# This Deserves a Warning **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 16, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-deserves-a-warning/757494 "2016-06-16T03:34:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-deserves-a-warning/757494/21 "2016-06-16T11:29:10Z")
> [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](#): > > No, I quoted a comment. Mod notes are different than “Mod Hat On - back off” Mode notes say “Mod note”." or something to that effect. > > The point is that if the rule is the rule then the rule is the rule and it ought to be dealt with the same way. > > He directly wished harm to my children. That is in direct violation of the rules. > > There is no ambiguity, it is deserving of a warning and, as such, I believe one ought to be issued. There is no specific format for moderation. If it is a formal warning you get notified through the site so there is no mistaking that. Beyond that each mod can give out their notes and instructions how they wish. In this case the post was moderated. ITD chose to instruct rather than warn. There are very few bright lines as to where a post would get a warning instead of a note. All I can say is we take the totality of the circumstances when determining to warn or note. The bottom line is both posts were moderated for breaking the same rule. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-deserves-a-warning/757494/22 "2016-06-16T12:00:44Z")
> [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](#): > > No, I quoted a comment. Mod notes are different than “Mod Hat On - back off” Mode notes say “Mod note”." or something to that effect. > > The point is that if the rule is the rule then the rule is the rule and it ought to be dealt with the same way. > > He directly wished harm to my children. That is in direct violation of the rules. > > There is no ambiguity, it is deserving of a warning and, as such, I believe one ought to be issued. No, I preface all my mod notes with Mod Hat On. It was modded with a note. We all have different styles to indicate we’re taking moderation action. I am familiar with the warning issued in the Gorilla thread (linked up thread) and felt the comment I modded walked up to that line but didn’t cross it. I considered the tone of the thread and the specific comment and chose to try to direct the thread with a note rather than a warning. Folks here are right that I tend to note rather than warn, and I think on balance that this strategy works for me in the forums I moderate. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-deserves-a-warning/757494/23 "2016-06-16T13:31:18Z")
For the record: 1. I apologize for the comment and agree it crossed a line. 2. I would never, under any circumstances, direct a threat or wish for harm towards anyone’s children or family members. The comment was directed towards the poster, not his children. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-deserves-a-warning/757494/24 "2016-06-16T14:16:38Z")
Seriously **Zeke** looking at your join date, I would have expected you to have a bit thicker skin. You’re reacting like you joined in the last 12 months. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-deserves-a-warning/757494/25 "2016-06-17T01:32:51Z")
I blame muldoonthief for the kid being taken by the crocodile. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-deserves-a-warning/757494/26 "2016-06-17T12:23:51Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > I blame muldoonthief for the kid being taken by the crocodile. It was an alligator. No further comment, except that I do own a crocodile skin wallet, though the inside pockets are kangaroo leather. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-deserves-a-warning/757494/27 "2016-06-17T12:31:57Z")
Well, Christ. Now a kangaroo is going to murder someone. Thanks a lot, dude. BEWAARRE! ---
**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:** [June 17, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-deserves-a-warning/757494/28 "2016-06-17T13:19:41Z")
Not if the dingos can get there first! ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-deserves-a-warning/757494/29 "2016-06-17T13:37:03Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Not if the dingos can get there first! Wild dingos only eat faces. I learned that from some nature show or David Letterman; one of the two. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-deserves-a-warning/757494/30 "2016-06-17T13:55:14Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Wild dingos only eat faces. [Say What?!?!](http://assets.rollingstone.com/assets/images/gallery/photos-from-the-faces-1969-to-1975-20110712/rectangle.jpg):eek: ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-deserves-a-warning/757494/31 "2016-06-17T14:10:38Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > > [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > > > I blame muldoonthief for the kid being taken by the crocodile. > > It was an alligator. Ah, so you _were_ there. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-deserves-a-warning/757494/32 "2016-06-17T14:12:42Z")
Dingo eats THOSE Faces he’s gonna end up drunk. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-deserves-a-warning/757494/33 "2016-06-17T14:39:53Z")
Dropbears will get them all. ALL. :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![heartsplayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d9b06d/32.png) [@heartsplayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heartsplayer)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-deserves-a-warning/757494/34 "2016-06-18T14:19:47Z")
> [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](#): > > **Ivory Tower Denizen** > > This is strange but I can’t find the thread I started defending another poster when he was warned for saying the same thing in the Toddler vs Gorilla thread. > > I was told by a mod that even though it was a figure of speech it was a warnable offense. In that case the poster said something to the effect of " I hope anyone…" in this current case the poster said, “I can only hope you…” > > This is certainly a violation of the rules and such and it does not “come close” he is actively hoping that one of MY kids gets killed so I can experience it. > > Yet it is not even deserving of a note? I’d say that calling someone else “a piece of work” would be worthy of at least a note, possibly a warning depending on the circumstances. So 2 warnable points in 1 post :smack: ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-deserves-a-warning/757494/35 "2016-06-18T14:38:17Z")
> [@heartsplayer](#): > > I’d say that calling someone else “a piece of work” would be worthy of at least a note, possibly a warning depending on the circumstances. An obvious reference to [Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568150/), a reverential look at the comedian’s life, that attempted to expose the struggles, sacrifices and joy of living life as a ground breaking female performer. And for that you think the poster should be warned?😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-deserves-a-warning/757494.md?page=1)