moderator-to-great-debates/287122/27 "2005-01-29T07:55:03Z")
**tomndebb**. I TOLD you to leave that tarbaby alone! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-tomndebb-as-moderator-to-great-debates/287122/28 "2005-01-29T08:09:23Z")
So where’s the debate? Sorry, I’m gonna have to report this thread to the… Wait. Uh… Hrm. What do I do now? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-tomndebb-as-moderator-to-great-debates/287122/29 "2005-01-29T09:01:46Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > Well, even the Pope is only infallible when speaking _ex cathedra_. Thanks. It’s depressing that I know what you mean. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-tomndebb-as-moderator-to-great-debates/287122/30 "2005-01-29T18:43:46Z")
Congrats and best of luck, **tomndebb**! ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-tomndebb-as-moderator-to-great-debates/287122/31 "2005-01-29T23:09:22Z")
I have not changed my mind. Still an excellent choice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-tomndebb-as-moderator-to-great-debates/287122.md?page=1)