# What positions have never been advocated on the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 3, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156 "2006-04-03T22:27:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156/41 "2006-04-04T18:21:57Z")
That Sauron was just misunderstood. That beer tastes better warm. That Cecil is not omniscient. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156/42 "2006-04-04T18:42:19Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] That Sauron was just misunderstood. [/QUOTE] I can see that. Saruman, now, he’s a fucker. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156/43 "2006-04-04T18:46:42Z")
Personally, I do not find puppies cute, nor kittens cuddly. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156/44 "2006-04-04T19:04:01Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik] Personally, I do not find puppies cute, nor kittens cuddly. [/QUOTE] Now you’ve done it. You mentioned cats. This thread is now inevitably going straight to the Pit! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156/45 "2006-04-04T19:05:15Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] That Cecil is not omniscient. 🆒 [/QUOTE] There have been a few who tried that. Some were treated with kind pity, and others were shredded. I have never seen anyone state that Britney Spears is the reincarnation of Saint Therese, who was the reincarnation of the muse Erato. ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156/46 "2006-04-04T19:39:18Z")
In regards to the OP, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone advocate pro-child molestation on here. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156/47 "2006-04-04T19:49:48Z")
Pro kiddy diddling threads tend to get disappeared pretty quickly. There was one here last year somtime. It lasted maybe an hour. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156/48 "2006-04-04T22:29:39Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] Pro kiddy diddling threads tend to get disappeared pretty quickly. There was one here last year somtime. It lasted maybe an hour. [/QUOTE] A guy who went _pro_?!? How the hell did he get sponsorship?? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156/49 "2006-04-04T22:47:48Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik] A guy who went _pro_?!? How the hell did he get sponsorship?? [/QUOTE] He was sponsered by Kedsâ„¢ in what was later seen to be a huge misunderstanding of what they thought he said to their marketing VP over the phone. ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156/50 "2006-04-04T22:54:56Z")
[QUOTE=Birdmonster] I’m going to assume that there are no Flat Earth Society members with SDMB subscriptions. [/QUOTE] I’m a member, but it was on a lark. I was curious what kind of junk mail they’d send me. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156/51 "2006-04-05T01:53:03Z")
Cannibalism (except under really dire circumstances). Human sacrifice, especially virgins. Sexual assault (including rape) advocacy. Arson. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156/52 "2006-04-05T02:05:46Z")
[QUOTE=panache45] Cannibalism (except under really dire circumstances). [/QUOTE] I’m pro-cannibalism, as a form of assisted suicide. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156/53 "2006-04-05T02:33:20Z")
Technocrats? Social Crediters? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156/54 "2006-04-05T03:15:45Z")
So far I haven’t seen any advocates of [Nature’s Harmonic Simultaneous 4-Day Time Cube](http://www.timecube.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156/55 "2006-04-05T04:00:05Z")
Arab nationalists and al Qaeda are certainly two different things. The nationalist movements have been quite secular thrugh the years and have been largely responsible for raising the status of women in their societies. Some al Qaeda components aren’t even composed of Arabs. Yes, **WhyNot** , I meant ‘real’ CoS Satanists & the Hammer Films baby eaters. There’s an alcohol Prohibitionist party in the US with several hundred members… I assume none here? Originally I meant the New Coke thing as a joke, but did it have vocal fans…? ---
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156/56 "2006-04-05T04:01:11Z")
[QUOTE=Crandolph] Yes, **WhyNot** , I meant ‘real’ CoS Satanists & the Hammer Films baby eaters. [/QUOTE] … and NOT baby eaters… sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Agnostic\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Agnostic\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agnostic_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156/57 "2006-04-05T04:41:35Z")
[QUOTE=Left Hand of Dorkness] \ About about any position in favor of targeting civilians for murder in order to achieve political change? Daniel [/QUOTE] I have never seen any active support for any terrorist group, including the IRA or Basque separatists, though I recall having seen posts where someone said they could understand their point of view, though not agreeing with it. Would a pro-terrorist group thread automatically be closed? Like (hypothetically) saying I support the IRA\* and they can use any means necessary to achieve their view? AP \*For the record, I dont support the IRA land hope they live up to their demobilization agreement. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156/58 "2006-04-05T14:48:12Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] There was an invasion from a white supremacist board some years ago. [/QUOTE] My bad. [Defend white supremacy! I dare you! - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=244236) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156/59 "2006-04-05T14:59:26Z")
[QUOTE=Agnostic Pagan] I have never seen any active support for any terrorist group, including the IRA or Basque separatists, though I recall having seen posts where someone said they could understand their point of view, though not agreeing with it. [/QUOTE] **finn007** came pretty close in this thread: [Why isn't the IRA considered a Terrorist Group? - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=312254) And was promptly banned. Pity, I was enjoying the colorful language of his rants. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156/60 "2006-04-05T15:24:03Z")
There are many Christian conservative Dopers, even some hardcore Evangelicals. But AFAIK, no Doper has ever outright advocated the political agenda of Christian Reconstructionism – [Christian reconstructionism - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Reconstructionism) – or argued flatly against the separation of church and state (though there’s plenty of sniping about where to draw the line), or tried to defend the psychotic world-view of Jack Chick. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-positions-have-never-been-advocated-on-the-sdmb/351156.md?page=4)