# Quick, Giraffe, before some asshole locks this. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 19, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949 "2009-01-19T05:36:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949/81 "2009-01-23T15:47:47Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > **WARNING. Sapo** , no doubt you consider the above routine schoolyard bullshit. It’s still a threat, which you know damn well we don’t allow in the Pit or anywhere else. Do this again and it’ll be the last post you make on the SDMB. Yeah, about that: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10732483#post10732483](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10732483#post10732483) ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949/82 "2009-01-23T15:51:00Z")
We’ve had this discussion in the past. We don’t draw distinctions between real threats, implied threats, hypothetical threats, metaphorical threats, or any other kind of threat. There are few lines you can’t cross in the Pit but this is one of them. No threats. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949/83 "2009-01-23T15:52:58Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > We’ve had this discussion in the past. We don’t draw distinctions between real threats, implied threats, hypothetical threats, metaphorical threats, or any other kind of threat. There are few lines you can’t cross in the Pit but this is one of them. No threats. You forgot imaginary threats. ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949/84 "2009-01-23T15:56:02Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > We’ve had this discussion in the past. We don’t draw distinctions between real threats, implied threats, hypothetical threats, metaphorical threats, or any other kind of threat. There are few lines you can’t cross in the Pit but this is one of them. No threats. Seriously, this is really silly. If you want to ban him then just ban him. But there was no threat whatsoever. ETA: Is this a holdover from this thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10690059#post10690059](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10690059#post10690059) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949/85 "2009-01-23T16:05:01Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > We’ve had this discussion in the past. We don’t draw distinctions between real threats, implied threats, hypothetical threats, metaphorical threats, or any other kind of threat. There are few lines you can’t cross in the Pit but this is one of them. No threats. Can we continue to discuss this here or do we need to go to the thread \*\*Sapo \*\*started? I am unsure of the rules in this case. I really think you are wrong in this warning. It is extremely clear cut that no threat was being made. It takes work to see what \*\*Sapo \*\*wrote as a threat. Especially with the banter back and forth between \*\*Colibri \*\*and \*\*Sapo \*\*prior to it and after but before the warning. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949/86 "2009-01-23T16:06:39Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > During 2008 we banned a grand total of six “real” members […] who constitute roughly .01 percent of our active membership, We have 60,000 active members? ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949/87 "2009-01-23T16:11:27Z")
> [@leander](#): > > Seriously, this is really silly. If you want to ban him then just ban him. But there was no threat whatsoever. > > ETA: Is this a holdover from this thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10690059#post10690059](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10690059#post10690059) I don’t think it is specific to that thread. I think it has to do with the fact that I am a normal poster (not a sock or a troll) that has an opinion on admin choices and asks questions they would rather have unasked and unanswered. Not comfortable to have around, but not bannable must be a bit of a pebble in their shoes. A silly thing, really, since most of my questions are not meant to be challenges but straight questions that could be answered with minimal effort if they didn’t feel like playing KGB. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949/88 "2009-01-23T16:14:54Z")
Are we playing [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10732617#post10732617) or here? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949/89 "2009-01-23T16:22:44Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > We’ve had this discussion in the past. We don’t draw distinctions between real threats, implied threats, hypothetical threats, metaphorical threats, or any other kind of threat. There are few lines you can’t cross in the Pit but this is one of them. No threats. I know with everything going you’re under a lot stress as it may be more emotional then logically considered. So it’s understandable as an emotional reaction but please reconsider this. Taken another way. Another warning like this and I’ll flame you bad. This is threat of some form; will I be warned, or banned? ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949/90 "2009-01-23T16:44:40Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > Are we playing [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10732617#post10732617) or here? Nobody is playing, damn it! This is serious. Winkie in white ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949/91 "2009-01-23T16:47:03Z")
Don’t swear at us! Or so help me, I will _toast_ your _creme brulee_, see if I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949/92 "2009-01-23T16:48:25Z")
> [@Sapo](#): > > Nobody is playing, damn it! This is serious. > > Winkie in white You’re getting confused. It’s serious here, and we’re playing [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10732774#post10732774). ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949/93 "2009-01-23T16:51:43Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Don’t swear at us! Or so help me, I will _toast_ your _creme brulee_, see if I don’t. Knock it off or I swear I will stick my tongue at the keyboard the next time I reply to a post of yours. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949/94 "2009-01-23T17:00:39Z")
> [@Sapo](#): > > Knock it off or I swear I will stick my tongue at the keyboard the next time I reply to a post of yours. Please stop. I know you are just playing, but I am really scared they are gonna call your jokes like this a threat and ban you. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949/95 "2009-01-23T17:01:50Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Please stop. I know you are just playing, but I am really scared they are gonna call your jokes like this a threat and ban you. It scares me to think we are at the point where this could be a possibility. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949/96 "2009-01-23T17:03:00Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Don’t swear at us! Or so help me, I will _toast_ your _creme brulee_, see if I don’t. Guys you better listen. I don’t think he’s bluffing. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949/97 "2009-01-23T17:11:54Z")
Heh. Don’t derail your own thread, **Sapo**. **Gold Leader** : They’re coming in! Three trolls at 2-10! [Gold Two is slain by O/T comment and his wingmen; Gold Leader starts to panic] **Gold Leader** : It’s no good, I can’t focus! **Gold Five** : Stay on topic. **Gold Leader** : _We’re too close minded!_ **Gold Five** : Stay on topic! **Gold Leader** : [shouts] Loosen up! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949/98 "2009-01-23T18:15:55Z")
Considering that story ends with all the Gold pilots in that group blown up and killed, I think your post constitutes a threat, also, **mlees.** I mean, presuming you have a small-moon-sized battle station and a fleet of snub fighters to back up the threat. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949/99 "2009-01-23T18:17:41Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > I mean, presuming you have a small-moon-sized battle station and a fleet of snub fighters to back up the threat. Who doesn’t? ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949/100 "2009-01-23T18:32:07Z")
Unfortunately, I cannot afford the latest in star fighter technology. (I’m saving up for the down payment on a slightly used Death Star.) I had to settle for the old Stilletto class space control shuttles. ☹ But my pilots are definately a cocky bunch, full of swagger. Wanted in five systems, some of them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-giraffe-before-some-asshole-locks-this/481949.md?page=6)