# Wait, Baldwin got banned? How come? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 20, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-baldwin-got-banned-how-come/625742 "2012-06-20T13:13:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-baldwin-got-banned-how-come/625742/1 "2012-06-20T13:13:19Z")
Baldwin seemed like one of the more inoffensive posters around. And also a font of useful information. Did I miss something? ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-baldwin-got-banned-how-come/625742/2 "2012-06-20T13:39:22Z")
Banning announced: [Baldwin banned - About This Message Board - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=516700) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-baldwin-got-banned-how-come/625742/3 "2012-06-20T14:04:51Z")
Ah. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-baldwin-got-banned-how-come/625742/4 "2012-06-20T14:11:36Z")
That was 3 years ago man-yeah I guess you missed it. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-baldwin-got-banned-how-come/625742/5 "2012-06-20T16:57:20Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > Baldwin seemed like one of the more inoffensive posters around. And also a font of useful information. Did I miss something? Upon reviewing some of Baldwin’s posting history, I think you missed the part where he was inoffensive and displayed any “font of useful information”. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-baldwin-got-banned-how-come/625742/6 "2012-06-20T20:07:17Z")
We told him he had to turn his phone off, not just to “airplane” setting. He wouldn’t stop playing “words with friends”. Oh, sorry, wrong Baldwin. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-baldwin-got-banned-how-come/625742/7 "2012-06-20T22:24:16Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > That was 3 years ago man-yeah I guess you missed it. Clearly. A zombie thread came up, with BANNED under his name. I didn’t notice it was a zombie, and thought it was a recent banning. Obviously I missed it when it happened. But yes, he was a font of information, particularly when SCV types would come onto the boards and announce that the Civil War wasn’t about slavery. Baldwin had all the references at his fingertips to show the contrary. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-baldwin-got-banned-how-come/625742/8 "2012-06-21T14:38:31Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > We told him he had to turn his phone off, not just to “airplane” setting. He wouldn’t stop playing “words with friends”. > > Oh, sorry, wrong Baldwin. Gold. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-baldwin-got-banned-how-come/625742/9 "2012-06-21T16:49:47Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > We told him he had to turn his phone off, not just to “airplane” setting. He wouldn’t stop playing “words with friends”. That was his first warning, his second was for punching out a member of the paparazzi who almost hit him in the teeth with a camera. I think he was banned for his role in Rock of Ages. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-baldwin-got-banned-how-come/625742/10 "2012-06-21T22:10:53Z")
OK, this is asked and answered. Generally, we dislike discussing (or making fun of) folks who aren’t around to defend themselves.