# Why was Great White Dope banned?

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**Created:** [May 14, 2017, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-great-white-dope-banned/786576 "2017-05-14T05:51:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-great-white-dope-banned/786576/1 "2017-05-14T05:51:45Z")

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Don’t get me wrong, he was a terrible human being whom I disagreed with on almost everything and he was a bit of an asshole too. I’m kinda glad he’s gone (assuming he was a he; I have trouble believing otherwise).

His last post received a warning for trolling and now the poster is banned. Just wondering how it escalated from warning to banned so quickly or if I missed something or maybe something wound up deleted.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-great-white-dope-banned/786576/2 "2017-05-14T06:22:27Z")

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I think in cases of posters like **Great White Dope** the mods would prefer that you send one of them a PM if there hasn’t been an announcement made.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-great-white-dope-banned/786576/3 "2017-05-14T06:29:03Z")

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**Moderator Action**

We prefer not to discuss bannings in public. Send me (or another mod) a PM and we’ll be happy to discuss it.

Thread closed.