# Stifling debate without justification

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**Created:** [January 27, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stifling-debate-without-justification/978905 "2023-01-27T16:13:47Z")\
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> [@Riemann](#):
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> The point is that an OP can’t start a debate:
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> “Proposed: cats are good, not evil”
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> and then say that they would like to restrict the scope of the discussion to how wonderful cats are.

Wasn’t that pretty much what happened in [the Cat Avatar thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderation-in-the-cat-avatar-thread/978206)?

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