# The kanicbird konundrum **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 22, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802 "2011-11-22T22:09:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802/21 "2011-11-22T23:51:32Z")
I liked how an Angel come down from on high just to play a Jedi mind-trick on a police officer, which allowed **kanicbird** to continue on his merry way driving drunk. ETA: What kind of angel would do that sort of thing? I don’t know… maybe… SATAN?! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802/22 "2011-11-23T00:00:50Z")
Is it right to laugh at a crazy person? I mean, the guy sees demons, hears angels using the Jedi Mind Trick on cops, etc. But it’s so much fun? Hmmm, what to do? (I would Pit him for the drunk driving, though. That’s fucked up) ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802/23 "2011-11-23T00:05:21Z")
Seems like a perfectly normal Christian to me–he sees shit that isn’t there, tells himself all kinds of tales to justify his irrational beliefs, and doesn’t give a crap what anyone tells him about his beliefs and how little sense they make. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802/24 "2011-11-23T00:07:07Z")
I’ve pitted kanic once or twice, but no longer, and not simply because of my general distaste for the Pit. I used to think him a troll, but now I think he’s simply mentally unwell. Pitting him seems … I don’t know, unkind. More than anything else, I hope he somehow gets help. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802/25 "2011-11-23T00:11:33Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Is it right to laugh at a crazy person? I mean, the guy sees demons, hears angels using the Jedi Mind Trick on cops, etc. People certainly made fun of Oral Roberts and his 900 Foot Tall Jesus. And his “Send me money or God will call me home” campaign resulted in a _Send Oral to Heaven in '87_ bumper sticker being popular in Oklahoma, I understand. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802/26 "2011-11-23T00:16:08Z")
I sincerely believe the mods should change his title to “Fucking Lunatic” just to give newbies fair warning. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802/27 "2011-11-23T00:27:28Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [The latest missive from our resident village idiot.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14490767&postcount=386) I think there should be a sticky at the top of Great Debates warning all as to the utter uselessness of logical argument when dealing with this lunatic. ‘I was raped by demons from hell’, oh **kanicbird** , if only that were true. I have noticed his tolling was getting more obvious lately, his ‘prove this coincidence isn’t my god’ thread wasn’t even trying. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802/28 "2011-11-23T00:46:43Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Band name! > [@mhendo](#): > > Or a Robert Ludlum novel. Or an early Kinks album. > [@pakalolo](#): > > I have a hard time believing this guy is not a troll. I’m not sure what to make of him, but I do get the impression he’s sincere. > [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > No, he seems not all that unusual for a Christian true believer; there’s tens of millions just as irrational. I disagree: he doesn’t really remind me of the rational _or_ the irrational Christians I’ve known. He’s got his own, unique point of view and version of reality. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802/29 "2011-11-23T00:54:45Z")
He’s one of the neighbourhood crazies: he adds nothing directly but sometimes kicks threads off that go in interesting directions. I don’t read his posts or anyone responding to him though. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802/30 "2011-11-23T01:32:11Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I disagree: he doesn’t really remind me of the rational _or_ the irrational Christians I’ve known. He’s got his own, unique point of view and version of reality. Yeah, really – when he begins expounding on his beliefs there’s a whole lot of terminology from Christianity but the way it’s assembled together is sometimes… just… odd. However, his having inspired that line from \*\*A Monkey with a Gun \*\*does have to go to his credit. Brilliant, **AMwaG**. And come on, Archangel Michael using the Mind Trick? That’s something I can imagine Heaven’s Press Secretary Gabriel pulling; Mike is the dude in charge of _smiting._ ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802/31 "2011-11-23T01:44:37Z")
How obvious does a troll have to be in Great Debates before he gets banned? Kanicbird is waving a troll flag so large you can see it from space. Get him out of here! ---
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802/32 "2011-11-23T01:46:22Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > And come on, Archangel Michael using the Mind Trick? That’s something I can imagine Heaven’s Press Secretary Gabriel pulling; Mike is the dude in charge of _smiting._ You’re right, Michael was the one who intervened the other time that he was pulled over for drunk driving. You know, when the angel took control of his car, causing it to run over the cop multiple times, then compelled him to get out and put the body in the trunk, and then ditch the car in lake. And during the walk home suggested he stop by a strip club and get some lap dances from the sweet innocent children. Truly miraculous. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802/33 "2011-11-23T01:56:45Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > How obvious does a troll have to be in Great Debates before he gets banned? Kanicbird is waving a troll flag so large you can see it from space. Get him out of here! Was **raleighrally** a troll? ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802/34 "2011-11-23T01:59:38Z")
What’s strange with Kanicbird is that his posts in threads not related to religion not only make sense but also contain useful info. And based on his replies I guess he has some engineering background. Taking into account only these posts I would say kanicbird is a fun and knowledgeable guy. On the other hand the posts on religion contain all kinds of crazy. It is like they are written by two different persons. Either he is a very good troll or he has some serious brain condition. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802/35 "2011-11-23T02:05:55Z")
His christian terminology is definitely odd. I’ve never seen him as a typical christian, more of a new age one. But being “raped by demons” and claiming it’s true is… schizophrenic? Of course, whenever I hear someone “took Jesus into their heart and felt his presence” I think of schizophrenia too. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802/36 "2011-11-23T02:10:57Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > Seems like a perfectly normal Christian to me–he sees shit that isn’t there, tells himself all kinds of tales to justify his irrational beliefs, and doesn’t give a crap what anyone tells him about his beliefs and how little sense they make. Well, I don’t know what kind of religious people YOU know, but I’ve never had a priest tell me he was raped by demons and that an angel saved him from being arrested for DUI. In fact, he’d probably have looked at me like I was crazy. At least if I told him it was LITERAL. Most priests and nuns I knew were sane and didn’t pull this kind of shit. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802/37 "2011-11-23T02:18:11Z")
He does sound mentally ill to me. I would not be surprised to learn that alcohol is to blame for some of the more out there posts. I hope he never hurts anyone through driving while impaired. I also hope he gets better. ---
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802/38 "2011-11-23T02:28:31Z")
at least he has few issues about knowledge and ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802/39 "2011-11-23T02:52:06Z")
[I found the ‘seeing demons in the faces of children’ quote:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10863023&postcount=357) > [@](#): > > They have/can take on may forms, I have seen them as appearing as human (males/females and babies), animals, a pig faces little imp, shadow creatures, and disfigured spirits. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802/40 "2011-11-23T03:57:28Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Anyway, **kanicbird** truly is one of the board’s more bizarre people. When i first joined, he was just a right-wing asshole, but somewhere along the line he found religion and became a total fucking proselytizing nutbar. By “found,” you mean “invented.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802.md?page=3)