# why was \[b\]Satan\[/b\] banned?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-b-satan-b-banned/71324>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 5, 2001, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-b-satan-b-banned/71324 "2001-07-05T10:33:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![amati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@amati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amati)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-b-satan-b-banned/71324/1 "2001-07-05T10:33:58Z")

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i see his posts in some old threads, and occasionally someone will mention him in a new thread. i can see that he was banned very clearly, but i’m curious - what for? it seems you’d really have to try hard to get banned from here. not that i was thinking about trying myself…

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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-b-satan-b-banned/71324/2 "2001-07-05T10:43:55Z")

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Here you go:

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=62742](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=62742)

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**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-b-satan-b-banned/71324/3 "2001-07-05T10:44:19Z")

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From the mouth of Ed Zotti:

[Satan has been banned](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=62742)

Fran

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**Author:** ![amati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@amati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amati)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-b-satan-b-banned/71324/4 "2001-07-05T10:53:41Z")

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now i know…and knowing is half the battle. [sub]sorry, i couldn’t resist that second part[/sub]

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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-b-satan-b-banned/71324/5 "2001-07-05T10:56:43Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by amati \*  
> \*\*now i know…and knowing is half the battle. [sub]sorry, i couldn’t resist that second part[/sub] \*\*

Is that an homage to the inspirational message tacked onto the end of every “G.I. Joe” cartoon episode?

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-b-satan-b-banned/71324/6 "2001-07-05T11:11:07Z")

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Answered, hence closed.