# The 'Why was \[banned person's name\] banned?' thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 9, 2001, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346 "2001-10-09T15:55:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rushtopher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e47774/32.png) [@rushtopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rushtopher)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346/21 "2001-10-09T20:42:32Z")
Shayna said: > [@](#): > > There is a very distinct difference between, “Why was so-and-so banned, I missed it?” and ““Why was so-and-so banned. I’ve read 27 of his 65 posts and he didn’t seem to be a troll?” or [starting] a pit-thread protesting the evil-admins.” And I would urge you to read pages 2 and 3 of that thread. Or you could take my word for it, but the rest of the thread has become a case of “But Jodi told him this, and she didn’t get a warning, what are the mods doing” blah blah bliddy blah I’m so stuffy get me a scone. Same old crap. Hell, I’m a 95% lurker and can see that. ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346/22 "2001-10-09T21:24:42Z")
No one thinks that message boards are democracies. What the mods do they do with impunity. But that doesn’t mean people should have to expect and tolerate tyranny. ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346/23 "2001-10-09T22:03:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Slip Mahoney \* > Say, why was **schmuck** banned but not **putz?** > > They were both assholes, so neither one should have been banned. What the fuck is your problem, **Slip**?! They weren’t assholes. **schmuck** and **putz** were both, self-evidently, dicks. Sheesh. Sua ---
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346/24 "2001-10-09T22:04:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eternal \* > \*\*No one thinks that message boards are democracies. What the mods do they do with impunity. But that doesn’t mean people should have to expect and tolerate tyranny. \*\* True. They’re free to leave whenever they like. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346/25 "2001-10-09T22:05:38Z")
And why are some posters allowed to have 2 usernames? (I don’t mean me, of course, everyone knows who i am) ---
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346/26 "2001-10-09T22:28:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SuaSponte \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Slip Mahoney \* > > Say, why was **schmuck** banned but not **putz?** > > > > They were both assholes, so neither one should have been banned. > > What the fuck is your problem, **Slip**?! They weren’t assholes. **schmuck** and **putz** were both, self-evidently, dicks. Sheesh. > > Sua \*\* I did not know that. So, why wasn’t **dork** banned for calling me an apprentice towelboy in a Bangkok whorehouse? In the pit, yet. ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346/27 "2001-10-09T22:53:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Slip Mahoney \* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by SuaSponte \* > > > > What the fuck is your problem, **Slip**?! They weren’t assholes. **schmuck** and **putz** were both, self-evidently, dicks. Sheesh. > > > > Sua > > I did not know that. Oy, gevalt. Don’t they teach Yiddish curse words in school anymore? 😃 Sua ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346/28 "2001-10-09T23:00:43Z")
> [@](#): > > And why are some posters allowed to have 2 usernames? They’re not. And I know exactly to whom, and to what, you refer, vanilla. I strongly suggest you not go there. Simply accept my word that we’ve handled it. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346/29 "2001-10-09T23:08:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eternal \* > \*\*No one thinks that message boards are democracies. What the mods do they do with impunity. But that doesn’t mean people should have to expect and tolerate tyranny. \*\* _tyranny_? _ **TYRANNY** _??! BWAH-HA-HA-HA-HA Perfect, **Eternal**! Perfect! In my OP, I spend all those words, on the fourth choice of every group listed above trying to paint a picture in words of a certain type of whining jerk. And with one single word you better demonstrate the _exact_ kind of asshole I was trying to describe. A masterpiece of minimalism. _Tyranny_. heh. Can you imagine that there are people who are actually…I can’t think of a strong enough word. Stupid, I suppose. Or self-absorbed. Stupid enough to actually equate a moderating decision on a message board on an internet littered with thousands of message boards, with an “absolute power exercised unjustly or cruelly”. Stalin’s Soviet Union vs The Straight Dope board. Tough choice. :rolleyes: \Tyranny. Priceless. Damn. I wish I thought of it. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346/30 "2001-10-09T23:17:34Z")
**Fenris** , you have been called the master of every art form known to posting, and it has all been true. Another masterpiece! > [@](#): > > Say, why was schmuck banned but not putz? I see that **Sua Sponte** has quite ably disposed of the main point to be made here, but the actual answer to the question is that the computer of the Mod. or Admin. who banned **putz** would thereafter continually crash through the removal of the posthumous blessing of **Wally**. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346/31 "2001-10-10T05:50:16Z")
> [@](#): > > But that doesn’t mean people should have to expect and tolerate tyranny. No tyranny here. “Tyranny” implies that it’s forced upon people. And I don’t know anybody who can’t just shut down the computer and take a walk instead of posting to the SDMB… Excluding me, of course. I’m allergic to real life. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346/32 "2001-10-10T08:29:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultress \* > So I’ll have to print it off and finish it in the ladies’ room. Anyone else REALLY amused at the various mental images this conjures? **ultress** walking to the bathroom with a piece of computer paper, then laughing in a stall, etc.? [sub]My Kingdom for some sleep.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/0ea827/32.png) [@Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zaphod_Beeblebrox)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346/33 "2001-10-10T11:46:32Z")
You seem to be missing one little possible motive for asking “why was _insert poster’s name_ banned?” For example: I asked this very question in the Hamburger Helper thread. I did not ask this in order to challenge a mod’s authority, or to challenge the validity of the ban. I asked this in the hope that someone would provide me with a link to a thread where said banned poster did whatever got them banned. I enjoy seeing some troll get torn to bits by other dopers. It’s one of the things that make The Pit such a happy shiny place. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346/34 "2001-10-10T12:26:02Z")
about this time in a thread like this, expect Mu Mu AM/PM Ma Parrot to post about The evil Mods and how the Admins run the board. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346/35 "2001-10-10T12:45:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TwistofFate \* > \*\*about this time in a thread like this, expect > > Mu Mu > AM/PM > Ma Parrot > to post about > The evil Mods and how the Admins run the board. \*\* And/or how banned trolls ALWAYS come back. Strange. I don’t remember any recent posts by Mu Shu or AM/PM. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346/36 "2001-10-10T13:08:10Z")
Anyone get the idea that Fenris used to put Mad MAgazine inside his algebra schoolbook? 🙂 Fenris, I am your fan. Or maybe air-conditioner… ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346/37 "2001-10-10T14:17:41Z")
**Fenris** , you are a god amongst humans. You just fucking ROCK !!! \<—kneeling face down on small filthy SDMB Prayer Rug, facing towards **Fenrisopolis** , mecca to all things witty. 😃 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346/38 "2001-10-10T14:21:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eternal \* > \*\*No one thinks that message boards are democracies. What the mods do they do with impunity. But that doesn’t mean people should have to expect and tolerate tyranny. \*\* Brothers and sisters! Fellow Citizens! For too long we have been oppressed by King Cecil and his “mods”! Even now, the Comte d’Oncle-bière bitterly oppresses the denizens of Par…err…the pit! The evil Incendefroid tramples us with clogs of steel! While they live in luxury, the people are starving! We are sick! I have a disease that requires me to put exclamation points after every sentence! Rise up with me, and we will overthrow Cecil and have a republic! Long live the revolution! Long live the Straight Dope Message Boards! ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346/39 "2001-10-10T14:22:57Z")
Cartooni, I was going to say that too, but feared the wrath of the ROCKING GUY himself so…😉 Hey, lets starta church of fenris (COF) hee hee ---
**Author:** ![Syzygy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Syzygy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syzygy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346/40 "2001-10-10T14:51:43Z")
Hey, I’m with **Zaphod**. I check out the “Why was [insert banned poster here] banned?” threads, because they often include links to the last thread posted to by the offending poster. I personally like to watch the banned crash and burn, and be picked apart by the surrounding Dopers. The Mod doing the banning almost always has a great comment, as well. So apart from the fact that they take up space on the board, I have no problem with these threads. Hilarious OP, by the way. I’m still waiting for the Banned Poster Mad-Libs[sup]TM[/sup] to show up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-banned-persons-name-banned-thread/86346.md?page=3)