# When some animals are more equal than others. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 18, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523 "2007-12-18T23:46:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/41 "2007-12-19T06:35:43Z")
[QUOTE=Sapo] -OpalCat insults someone outside the Pit. Thread locked, no action. [/QUOTE] Wait a minute here! Are you honestly calling for moderators to publish the PMs they send people chastising them?! Are you calling for a “public spanking” for each and every infraction, instead of them contacting people via PM/e-mail sometimes to tell them to settle down? :dubious: It isn’t for you or I to know what might, or might not have been said privately to anyone acting up. Get over yourself! ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/42 "2007-12-19T07:52:32Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] How do you feel the staff should have handled the situation? Are you saying the thread should have been left open? Closed sooner? **Sampiro** should have been warned (and if so, for what)? [/QUOTE] I’m actually curious how you feel the staff should have handled the situation. Everything done perfectectly, so far? ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/43 "2007-12-19T08:07:17Z")
Ah screw it. I don’t need or want an answer to my last post. I had something else on my mind that I can’t quite articulate at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/44 "2007-12-19T09:50:49Z")
Everybody, get your MMP out of my pitting. Fuck off (and hugs to) the whole lot of you. Giraffe, samclem, you are right in that there is no action at this point that would satisfy me. I think I said something to that effect on the OpalCat thread. You can go to a week old thread and give a warning with a new thunderbolt smilie and all, and that makes no difference. As I said in my previous post. I am not sure I care to pit this anymore, as I there is no action needed on anyone’s part. This is more of a random though I had to share. Still, consider this topic for discussion on the mods forum and make of it what you want. One of the things that make the SDMB what it is, is a pretty good moderation that keeps the place running clean. Won’t it be better if such moderation is applied equally to all? It is perfectly fine for this place to have cliques. That is what internet communities are all about, after all. Still, making the in members golden in regards to the law is not a good way to invite new people in. And when it is only the clique left, then being in is no longer an in thing. Decline is the time for taking risks, not for beefing up the defenses. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Badger)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/45 "2007-12-19T10:13:12Z")
[QUOTE=Sapo] This is more of a random though I had to share. [/QUOTE] Did you really, though? Both of your complaints had already been brought up elsewhere. Neither incident directly involved you. Your thought is neither random nor particularly interesting, and it sure as shit ain’t new. Why the fuck do you care, anyway? At most it’s evidence of scattershot modding, not cliquiness (and frankly, anyone with half a brain can see that the lack of warning had more to do with the fact that the insultee was a troll than anything else). Wait until you’re actually victimised before whinging, eh? This rubbish just makes you sound desperate to be involved. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/46 "2007-12-19T10:18:37Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Badger] Did you really, though? Both of your complaints had already been brought up elsewhere. Neither incident directly involved you. Your thought is neither random nor particularly interesting, and it sure as shit ain’t new. Why the fuck do you care, anyway? At most it’s evidence of scattershot modding, not cliquiness (and frankly, anyone with half a brain can see that the lack of warning had more to do with the fact that the insultee was a troll than anything else). Wait until you’re actually victimised before whinging, eh? This rubbish just makes you sound desperate to be involved. [/QUOTE] Desperate to be involved? Really? I mean, it is not like I am trying to wedge an insult in a pitting where the OP is giving up on it and just stepping out of it, or anything. Right? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Badger)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/47 "2007-12-19T10:47:46Z")
Hah. If I had a penny for every time someone’s said, “I’m out of here,” then mysteriously carried on answering, well, I could afford a posh coffee or something. Maybe a down payment on a paperback. Anyway, I didn’t insult you. I belittled your silly point and questioned your motivation. Next time you can’t be bothered to pit something, sit down and consider not pitting it at all. Why, just this morning I didn’t pit the welfare state, Simply Red and the tragic demise of the boxjam sinfonietta. Just imagine what I won’t have pitted by this afternoon! ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/48 "2007-12-19T11:41:31Z")
One has to wonder why there has been no pitting of Nancy “He’ll have to pry war money from my cold dead hands” Pelosi. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/49 "2007-12-19T13:40:10Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Maybe they just throw darts at a dartboard to decide who gets a warning and who doesn’t. [/QUOTE] I use the entrails of a sheep, myself. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/50 "2007-12-19T13:51:12Z")
[QUOTE=Green Bean] p.s. Welcome to the SDMB. Since you’re new here, you may not know that it’s customary to provide a link to the relevant threads in your OP. [/QUOTE] How is the OP a newbie? The join date is a year ago. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/51 "2007-12-19T13:56:20Z")
\<----------- That joke. **Monty** ’s head. ---
**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/52 "2007-12-19T14:04:08Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Don’t your little claws go, “Clique! Clique! Clique!” when you snap them? Or do you still have the rubber bands on? [/QUOTE] Ok, this cracked me up. Are rubber bands oppressive? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/53 "2007-12-19T14:08:03Z")
[QUOTE=Monty] How is the OP a newbie? The join date is a year ago. [/QUOTE] I think **Green Bean** was snarking the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/54 "2007-12-19T14:41:33Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] I use the entrails of a sheep, myself. [/QUOTE] I KNEW we had something in common! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/55 "2007-12-19T14:56:31Z")
[QUOTE=lobstermobster] Is there a way I can formally start the paper work to have that green asshole banned? How many signatures would I need to get this taken seriously? [/QUOTE] Well, I don’t know about the rest of the board, but I am extremely open to bribes. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/56 "2007-12-19T15:01:51Z")
[QUOTE=lobstermobster] Is there a way I can formally start the paper work to have that green asshole banned? How many signatures would I need to get this taken seriously? [/QUOTE] Hey, leave Ralph Nader out of this. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/57 "2007-12-19T15:23:16Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] Are you calling for a “public spanking” for each and every infraction, [/QUOTE] I smell a **youtube** hit in the making! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/58 "2007-12-19T15:25:55Z")
[QUOTE=Missy2U] I KNEW we had something in common! [/QUOTE] You have the entrails in common? Just how big is this sheep? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/59 "2007-12-19T15:45:10Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] I think **Green Bean** was snarking the OP. [/QUOTE] You are correct, sir! ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/60 "2007-12-19T17:00:32Z")
How often does the staff have to explain that nobody reported the offending post? The general basis of **Sapo** ’s ire is, as I understand it, **Opal** did something wrong, wasn’t warned for it, and this indicates favoritism on the part of the moderating staff. Yet the staff has explained more than once that _no one reported the post_, and have indicated that if the post had been reported, it likely would have garnered a warning. I guess I don’t understand how anyone can have a problem with that. If the lack of warning about a post offends you, and you haven’t reported the post, you have have to shut up about it. Or report the post. Then you can whine… er, discuss… all you want. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523.md?page=4)