# So, that was a pretty quick thread closure there... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 5, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-a-pretty-quick-thread-closure-there/703699 "2014-11-05T02:53:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-a-pretty-quick-thread-closure-there/703699/41 "2014-11-06T13:36:20Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > It encourages people to post humorous, mocking responses to naive questions, and this isn’t the right forum for that. …because that has never happened in GQ before, right? 😉 Again, letting Dopers respond with both snark and facts, and letting it drift to the bottom happens all the time. BUT: So does someone coming up with an angle to the question that leads to further discussion, pulling a question from simplistic and silly to interesting. That’s what Fighting Ignorance is all about. This seems jackboot-y in a situation that warranted indifference. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-a-pretty-quick-thread-closure-there/703699/42 "2014-11-06T14:55:06Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > …because that has never happened in GQ before, right? 😉 > > Again, letting Dopers respond with both snark and facts, and letting it drift to the bottom happens all the time. BUT: So does someone coming up with an angle to the question that leads to further discussion, pulling a question from simplistic and silly to interesting. That’s what Fighting Ignorance is all about. > > This seems jackboot-y in a situation that warranted indifference. And the worst part about it is that it’s physically impossible for you to open another thread, without the silliness about terrorists, in order to get that information! ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-a-pretty-quick-thread-closure-there/703699/43 "2014-11-06T16:55:03Z")
My first thought was that the thread closure was uncalled for. But after I read through the other threads started by the OP in GQ (some of which were subsequently moved) and his responses in those threads, I can understand **samclem** ’s frustration with the poster. I still don’t think it was necessarily the right thing to do, but I can’t really fault samclem for it and I’m not going to get bent out of shape about it. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-a-pretty-quick-thread-closure-there/703699/44 "2014-11-06T18:31:27Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > My first thought was that the thread closure was uncalled for. But after I read through the other threads started by the OP in GQ (some of which were subsequently moved) and his responses in those threads, I can understand **samclem** ’s frustration with the poster. I still don’t think it was necessarily the right thing to do, but I can’t really fault samclem for it and I’m not going to get bent out of shape about it. Well, then that seems like a half-measure. Why not just ban the dude and be done with it? Perhaps in hopes we all someday find out what his world-changing T-shirt phrase is? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-a-pretty-quick-thread-closure-there/703699/45 "2014-11-06T19:46:57Z")
Evidently, we no longer fight ignorance here. We handcuff it, blindfold it, take it out back, and summarily execute it. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-a-pretty-quick-thread-closure-there/703699/46 "2014-11-06T20:34:43Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Evidently, we no longer fight ignorance here. > > We handcuff it, blindfold it, take it out back, and summarily execute it. :rolleyes: Gagging Ignorance since 2014. It’s Easier Than We Thought. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-a-pretty-quick-thread-closure-there/703699/47 "2014-11-07T00:36:05Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > My first thought was that the thread closure was uncalled for. But after I read through the other threads started by the OP in GQ (some of which were subsequently moved) and his responses in those threads, I can understand **samclem** ’s frustration with the poster. I still don’t think it was necessarily the right thing to do, but I can’t really fault samclem for it and I’m not going to get bent out of shape about it. Thanks for understanding my action. You read him the way I did. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-a-pretty-quick-thread-closure-there/703699/48 "2014-11-07T00:41:00Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Well, then that seems like a half-measure. Why not just ban the dude and be done with it? > > Perhaps in hopes we all someday find out what his world-changing T-shirt phrase is? I don’t ban lightly, unless you’re a spammer or sock. The OP was merely strange and I found his posts poorly formulated and too ramblinbg to get answered as a GQ. > [@gnoitall](#): > > Evidently, we no longer fight ignorance here. > > We handcuff it, blindfold it, take it out back, and summarily execute it. :rolleyes: Execute? No, he’s still posting. > [@cmyk](#): > > Gagging Ignorance since 2014. It’s Easier Than We Thought. I’ve been gagging on ignorance sine 1999. That’s why I moved one of his posts and closed the OP in question. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-a-pretty-quick-thread-closure-there/703699/49 "2014-11-07T00:45:48Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I don’t ban lightly, unless you’re a spammer or sock. The OP was merely strange and I found his posts poorly formulated and too ramblinbg to get answered as a GQ. > > Execute? No, he’s still posting. > > I’ve been gagging on ignorance sine 1999. That’s why I moved one of his posts and closed the OP in question. Oh, his OPs have been… special… to say the least. Just seemed like an atypical pull of the thread-closing trigger there. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-a-pretty-quick-thread-closure-there/703699/50 "2014-11-07T03:15:58Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Oh, his OPs have been… special… to say the least. > > Just seemed like an atypical pull of the thread-closing trigger there. Possibly atypical. Sometimes we’re laid back, and other times we’re on point. His other threads put me on point. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-a-pretty-quick-thread-closure-there/703699/51 "2014-11-07T14:52:34Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Evidently, we no longer fight ignorance here. > > We handcuff it, blindfold it, take it out back, and summarily execute it. :rolleyes: > [@samclem](#): > > Execute? No, he’s still posting ObPedant: I was speaking of ignorance, not the **ignorant**. I assume that by and large, we’re still “hate the sin, tolerate the sinner (if they’re tolerable)” here. I wasn’t speaking of banning anyone. It’s revealing to discover that you were. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-was-a-pretty-quick-thread-closure-there/703699.md?page=2)