# RE: is it possible to be too offensive...Sultan, sadness, &c.

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**Created:** [October 10, 2001, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-is-it-possible-to-be-too-offensive-sultan-sadness-c/86502 "2001-10-10T03:56:24Z")
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### Author: ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2001, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-is-it-possible-to-be-too-offensive-sultan-sadness-c/86502/21 "2001-10-10T15:50:53Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Libertarian \*  
> \*\*Duck, I know you far outrank me in status, but please listen. Arturo is _not_ saying merely, “I don’t like this board, and here’s why.”
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> He is trying to tell us that something is fundamentally wrong with this board, just as if someone were reporting a technical glitch, or a bug, or any other problem with SDMB. He is saying that the SD has fallen from greatness to mediocrity. And if we are unwilling _even to listen_, even to examine ourselves, but just want to sling links at him, tell him to get lost, pretend he doesn’t understand, and go on about our business because we can’t be bothered to be criticized, then dammit, he’s absolutely right. \*\*

ATMB is for discussing the hardware, the MECHANICAL stuff. Like “how do I change my email address?” or reporting that you’re logged in under another name. The Pit is for the wetware, the people.

I’m locking this thread instead of moving it. Let it Serve As An Example.

Lynn  
For the Straight Dope

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