# Re: complaint about a warning **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 26, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-complaint-about-a-warning/638931 "2012-10-26T13:51:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-complaint-about-a-warning/638931/21 "2012-10-26T17:44:31Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > But there is one wrong thing in your post that may be why we are still talking about it. > > Yes - ludovic just got a note. > Yes - my warning was for (unintentionally) disobeying a mod instruction. > Yes - “paper towel tube” leads to hijacks and to be honest, SA himself did a much better job than you and Marley put together to explain why this is so. > No - It was not a snipe at SA. It was participating in a SD meme and IMO less offensive than if I were to write something ultra commie liberal and sign it > > Regards, > Saint Cad Boo hoo. Next time read the thread. It was only 10 posts when you posted to it. You have no excuse for not seeing it. Your other two warnings, although for different offenses, were also basically because you post first and think about if afterwards. Next time you post in GQ, don’t post the first thing that pops into your head. > [@Complaint about a warning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaint-about-a-warning/638776/1): > > If Colibri wants to be pedantic and keep the warning since technically I did violate the (IMO ridiculous) instruction then so be it. You said this in your original complaint thread, but here you are still complaining about it. You’ve given no valid grounds yet for me to rescind it. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-complaint-about-a-warning/638931/22 "2012-10-26T17:50:49Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > No - It was not a snipe at SA. It was participating in a SD meme It was participating in a SD meme of sniping at **Starving Artist**. Some of these memes we need to let go. Hell, I’d be willing to accept most of these memes we need to let go, but most aren’t actively hostile. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-complaint-about-a-warning/638931/23 "2012-10-26T18:00:23Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > No - It was not a snipe at SA. I take you at your word, but it was pretty much indistinguishable from one. And yes, the whole joke is that **Starving Artist** offered this ludicrous defense (and has stuck to it all this time). So it really doesn’t make much difference. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-complaint-about-a-warning/638931/24 "2012-10-26T18:27:03Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Boo hoo. Next time read the thread. It was only 10 posts when you posted to it. You have no excuse for not seeing it. Wow! That is really mature to simulate me crying when I repeatedly have accepted the warning because I didn’t follow your instruction. I even said that even though it was unintentional it was still my fault. So “Boo Hoo” over accepting a warning? You must read my post as well as my history when you said I have repeated warnings when it was only one. ETA: So using “paper towel tube” is a jab at SA but that same moderator basically calling a poster a baby is not? No wonder we can never keep straight what is allowed and what isnt. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-complaint-about-a-warning/638931/25 "2012-10-26T18:32:44Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Wow! That is really mature to simulate me crying when I repeatedly have accepted the warning because I didn’t follow your instruction. I even said that even though it was unintentional it was still my fault. “Accepting the warning” doesn’t mean to me continuing to complain about it for several days over two threads. > [@](#): > > You must read my post as well as my history when you said I have repeated warnings when it was only one. You have three warnings in total so far. In fact, I checked your previous infractions before issuing a warning instead of a note, since as I said your previous warnings had been over poorly considered responses in GQ. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-complaint-about-a-warning/638931/26 "2012-10-26T18:52:59Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > “Accepting the warning” doesn’t mean to me continuing to complain about it for several days over two threads. FTR: I was arguing that “paper towel tube” is automatically considered a jab at SA and is not a meme outside of that. I never said I didn’t deserve the warning for not following your instruction. > [@Colibri](#): > > You have three warnings in total so far. In fact, I checked your previous infractions before issuing a warning instead of a note, since as I said your previous warnings had been over poorly considered responses in GQ. First Warning: 27 Jan 2012 for political jab in GQ from Gary “Wombat” Robson Second Warning: > [@Who was the first non-W.A.S.P. US president?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-non-w-a-s-p-us-president/635853/33): > > [Moderator Warning] > > **Saint Cad** , religious jabs are not permitted in GQ. Since you’ve had similar offenses before, I’m making this a warning instead of a note. Do not do this again. > > Colibri > General Questions Moderator “Offenses” is plural meaning more than one. Show me any other infractions other than the first warning at the time you wrote that warning. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-complaint-about-a-warning/638931/27 "2012-10-26T19:13:27Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > “Offenses” is plural meaning more than one. Show me any other infractions other than the first warning at the time you wrote that warning. I have no idea what your point with this is, or how this has any bearing on your recent warning. You already had two warnings, which you’ve cited, when you received it. It’s possible I misstated the number of offenses when I gave you your second warning. It’s also possible I had in mind a previous mod note to you, which we don’t compile. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-complaint-about-a-warning/638931.md?page=1)