# Warning for using a phrase that the OP used without receiving a warning?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-for-using-a-phrase-that-the-op-used-without-receiving-a-warning/845151>\
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**Created:** [December 20, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-for-using-a-phrase-that-the-op-used-without-receiving-a-warning/845151 "2019-12-20T17:15:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-for-using-a-phrase-that-the-op-used-without-receiving-a-warning/845151/21 "2019-12-22T23:35:39Z")

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> [@Saint\_Cad](#):
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> Then why did you allow TonySinclair a political jab in the OP without so much as a note?

I would really like this answered.

I’ve always considered it bad parenting to let one child bother the other and then only punish the one who retaliated.

Obviously there is a difference in that the warnings were issued for ignoring mod instructions, but I really don’t understand why the OP wasn’t given a note, if not simply closed and told to rewrite it.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-for-using-a-phrase-that-the-op-used-without-receiving-a-warning/845151/22 "2019-12-23T05:17:51Z")

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Especially since in post 8 of the original thread, **engineer\_comp\_geek** accuses the OP of bad faith in his framing of the question. I’ve seen other threads like that closed down quickly, with instructions to either open a new GC thread that is restricted to the question, or open a new thread in GD or Elections where that sort of political framing is permissible.

If the mods believe the OP is deliberately not complying with the rules of GQ, why does the OP get a pass?

This isn’t one of those iffy threads where the mod says “this OP is close to the line - everyone keep it in GQ please. “. This is one where the mod says he doesn’t believe the OP’s protestations about it being purely hypothetical, yet gives the OP a pass for breaking the rules in bad faith.

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**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2019, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-for-using-a-phrase-that-the-op-used-without-receiving-a-warning/845151/23 "2019-12-24T10:00:18Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> This isn’t one of those iffy threads where the mod says “this OP is close to the line - everyone keep it in GQ please. “. This is one where the mod says he doesn’t believe the OP’s protestations about it being purely hypothetical, yet gives the OP a pass for breaking the rules in bad faith.

Especially since it’s clearly a political jab.

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