# Reverend Mykeru banned. SDMB Pit vultures rejoice. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 26, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverend-mykeru-banned-sdmb-pit-vultures-rejoice/157718 "2003-02-26T20:13:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverend-mykeru-banned-sdmb-pit-vultures-rejoice/157718/342 "2003-03-01T20:29:00Z")
I assume **Ogre** that was posted before you saw my most recent post? Rage and amusement at the same time? Sorry, I’ve personally not experienced the same thing. I just find it amazing that some folks still cling to the ‘he was so maligned/treated so badly’ tact, since in the first place he specifically states he was amused at the insults and found them entertaining (which is what I’ve suggested, that he finds that sort of interchange fun), and that it includes ‘rage’ (where I can find no support) and that a significant number were outrightly complimentary and welcoming. in other words, pretty much what you’d expect (as he did). Some people will like you, some people won’t. focusing only on those who didn’t will indeed skew your perception of the event. Wish people would stop doing that. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverend-mykeru-banned-sdmb-pit-vultures-rejoice/157718/343 "2003-03-01T20:32:13Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Jeff Olson_ > **I say he was flaiming for the sake of flaming, not becaue of what he did to me, but because he flamed those who were trying to help.** Honestly **Jeff** , do you think by repeating that line, over and over again, to the point of ad naseum, that it’s going to eventually stick? To my eyes, re-reading his posts a couple of times over now (And damn, he nailed you guys pretty well; kudos **Rev**!), that going over this topic non-stop is going to make you right, eventually? Seriously, you’ve been at it since the start, arguing you weren’t appreciated for your fine contributions. Well whoopdee-fuckin’-doo. It happens here all the time; a person chimes in with somewhat valid information and isn’t thanked or responded to. Is that really what this is all about to you? The lack of a bow to your feet, the unabashed admiration from the **Rev** for your fine detective work? Good lord man, he said it once, maybe not as clearly as you desire, but he said it once. Let it got my man. Jesus, the people saying ‘let things go, relax’ can’t understand, or take for a minute, what they preach. You’ve not only rapped up the sad part, you’re headed for patheticvill non-stop and express. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ace_of_Swords)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverend-mykeru-banned-sdmb-pit-vultures-rejoice/157718/344 "2003-03-01T20:55:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wring \* > Rage and amusement at the same time? Sorry, I’ve personally not experienced the same thing. Wait, wait, one can be _amused_ and _angry_ at the same time? And the amusement leavens the rage, you say? Is their a forum, perhaps, somewhere near here, where the participant’s rants are judged on their anger, humour, and style? I should think I’d have heard of that. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverend-mykeru-banned-sdmb-pit-vultures-rejoice/157718/345 "2003-03-01T21:08:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CnoteChris \* > \*\*Honestly **Jeff** , do you think by repeating that line, over and over again, to the point of ad naseum, that it’s going to eventually stick? > > To my eyes, re-reading his posts a couple of times over now (And damn, he nailed you guys pretty well; kudos **Rev**!), that going over this topic non-stop is going to make you right, eventually? \*\* I don’t see how there is any definate right or wrong here. **RedFury** (dunno why I though that was **RexDart** :() came in with what I saw as a misrepresentation of me and I responded, simple as that. The consensus of the Mods was that **Rev.** be banned for trolling even though there was no official warning. Posters have been banned without being warned before and probably will again but until **DavidB** ’s debacle there hasn’t been much of a fuss. Now we have handful of posters who appear to be rabidly second-guessing the Mods and I fail to see the purpose. Do you want them to just throw open the floodgates and allow all-comers or what? Should the Mods always wait until there is a clear violation of the rules? Do the needs of the few - or one - now outweigh the needs of the many? If that’s where we’re heading I believe people will be leaving in droves and I’ll be one of 'em. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverend-mykeru-banned-sdmb-pit-vultures-rejoice/157718/346 "2003-03-01T21:26:01Z")
Wow **Jeff** … > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Jeff Olson_ > **Do you want them to just throw open the floodgates and allow all-comers or what?** Isn’t that how things are supposed to be? All views and all people? Or we only allowed people that share our view? > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Jeff Olson_ > **Should the Mods always wait until there is a clear violation of the rules?** You’re saying it should be otherwise? Pre-emptive strikes on what **might** happen are acceptable? Wow, and double wow. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Jeff Olson_ > **Do the needs of the few - or one - now outweigh the needs of the many?** When it comes to opinions, why should the mass opinion outwieigh the one? It seems to me you’re arguing for groupthink pure and simple. Again, wow. I never knew. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Jeff Olson_ > **If that’s where we’re heading I believe people will be leaving in droves and I’ll be one of 'em.** Don’t leave, they’ll ban, and have banned, anyone who doesn’t think like you do soon enough. Give it time, things will be back to normal in short time. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverend-mykeru-banned-sdmb-pit-vultures-rejoice/157718/347 "2003-03-01T21:32:27Z")
I’m just trying to figure out what the hell is going on. ---
**Author:** ![Tee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Tee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tee)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverend-mykeru-banned-sdmb-pit-vultures-rejoice/157718/348 "2003-03-01T21:33:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Ace of Swords \* > \*\*Is their a forum, perhaps, somewhere near here, where the participant’s rants are judged on their anger, humour, and style? \*\* Speaking of **Nostradamus** , I’ve meant to find out why I never see him anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverend-mykeru-banned-sdmb-pit-vultures-rejoice/157718/349 "2003-03-01T21:44:05Z")
Sorry, my questions above were a bit abrupt but I couldn’t think of a better way to phrase them. I’m all for diversity and differences of opinion, otherwise this board would be as dead as the south pole. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverend-mykeru-banned-sdmb-pit-vultures-rejoice/157718/350 "2003-03-01T21:53:50Z")
We agree there **Jeff**. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverend-mykeru-banned-sdmb-pit-vultures-rejoice/157718/351 "2003-03-01T22:00:53Z")
Group hug! Wait, what are you doing with that? :whack: Ow! Hey! :whack: Quiddit! :whack: :whack: :whack: Aaaaaaah! :thud: ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverend-mykeru-banned-sdmb-pit-vultures-rejoice/157718/352 "2003-03-01T22:27:51Z")
Are we done here yet? 'Cause I wanna go find another newbie to pile on. Hey, there’s a whole bunch of single-post flamebait over in **Scylla** ’s blimp thread… :wally ---
**Author:** ![RexDart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@RexDart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RexDart)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverend-mykeru-banned-sdmb-pit-vultures-rejoice/157718/353 "2003-03-01T23:41:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*I don’t see how there is any definate right or wrong here. **RedFury** (dunno why I though that was **RexDart** :() came in with what I saw as a misrepresentation of me and I responded, simple as that. > \*\* Yeah, imagine my surprise at doing a vanity search to find my name in the 7th page of a thread I’d abandoned 4 days ago. I see you corrected the mistake, so all good. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ace_of_Swords)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverend-mykeru-banned-sdmb-pit-vultures-rejoice/157718/354 "2003-03-02T21:53:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tee \* > \*\*Speaking of **Nostradamus** , I’ve meant to find out why I never see him anymore. \*\* He’s unpredictable, isn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverend-mykeru-banned-sdmb-pit-vultures-rejoice/157718/355 "2003-03-03T17:21:26Z")
Disclaimer:This is a joke. This seriously a joke, so please don’t take this joke to mind. This topic suddenly inspires a question - What’s the difference between an orge and a troll? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverend-mykeru-banned-sdmb-pit-vultures-rejoice/157718/356 "2003-03-03T17:32:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LostCause \* > \*\*Disclaimer:This is a joke. This seriously a joke, so please don’t take this joke to mind. This topic suddenly inspires a question - > > What’s the difference between an orge and a troll? > \*\* That might have been funnier without the typo, **LC** , but in reply to the question you typed: There’s no poster named **mangetroll**. ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverend-mykeru-banned-sdmb-pit-vultures-rejoice/157718/357 "2003-03-03T18:57:58Z")
For the love of Cecil can this thread please be closed already??? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverend-mykeru-banned-sdmb-pit-vultures-rejoice/157718/358 "2003-03-03T19:41:05Z")
Sound good to me. * * * **Cajun Man** ~ SDMB Moderator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverend-mykeru-banned-sdmb-pit-vultures-rejoice/157718.md?page=17)