# Thread Closed by Mod - Great Debates  Why?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-by-mod-great-debates-why/854862>\
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**Created:** [June 1, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-by-mod-great-debates-why/854862 "2020-06-01T18:03:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-by-mod-great-debates-why/854862/1 "2020-06-01T18:03:15Z")

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"I became a police officer to help people "

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=897109](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=897109) was closed pretty quickly in GD. Why?

"I’m considering this not a real attempt at a debate but again, potentially inflammatory and therefore near-trolling. “Do better or you will find your permissions to post in Great Debates or Elections limited.”

To whom was this directed? A blanket warning to all posters ? Different opinions but “near-trolling?”

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**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-by-mod-great-debates-why/854862/2 "2020-06-01T21:25:02Z")

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I’m almost certain it’s directed to the OP.

CMC fnord!

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-by-mod-great-debates-why/854862/3 "2020-06-01T21:50:52Z")

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I think so, too, since he has been given notes for trolling, in a moderator’s judgment.

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**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-by-mod-great-debates-why/854862/4 "2020-06-02T02:12:22Z")

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I was an early participant in that thread. I sent Jonathan Chance a PM asking the same thing- there was a decent discussion, civil and to a point, developing. I thought it should have stayed open. But I never received a reply to my PM, so I’m here to agree it should have stayed open.

It’s not like we haven’t had about 34 million threads with ignominious starts that end well.

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**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-closed-by-mod-great-debates-why/854862/5 "2020-06-02T18:07:34Z")

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I wasn’t aware of OP’s history. On it’s face, the thread didn’t seem unusual.