# Why hasn't Karol been banned **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 27, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-karol-been-banned/687137 "2014-04-27T22:19:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-karol-been-banned/687137/1 "2014-04-27T22:19:47Z")
As most Straight Dope members know, **Karol** has been obsessed with posting proof that the world is not round based on some photo in 1954. [Here’s a typical one.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=720717) He’s posted this regularly, both inside and outside of GD. Not only is his theory out there, but he refuses to hear any contrary evidence and regularly insults posters. So why hasn’t he been banned? ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-karol-been-banned/687137/2 "2014-04-27T22:28:11Z")
Why are posters always trying to get other posters banned? Can’t you just not read what they post? ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-karol-been-banned/687137/3 "2014-04-27T22:47:02Z")
Having bizarre beliefs and expressing them is not against the rules nor should it be. If you’re going to argue he should be banned you’re going to need to present a lot more evidence than that. ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-karol-been-banned/687137/4 "2014-04-27T23:09:15Z")
I have the bizarre belief that Olivia Newton-John is a pretty darn good performer. Am I next on the hit-list? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-karol-been-banned/687137/5 "2014-04-27T23:14:45Z")
> [@emcee2k](#): > > Why are posters always trying to get other posters banned? Can’t you just not read what they post? The board even has an Ignore Poster function people can use. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-karol-been-banned/687137/6 "2014-04-27T23:58:58Z")
_The New Yorker_ has world-class cartoons. The SDMB has… certain posters. It’s part of the comic relief – an added value. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-karol-been-banned/687137/7 "2014-04-28T00:03:12Z")
I find **karol** to be a good touchstone for sanity. I have informed the wife that should I ever agree with **karol** , she is free to have me committed. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-karol-been-banned/687137/8 "2014-04-28T11:33:38Z")
I seem to recall that he has been warned once or twice for things like keeping his nonsense confined to the right forums, and for posting hit-and-run type threads, where he doesn’t engage with responses. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-karol-been-banned/687137/9 "2014-04-28T12:03:27Z")
The thread linked in the OP ends with this enigmatic post by **tomndebb** : > [@tomndebb](#): > > twickster: Jonathan Chance and I have a little list–and you are now on it. > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...d.php?t=721977](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...d.php?t=721977) I can’t help but think “twickster” is code for “karol”. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-karol-been-banned/687137/10 "2014-04-28T12:51:07Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > The thread linked in the OP ends with this enigmatic post by **tomndebb** : > > I can’t help but think “twickster” is code for “karol”. Nah, it’s a reference to the fact that I’ve forbidden him/her to post this nonsense in MPSIMS, instead instructing him/her to take it to GD. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-karol-been-banned/687137/11 "2014-04-28T13:02:14Z")
If he’s a “one trick pony” it’s pretty easy to just ignore his threads. Why bother trying to reason with an unreasonable person? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-karol-been-banned/687137/12 "2014-04-28T13:31:19Z")
> [@MrKnowItAll](#): > > I have the bizarre belief that Olivia Newton-John is a pretty darn good performer. > > Am I next on the hit-list? 1. That’s not a bizarre belief. 😉 2. In any case I share it (thinking of those legs clad in tight leather at the end of Grease 😃 ) 3. They’ll have to pry my memories of Olivia from my cold dead brain cells (so to speak) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-karol-been-banned/687137/13 "2014-04-28T13:41:52Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > As most Straight Dope members know, **Karol** has been obsessed with posting proof that the world is not round based on some photo in 1954. [Here’s a typical one.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=720717) He’s posted this regularly, both inside and outside of GD. Not only is his theory out there, but he refuses to hear any contrary evidence and regularly insults posters. So why hasn’t he been banned? You fool! Of course he thinks the world is round. You think he is crazy? He just thinks we are on the inside. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-karol-been-banned/687137/14 "2014-04-28T13:55:46Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Nah, it’s a reference to the fact that I’ve forbidden him/her to post this nonsense in MPSIMS, instead instructing him/her to take it to GD. Scribble scribble scribble. We remember, oh yes we do. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-karol-been-banned/687137/15 "2014-04-28T14:23:41Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > As most Straight Dope members know, **Karol** has been obsessed with posting proof that the world is not round based on some photo in 1954. [Here’s a typical one.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=720717) He’s posted this regularly, both inside and outside of GD. Not only is his theory out there, but he refuses to hear any contrary evidence and regularly insults posters. So why hasn’t he been banned? It’s only a matter of time: > [@Is this scheme the proper explanation of why the upper part of the moon is illuminated ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-scheme-the-proper-explanation-of-why-the-upper-part-of-the-moon-is-illuminated/687098/22): > > I am letting you know that if you continue to insult other posters, you will jeopardize your posting privileges, here.