# Question about Pit threads mentioned in other Forums
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pit-threads-mentioned-in-other-forums/726814
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**Created:** [August 2, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pit-threads-mentioned-in-other-forums/726814 "2015-08-02T17:53:24Z")
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### Author:  [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pit-threads-mentioned-in-other-forums/726814/1 "2015-08-02T17:53:24Z")
I started a Pit thread. (Because someone will ask, here is the thread: [thread=762870]Pit Thread[/thread]). The subject of Pit never joined. Such is his right. In his own thread, however, he mentions the Pit Thread.
> [@Anti-Feminism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-feminism/725390/752):
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> Here’s the thing: if someone criticizes a religion, an ideology, a political party or a movement, it’s up to supporters of that group to respond to those criticisms, if they want to.
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> For example, if someone started a thread called “Anti-Atheism” I would, if I felt like it, defend atheism. What I would not do is:
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> 1.) Resort to personal attacks
> 2.) Claim that atheists don’t agree about anything, so therefore atheism can’t be critisized
> 3.) Start a pit thread
> 4.) Or demand that he take personal responsibility for anyone who’s ever criticized atheists.
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> As far as feminism’s incoherence, who is responsible for that, if not feminists?
When the subject of a Pitting mentions the Pit thread in the non-Pit thread, am I allowed to address the why of it in his thread? Factually, I mean. Not, you are a “poopy-head”.
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### Author:  [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pit-threads-mentioned-in-other-forums/726814/2 "2015-08-02T18:46:17Z")
It doesn’t look to me that he mentioned _your_ pit thread.
Otherwise, do like I do : post whatever you want and let mod warnings be your guide.
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### Author:  [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pit-threads-mentioned-in-other-forums/726814/3 "2015-08-02T19:52:46Z")
> [@ddsun](#):
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> When the subject of a Pitting mentions the Pit thread in the non-Pit thread, am I allowed to address the why of it in his thread? Factually, I mean. Not, you are a “poopy-head”.
Why bother?
I suppose, one could respond, _You were Pitted because you refused to address the topic/called Poster X a twit/mocked this person in pain/etc._, and leave it at that. A lengthy discussion regarding the reasons behind the Pitting are better carried out in the Pit thread, itself. Dragging all the content of the Pit thread back into a thread outside the Pit would seem to be a really bad idea. If it appears that the target of the Pit thread claims that the Pit thread was created for no reason or that the reasons for the Pit thread were wrong, one could simply respond with “The reasons can be found here” (with the word “here” linking to the Pit thread’s OP).
Beyond that, don’t do it.
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### Author:  [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pit-threads-mentioned-in-other-forums/726814/4 "2015-08-02T20:19:05Z")
I suppose it’s because the poster in question clearly feels he was maliciously attacked. I will admit to snark in the Pit. But the poster has done specific things that earned the Pit, and it wasn’t done out of spite based on our different viewpoints.
Nonetheless, all of the things that have earned him the Pitting have been pointed out to him at length, and he ignores them. Which is part of what caused the Pitting. Circular enough? 😉
All of which is irrelevant, I really just wanted to know where the boundaries were in circumstances like these.
Thank you for clarifying.
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pit-threads-mentioned-in-other-forums/726814/5 "2015-08-02T20:54:56Z")
> [@ddsun](#):
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> I started a Pit thread. (Because someone will ask, here is the thread: [thread=762870]Pit Thread[/thread]). The subject of Pit never joined. Such is his right. In his own thread, however, he mentions the Pit Thread.
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> When the subject of a Pitting mentions the Pit thread in the non-Pit thread, am I allowed to address the why of it in his thread? Factually, I mean. Not, you are a “poopy-head”.
The best way it to say “here’s why”, but make that a link to your post in the Pit thread, and let him have it.
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### Author:  [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pit-threads-mentioned-in-other-forums/726814/6 "2015-08-03T21:28:51Z")
I would say that one could reply in thread that each of those responses serves a different purpose, and give a brief explanation of those purposes. As far as specific reasons for the pitting, a pointer to the thread is acceptable, but not a rehash of the thread content.
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### Author:  [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pit-threads-mentioned-in-other-forums/726814/7 "2015-08-03T21:42:46Z")
You’re on a hopeless mission, ddsun. You know that, right? Regardless of what you say or where you say it, it will not compute.
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### Author:  [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pit-threads-mentioned-in-other-forums/726814/8 "2015-08-03T23:44:33Z")
Yes, I have thrown in the towel.
Just wanted to know the rules.