# To many restrictions here..... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 6, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361 "2003-08-06T16:58:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361/21 "2003-08-06T18:41:29Z")
Buh bye. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361/22 "2003-08-06T18:46:12Z")
**LadyRose** , I wouldn’t take all these “well wishers” in this thread personally. It’s just that we’ve seen dozens upon dozens of newcomers here make these grand announcements that they’re leaving after only a handful of posts. I think you’d be wise indeed to stick around here for a little while longer, if for no other reason than to soak up some of the really great information that gets exchanged. (Check out General Questions, Great Debates, and even Cafe Society). I seem to recall most of your posts were made in the MPSIMS forum, and had the posts you made there been original material, they would’ve fit right in. I think people just took issue with the lack of originality with which you made your posts (not to mention the illegality of them). I noticed in one thread you posted about your grandkids. That means you’ve got a potential source of good thread material right there. I don’t think people here genuinely dislike you, simply because we barely know you. The posts you’ve made have, for the most part, been somebody else’s words. Like **Scarlett67** said, instead of getting defensive when a mod or someone else corrects you, learn from it. 🙂 Happy ---
**Author:** ![yoyo3500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/5daacb/32.png) [@yoyo3500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyo3500)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361/23 "2003-08-06T18:50:12Z")
Wait! We’re supposed to fight ignorance here? Oh. I guess I’ve been doing it all wrong! I’ve been propagating ignorance all this time! BTW, it you have to be mean, it shouldn’t be in MPSIMS. We have the Pit for meanies. We also have the GQ where you can be mean, but you have to disguise it in hautiness like the meanies do there (and you know who you are…) As Rodney King asked, “Why can’t we all just get along?” ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361/24 "2003-08-06T18:56:46Z")
I really hope you’re not expecting anyone to beg you to stay, **Ladyrose**. Ain’t gonna happen. ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361/25 "2003-08-06T18:57:02Z")
This has got to be the [censored] stupidest [censored] thing I’ve ever [censored] read in my [censored] life. What a bunch of [censored] Too many restrictions my [censored] ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361/26 "2003-08-06T19:12:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ladyrose \* > I am not angry or anything, I just think that there are to many restrictions of what we can post here and what we can’t. So I am unjoining tomorrow, I don’t care to have **my things** deleted. > I hope that you all have a good time here, I know that I will in my other groups that I belong too, they don’t restrict or censor **my messages.** Bye Byexoxoxoxoxox \*\* -bolding mine- See, they really weren’t your messages, they were someone elses that you posted under your name without giving them credit. When someone called you on it in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=202270) , you simply responded with: > [@](#): > > You are the only one that seems to care. So who cares? If you don’t like what I post, DON’T READ IT! Who cares where I got it! I don’t give a fig about your oppinion anyway! That wasn’t very nice… ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361/27 "2003-08-06T19:28:08Z")
You guys aren’t responding correctly you know. OH MY GOD. Please, hon, please. \<\<\<\<\<\\>\>\>\>\> don’t leave us. U r so pretty and smart and u have so many great, original thoughts. F the meanies, ok? We LOVE YOU. I MEAN IT. I want you to stay. PLEASE. Tell us who wronged you and we’ll beat them up. I promise. Again: I love you. Hugzzzzzzz xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo \<\<\<\<\\>\>\>\> ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361/28 "2003-08-06T19:33:02Z")
One other thing… To. Too. Two. They are used in a different way than you seem to think. (or is it **too**?) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361/29 "2003-08-06T19:50:05Z")
Removing copyrighted material from your posts to prevent the Chicago Reader from being sued can hardly be called “censoring”. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361/30 "2003-08-06T20:09:28Z")
Post reported to the Mods for moving to the Pit, lock down or just general mocking as needed. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361/31 "2003-08-06T20:34:12Z")
> [@](#): > > People here are among the . . . kindest that I’ve seen on the Internet. Although you couldn’t tell it from _this_ thread. I made a comment in another recent “goodbye” thread just a few days ago saying that I found some of the comments kinda harsh. While I made that one more as a member than as a moderator, I’m gonna comment in this one as a moderator. Some of y’all are making comments that aren’t really appropriate outside the pit. And you know that. Please, while these goodbye threads remain in MPSIMS, try a little harder to keep the tone of your comments to what’s permitted in this forum. No matter how richly the departee may deserve your opprobrium, this just ain’t the place for them. And you know that, too. Anyway, since this thread is getting ugly, I’m moving it to the Pit. And in fact, I think I’m gonna start a discussion among the staff about simply moving **all** goodbye threads to the Pit as soon as they appear. I’m not really sure that’s something we wanna do; it seems overly severe, but if you guys can’t follow the MPSIMS guidelines, then that’s what we’ll do. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361/32 "2003-08-06T20:35:30Z")
Oh yeah, > [@](#): > > Post reported to the Mods . . . You don’t need to announce this. In fact, we prefer that you do not. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361/33 "2003-08-06T21:21:37Z")
Shane… ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361/34 "2003-08-06T21:29:09Z")
I really don’t think all goodbye threads belong in the pit, but since this one started out as a criticism of the boards to begin with, I think it’s the appropriate place for it. If you don’t like it here, and can’t follow the rules, then yeah, this isn’t the place for you. And there’s really no need to announce it, especially in this particular case when all you’re doing is whining about how you don’t like it here. It ain’t all that fucking hard to follow the rules here - thousands do it with pretty much no problem - and when most people get their hand slapped by a mod (and in this case it was a very gentle slap), most reply by saying something like “Sorry, it won’t happen again.” ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361/35 "2003-08-06T21:35:45Z")
Is the posting of copyright material without crediting the originator, assuming that it otherwise passes the test for fair use, illegal? Would this be true on any public communication (like on a billboard sticker?). **Ladyrose** do you feel that there are restrictions other than against posting copyrighted mterial on these boards that are unfair? ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361/36 "2003-08-06T21:43:38Z")
Who is this? what is this? Where is this? The best fruit is mango! ---
**Author:** ![LauraLittlePony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LauraLittlePony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LauraLittlePony)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361/37 "2003-08-06T21:46:48Z")
Oh yes. You’re the one who thought plagiarism was a-ok. You’re right. This is not the place for you. Buh-bye. If you think this board is “censored,” check out some of the places I went before coming here. . . ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361/38 "2003-08-06T21:54:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bippy the Beardless \* > \*\*Is the posting of copyright material without crediting the originator, assuming that it otherwise passes the test for fair use, illegal? > Would this be true on any public communication (like on a billboard sticker?). > **Ladyrose** do you feel that there are restrictions other than against posting copyrighted mterial on these boards that are unfair? \*\* A billboard has a sole purpose of reaching as MANY people as humanly possible to spread the word about what they are selling. Copying a billboard and putting it on a t-shirt and SELLING it would be a different story. But I also remmeber their being a prohibition against advertising on the SDMB… And copying a billboard and reposting it here would be advertising. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361/39 "2003-08-06T22:00:33Z")
**Ladyrose** , if you’re still reading this, let me suggest you hang around for awhile. There really aren’t that many restrictions here. You did post copyrighted material and even if you weren’t trying to claim it as your own you didn’t give credit to the author. That is a big deal, as I’m sure you’d agree if somebody did it with a document you’d authored. This is a great board for information, debate, and humor. Why don’t you just read some more threads to get more of a feel for it? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361/40 "2003-08-06T22:03:22Z")
**CRorex!** Where have you BEEN?!? We desperately need more viral monkey stories around here! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-many-restrictions-here/193361.md?page=3)