# Question on the "Obama Country" location thread (Mod warning related) **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 7, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174 "2008-06-07T22:30:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174/1 "2008-06-07T22:30:23Z")
Based [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9882135) and on the mod warning (with [Marley23 request](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9882135&postcount=119) to bring it to ATMB) . . . I gotta ask. . . what gives? Make me number two of who’s feeling whooshed. ( **Mosier** is number one.) Tripler I’m still voting for Nader–as a write in if he ain’t running. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174/2 "2008-06-07T22:38:27Z")
Based on bbs2k’s history - like the post where he was encouraging Q.E.D. to “stand by” an insult that got Q.E.D. a warning - I think he was dicking around with Q.E.D. Hence my response. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174/3 "2008-06-07T22:45:57Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Based on bbs2k’s history - like the post where he was encouraging Q.E.D. to “stand by” an insult that got Q.E.D. a warning - I think he was dicking around with Q.E.D. Hence my response. [/QUOTE] Ah. . . I see. Tripler [sub]I’m not chaning my location though.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174/4 "2008-06-07T22:47:38Z")
[QUOTE=Tripler] Ah. . . I see. Tripler [sub]I’m not chaning my location though.[/sub] [/QUOTE] If you check the board rules, I believe you’ll find everybody is required to support Obama around here. So you’d better change it. [sub]Kidding![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![kellner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@kellner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellner)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174/5 "2008-06-07T22:53:03Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Based on bbs2k’s history - like the post where he was encouraging Q.E.D. to “stand by” an insult that got Q.E.D. a warning - I think he was dicking around with Q.E.D. Hence my response. [/QUOTE] Call me naive, but wouldn’t the literal reading make at least as much sense in this case? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174/6 "2008-06-07T22:59:52Z")
No, I really don’t think it does. There are a couple of other posters with board in-jokes in their location fields and that’s fine with everybody, but I saw this as something different. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174/7 "2008-06-07T23:00:15Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] If you check the board rules, I believe you’ll find everybody is required to support Obama around here. So you’d better change it. [/QUOTE] Listen–strange women lying in ponds changing electronic message boards’ rules is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the Master\*, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony or tapping on a keyboard. You can’t expect to wield supreme moderator power just 'cause some watery tart threw a laptop at you! Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! HELP! HELP! I’m being repressed! [sub]Kidding![/sub] Tripler (Yes, I think you’re a guy, but it didn’t fit the dialog.) We all know who the Master is. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174/8 "2008-06-07T23:03:39Z")
[QUOTE=Tripler] You can’t expect to wield supreme moderator power just 'cause some watery tart threw a laptop at you! [/QUOTE] I’m biting back a joke here because **TubaDiva** would kill me- and with just cause. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174/9 "2008-06-07T23:11:43Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] I’m biting back a joke here because **TubaDiva** would kill me- and with just cause. 😛 [/QUOTE] Oh, now do tell! Tripler . . . and make it a good one. I’m running out of siglines. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174/10 "2008-06-07T23:14:31Z")
The joke was that I was going to warn you about insulting **Tuba** , like > [@Marley23](#): > > > [@Tripler](#): > > > > You can’t expect to wield supreme moderator power just 'cause some watery tart threw a laptop at you! > > That’s exactly what happened, and any further insults against **TubaDiva** or other Admins will result in an Official Warning. but now you’re making me overexplain it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174/11 "2008-06-07T23:17:00Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Based on bbs2k’s history - like the post where he was encouraging Q.E.D. to “stand by” an insult that got Q.E.D. a warning - I think he was dicking around with Q.E.D. Hence my response. [/QUOTE] And you’d be completely wrong. Suffice it to say it’s somewhat of an inside joke between us, and while I don’t exactly encourage it, I have no real issue with it either. The warning is unwarranted and unnecessary. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174/12 "2008-06-07T23:36:00Z")
Good enough for me. The warning is reversed and remanded. I’m posting back in the original in case **bbs2k** doesn’t see this thread. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174/13 "2008-06-08T00:22:04Z")
Holy crap. I’m changing it back to “DUDE in Boston”. I didn’t realize I was such an actual “troublemaker”. Apologies to\*\* Q.E.D.\*\*, even though I think he knew what the joke was, and to **Marley** , because I guess he didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174/14 "2008-06-08T23:10:12Z")
May I take this opportunity to remind the moderators that sometimes, it might be worth trying to figure out what is up before using the jackboots? Especially true once we stop shaking peeps down for, er, that is, charging admission for posting. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174/15 "2008-06-09T02:40:02Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] Holy crap. I’m changing it back to “DUDE in Boston”. I didn’t realize I was such an actual “troublemaker”. Apologies to\*\* Q.E.D.\*\*, even though I think he knew what the joke was, and to **Marley** , because I guess he didn’t. [/QUOTE] This is all because you like turtles. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174/16 "2008-06-09T04:19:05Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] This is all because you like turtles. [/QUOTE] YOU SHUTTUP ABOUT THE [TURTLES](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMNry4PE93Y) ! again, joke ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174/17 "2008-06-09T13:23:35Z")
Shouldn’t witnessing go in GD? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174/18 "2008-06-09T20:08:15Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Good enough for me. The warning is reversed and remanded. I’m posting back in the original in case **bbs2k** doesn’t see this thread. [/QUOTE] Are you also going to to denounce and reject the warning? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174/19 "2008-06-09T20:53:43Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Are you also going to to denounce and reject the warning? [/QUOTE] I can no more renounce the warning than I can renounce the Doper community. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174/20 "2008-06-09T20:58:38Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] I can no more renounce the warning than I can renounce the Doper community. [/QUOTE] Such diplomacy. Gotta admire that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174.md?page=2)