# Why have the mods let Osama bin Laden get away for so long? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 2, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442 "2011-05-02T03:19:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/1 "2011-05-02T03:19:56Z")
… Sorry, I just wanted my own bin Laden thread. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/2 "2011-05-02T03:24:24Z")
Well, not a single one of his posts on the Straight Dope Message Boards ever violated any of our rules. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/3 "2011-05-02T03:26:17Z")
He was clearly a troll. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/4 "2011-05-02T03:43:07Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > Well, not a single one of his posts on the Straight Dope Message Boards ever violated any of our rules. Haha, thanks for the laugh..but you now owe me a new keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/5 "2011-05-02T03:52:54Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > Well, not a single one of his posts on the Straight Dope Message Boards ever violated any of our rules. What? Declaring a fatwa on his Celebrity Death Pool picks every year wasn’t being a jerk? ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/6 "2011-05-02T04:15:16Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > He was clearly a troll. Hey, he was only responding to the challenge of the other posters. Don’t blame Bin! ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/7 "2011-05-02T04:22:58Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > Hey, he was only responding to the challenge of the other posters. Don’t blame Bin! He turned every thread into the Osama Show! ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/8 "2011-05-02T04:26:32Z")
LOL! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/9 "2011-05-02T06:06:52Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > LOL! Trolling is NOT funny! but this thread is hillarious ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/10 "2011-05-02T14:48:53Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > What? Declaring a fatwa on his Celebrity Death Pool picks every year wasn’t being a jerk? I think being disqualified from the Celebrity Death Pool was enough. Last I checked, declaring a fatwa wasn’t a banning offence. Mods - could we get a ruling on this? ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/11 "2011-05-02T15:08:30Z")
I wonder if **Maus Magill** is aware of what a _fatwa_ really is, when he asked the mods for a ruling. I find it cheerily ironic. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/12 "2011-05-02T15:25:32Z")
A thin-wa is one that diets, so a fat-wa is one that … doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/13 "2011-05-02T16:13:56Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > A thin-wa is one that diets, so a fat-wa is one that … doesn’t. And a vicious-wa is a mean soup. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/14 "2011-05-02T16:35:31Z")
I thought the mods had their own forum/email loop that is invisible to regular members. How do we know they _didn’t_ let Osama get away? I say, until we see the long forum there’s no way to tell how much they were involved. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/15 "2011-05-02T16:49:23Z")
bin Laden was at one point interested in joining the board. He was put off by some of **Der Trihs** ’s comments about the United States, which he found “too extreme.” ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/16 "2011-05-02T18:28:48Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > bin Laden was at one point interested in joining the board. He was put off by some of **Der Trihs** ’s comments about the United States, which he found “too extreme.” Here is why this message board needs a “like” button. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/17 "2011-05-02T19:18:48Z")
Perhaps 'ol binny Lad was uncomfortable with our large numbers of christians and atheists and our lack of jihadists?? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/18 "2011-05-02T22:32:11Z")
Threadspotting! ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/19 "2011-05-02T23:05:41Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Perhaps 'ol binny Lad was uncomfortable with our large numbers of christians and atheists and our lack of jihadists?? 😃 And Jews! Don’t forget us Zionist infidels, both from the Great Satan and the Lesser Satan. (Or was Israel the Little Satan? I want to get this right). ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/20 "2011-05-02T23:35:11Z")
Satan was a great moderator. Bit of a meltdown IIRC, but great in the day. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442.md?page=2)