# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/21 "2011-05-02T23:48:11Z")
First off Osama bin Laden used a handle here. Now we just have to watch who stopped posting after May first to see who he was. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/22 "2011-05-03T01:33:38Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > First off Osama bin Laden used a handle here. Now we just have to watch who stopped posting after May first to see who he was. Well, some bannings are [enforced](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=606752) more heavily than others. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/23 "2011-05-03T02:10:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Satan was a great moderator. Bit of a meltdown IIRC, but great in the day. **Satan** was never a moderator here, except possibly in his own head. IIRC, the last straw was when he presumed a thread was going to be moved to the pit anyway, and started following Pit rules instead of rest-of-the-board rules. You might be getting confused because he was a moderator on **Opal** ’s board, or you might be thinking of **Melin** , an early moderator who ended up banned. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/24 "2011-05-03T02:19:11Z")
I remember he (OBL) got a very strong warning in that thread about camping in the mountains. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/25 "2011-05-03T02:23:29Z")
The mighty Cecil always said something cryptic–“double sawbuck” was his term. Most people in their 20s-30s probably couldn’t understand his code. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/26 "2011-05-03T13:51:08Z")
It took awhile to locate his IP address. But Cecil has taken care of the problem now, once and for all. [sub]What? Prove to me that it wasn’t Cecil who took that shot in Abbotabad[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/27 "2011-05-03T13:53:49Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I remember he (OBL) got a very strong warning in that thread about camping in the mountains. I think it was the one about using mecca-nized infantry and turban-cooled machinery. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/28 "2011-05-03T16:08:20Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > 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? It sounds like it is technically wishing death on other posters (and then actually trying to make them happen). ---
**Author:** ![BeefTaco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BeefTaco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeefTaco)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/29 "2011-05-04T03:13:50Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > **Satan** was never a moderator here, except possibly in his own head. IIRC, the last straw was when he presumed a thread was going to be moved to the pit anyway, and started following Pit rules instead of rest-of-the-board rules. You might be getting confused because he was a moderator on **Opal** ’s board, or you might be thinking of **Melin** , an early moderator who ended up banned. so far over your head in every possible way ---
**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 4, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/30 "2011-05-04T20:51:20Z")
Just wanting to note that the mods have released all the pictures we have of bin Laden, both pre- and post-mortem. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/31 "2011-05-04T20:59:29Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > And a vicious-wa is a mean soup. _golf clap_ Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![surrounded\_by\_literalists](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@surrounded\_by\_literalists](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/surrounded_by_literalists)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442/32 "2011-05-05T02:05:33Z")
Well dammit! Now what do I do with all this pent up ‘Get Bin Laden’ rage? I feel an attatchment disorder coming on. Somebody call my therapist. By the way…If I were to ever need a spanking from a moderator, which one would do the best job? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-the-mods-let-osama-bin-laden-get-away-for-so-long/580442.md?page=1)