# So tomndeb **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 23, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tomndeb/537067 "2010-04-23T02:03:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tomndeb/537067/1 "2010-04-23T02:03:03Z")
I asked in thread why I got a warning and Bricker did not but got no response. So I’ll ask again. Here is the post that got me a warning. Originally Posted by sinjin > [@](#): > > When people conjecture such stupid stuff as this it usually means that that’s what’s going thru their own minds. Are you secretly hoping that the feds open up on your redneck friends or that bad boys attack you so you all are justified in using ultimate force to defend yourself thereby justifying your walking around armed and dangerous at all times? > > Sheesh, I’m a 55 year old woman who’s been around the world and I’ve never felt even close to as threatened as you apparently are. Grow a pair and stop hiding behind your gun. Tomndeb’s response to me: > [@](#): > > Tone it down–a lot. > > If you have to appeal to emotions to make your point, your point may not be as strong as you suppose. If you have to resort to insults, then you may not even have a point. > > /Moderating Bricker’s post that was directed at me and that I was replying to in the above post and that was quoted in my post and ignored by tomndeb: > [@](#): > > Or do you secretly fume at the lack, and find yourself thinking, “Fuck, I wish those redneck assholes would just get it over with and start shooting so I could throw a killing or two back in Bricker’s face!” Why do I get a warning and Bricker gets a buy? ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tomndeb/537067/2 "2010-04-23T02:40:21Z")
That’s not a Warning. Did you get a PM and a Warning shows up on your user control panel? Otherwise, you got a mod note and nothing more. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tomndeb/537067/3 "2010-04-23T02:52:41Z")
> [@](#): > > **Tom** : If you have to appeal to emotions to make your point, your point may not be as strong as you suppose. On the other hand, appealing to the emotions may be one of the strongest foundations for an appeal. I can understand that more than an appeal to the emotions is expected in a formal debate, but most argument goes beyond that. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tomndeb/537067/4 "2010-04-23T04:32:01Z")
> [@sinjin](#): > > Why do I get a warning and Bricker gets a buy? Bricker did not get a bye. You did not get a Warning. While the basis of your post riffed on Bricker’s original one, you made more of yours personal, including references to other posts containing “stupid” stuff and ending with your “grow a pair” comment, so I asked you to tone down the rhetoric before it got too personal and got out of hand. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tomndeb/537067/5 "2010-04-24T02:17:34Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Bricker did not get a bye. > You did not get a Warning. > > While the basis of your post riffed on Bricker’s original one, you made more of yours personal, including references to other posts containing “stupid” stuff and ending with your “grow a pair” comment, so I asked you to tone down the rhetoric before it got too personal and got out of hand. So my post was more personal and offensive than this: > [@](#): > > Or do you secretly fume at the lack, and find yourself thinking, “Fuck, I wish those redneck assholes would just get it over with and start shooting so I could throw a killing or two back in Bricker’s face!” Cool, I’ll keep that in mind.🆒