# tomndebb, get in or get out **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 25, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-get-in-or-get-out/507683 "2009-08-25T20:16:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 88
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-get-in-or-get-out/507683/88 "2009-08-29T03:25:28Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > Firstly, maybe **amanse** t was reported and **FinnAgain** wasn’t. > > Secondly, there have been explicit SDMB decisions that posters aren’t allowed to alter direct quotes (in quote boxes) from other posters. Doing so will get you a mod rebuke every time it’s reported. > > Thirdly, telling someone multiple times to “shut up” is unambiguously hostile, and provides no useful information whatsoever. > > I just spent about 20 minutes locating most of the relevant exchanges in that thread, and while **FinnAgain** was frequently sarcastic he always brought information to the discussion. He didn’t belittle the person, he mocked their research.I saw nothing approaching, “Shut up.” > > I didn’t read every word. If you can locate something from **FinnAgain** similar to **amanset** ’s attacks, the moderators would presumably give him a warning. You make some good points, though I didn’t see where amanset altered the quotes; I thought he was merely paraphrasing FinnAgain’s typical spittle flecked rants. But I’ll admit I might have missed it. I guess my point was that tomndebb’s comments seemed to imply that he wanted to raise the tone of the conversation and reduce the “provocative and unnecessarily hostile” language. If so, he should have commented on FinnAgain’s childish outbursts as well. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-get-in-or-get-out/507683)._