# Two and a Half Inches of Fun: can't we just ban his troll ass and have done with it? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 10, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-inches-of-fun-cant-we-just-ban-his-troll-ass-and-have-done-with-it/456007 "2008-07-10T17:41:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-inches-of-fun-cant-we-just-ban-his-troll-ass-and-have-done-with-it/456007/201 "2008-07-13T00:47:28Z")
Watch out! They’ll travel back in time and make _all_ message boards SDMB! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-inches-of-fun-cant-we-just-ban-his-troll-ass-and-have-done-with-it/456007/202 "2008-07-13T01:15:20Z")
Is magellan01 a jerk, a troll, or just plain dumb? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-inches-of-fun-cant-we-just-ban-his-troll-ass-and-have-done-with-it/456007/203 "2008-07-13T01:20:58Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] Is magellan01 a jerk, a troll, or just plain dumb? [/QUOTE] Just dumb. But I’ve known that for a long time, and would not vote for his suspension. Yet. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-inches-of-fun-cant-we-just-ban-his-troll-ass-and-have-done-with-it/456007/204 "2008-07-13T01:20:59Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] Is magellan01 a jerk, a troll, or just plain dumb? [/QUOTE] If I choose two categories, do I cancel myself out? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-inches-of-fun-cant-we-just-ban-his-troll-ass-and-have-done-with-it/456007/205 "2008-07-13T01:22:27Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] Is magellan01 a jerk, a troll, or just plain dumb? [/QUOTE] Actually, IMHO, he’s one of the smarter posters on here who lean to the right. 🙂 He’s not been suspended or banned. That proves he’s pretty savvy. He’s not a jerk. He can feel, from time to time, that some of his dumber bretheren have been shit-canned, for being conservative. I don’t happen to agree with his analysis. They were dismissed for being, and posting, like jerks. He doesn’t do this. He’s not dumb, either. Just read his posts. He’s gonna be here as long as he wants to be here. And, sometimes, he makes good points. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-inches-of-fun-cant-we-just-ban-his-troll-ass-and-have-done-with-it/456007/206 "2008-07-13T01:23:39Z")
Oh, crap! **Frank** and I disagree. Can’t we just get along? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-inches-of-fun-cant-we-just-ban-his-troll-ass-and-have-done-with-it/456007/207 "2008-07-13T01:54:56Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] Is magellan01 a jerk, a troll, or just plain dumb? [/QUOTE] He’s our Alan Colmes. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-inches-of-fun-cant-we-just-ban-his-troll-ass-and-have-done-with-it/456007/208 "2008-07-13T02:20:02Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] He’s our Alan Colmes. [/QUOTE] Nah, Alan Colmes woulda been banned long ago. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-inches-of-fun-cant-we-just-ban-his-troll-ass-and-have-done-with-it/456007/209 "2008-07-14T23:30:34Z")
[QUOTE=42fish] He’s trying to prove that 2.5" was a victim of the SDMB moderators’ liberal hive mind. His evidence for this hive mind is that the moderators have different opinions on why 2.5" should be banned. [/QUOTE] Whoa! Back this pony up. I’ve been accused of many things in my illustrious career, but I’ve never been called part of a “liberal hive mind.” Can I get a little certificate or something to hang up? My father would be so proud. _sniff_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-and-a-half-inches-of-fun-cant-we-just-ban-his-troll-ass-and-have-done-with-it/456007.md?page=10)