# Why was my GQ thread censored!? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 26, 2000, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564 "2000-06-26T11:06:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564/21 "2000-06-26T16:02:30Z")
Dippymonger was not banned quickly. He’s been warned several times over the past couple weeks. He was well aware that he was treading on thin ice. ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564/22 "2000-06-26T16:04:47Z")
Troll3 asked “If Manhattan is telling the truth, who locked the thread?” You vaginal blood fart, 'course Manny’s telling the truth. Unless he is lying, in which case we accept his word as truth anyway. He is a mod/god, and therefore, the questioning ends. As your name and post number is, ahem, suspicious, let my conclude by saying: DNFTT V. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564/23 "2000-06-26T16:07:33Z")
**troll3** , if you’re still here (my screen does not _yet_ show you banned), a moderator does not have to touch the contents of a post to lock it. The artifical “[censored]” text was not done by a moderator, as anyone who has read a moderator-modified post knows. ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564/24 "2000-06-26T16:08:03Z")
Okay, now I’m confused. First troll3 was banned, now is listed as a member. What’s up? Not really a troll? Mistaken identity? ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Fortune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Commander\_Fortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Fortune)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564/25 "2000-06-26T16:10:19Z")
I thought that’s what I saw too. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564/26 "2000-06-26T16:16:20Z")
Quoting from the registration agreement: > [@](#): > > You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this BB to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, threatening, invasive of a person’s privacy, or otherwise violative of any law. You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by this BB. You agree to abide by the wishes of the board moderators in interpreting and enforcing these rules. Refusal to cooperate with board moderators or to abide by these rules is grounds for revocation of your posting privileges. On that basis, Homer is gone for at least a week – and maybe longer. It’s totally up to Manhattan, who has been greatly wronged here. If Manny says enough’s enough, Homer’s banned permanently. DippyMonger and troll3 had had their posting privileges removed. (Dippy had three screen names; troll3 is, well, a troll.) your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564/27 "2000-06-26T16:22:23Z")
Nah, don’t ban Homer. Sure, it was a bad joke, and apparently against the regulations. But a slap on the wrist ought to do it. Tim’s a smart guy, basically, and contributes quite a bit to the boards, IMHO. Banning him would be overkill. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564/28 "2000-06-26T16:28:45Z")
Maybe, **Coldy** , but that was a really fucked-up thing to do. **Manny** works his ass off in GQ, as you well know. For Tim to come along and pretend that Manny censored his thread, threatening to “get mad,” and for god’s sake _misspelling “gratuitous”_ is extremely insulting. I think **Manny** ’ reaction is completely appropriate. I further think that Tim needs to publicly apologize, here and in GQ. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564/29 "2000-06-26T16:31:31Z")
Yeah, I can see Manny’s reaction too - completely understandable. Sure, an apology is the least Homer can do. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564/30 "2000-06-26T16:44:35Z")
Yeah, but if he publicly apologizes in GQ, **manny’ll** have to take the time to move it to MPSIMS. On the bright side, it warmed the cockles of my heart to witness **manhattan** slog out from the shifting, treacherous quicksand of the GQ Moderator position to adroitly rip **Homer** a new one here in the Pit. And shortly afterward, **manhattan** tolerated the appearance of the “Second Evillest Woman” thread in GQ, simply because he was enjoying reading it! It’s a pleasure to see the old boy having fun again. Now my main priority is erasing the mental image of him in the shower. ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564/31 "2000-06-26T17:38:22Z")
::picturing Manny in the shower:: Swoon ! Manny you shouldn’t tease a girl like that ! Homer you were wrong to do that. And you deserve whatever you get for doing it. Now I’m going back to my delightful daydream , the one where I’m chasing Manny across Texas, maybe I’ll catch him this time ! ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564/33 "2000-06-26T21:08:30Z")
Censorship involves the suppression of ideas and thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564/34 "2000-06-26T21:39:58Z")
Quickly: Does the last post mean: 1. He did not post Ideas or Thoughts. 2. Someone doesn’t know what the word suppression means. I’d like this clarified, as we’re fighting ignorance and all, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564/35 "2000-06-26T21:46:22Z")
For the record, I do not support, advocate, nor condone the actions put forth. I just hate statements like that. I find them repulsive. And, since I’m far too nice to be embroiled in a flame war, sorry tomndebb. I was rude. ---
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564/36 "2000-06-26T21:48:55Z")
First off, I think it might have actually been a moderately funny joke, if you hadn’t take it to the pit and pretended it was real. So, I gotta ask, why did you fuck it up like that? Why did you take what was almost a good thing and put Manhattan’s name at the end of it? It was un-needed and uncalled for. But then you upped the ante even higher, you started a thread in the pit, pretending it was real. Didn’t you **know** the truth would come out? Shame on you for being an idiot, ya mook. \<— (double-negative?) > [@](#): > > Censorship is the only sword of the weak of mind. I suppose we’ll have to take your word on that one. You’re the only one who knows the weak mind from a first-person perspective. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564/37 "2000-06-26T23:31:42Z")
Please give Homer another chance everyone. I think it was just meant as a joke, not a malicious joke. I’m sure worse things have been posted by better people, and it was a mistake. He’s not a troll, and not an asshole. In my opinion he was trying a different jind of joke that happened to break the rules and be more offensive to some than desired. He definitely deserves a second chance. Please manhattan, find forgiveness in your heart if forgiveness is asked of you by Homer. Until we know for certain that he was trying to be an asshole, can we all please refrain from trash-talking him? There will be time a-plenty for that if I am wrong. Or, we could just blame it on demonic possession. Doesn’t he live in the haunted house? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564/38 "2000-06-26T23:41:03Z")
This isn’t the first time Homer has been in trouble with the administration of this board. As for, “worse things have been posted by better people,” possibly, but mocking the people that run this place is unacceptable. This is not a democracy, nor are any free speech rights granted here. In my opinion, impersonating a mod/admin is the most serious offense one can commit here. If this is let by, then we might as well be completely unmoderated, and you all know what the usenet can be like. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564/39 "2000-06-27T00:05:18Z")
Fair enough, UncleBeer. I’m not trying to criticize your decision, because I understand it. But wouldn’t you agree that Tim, while being the occasional asshole, also adds value to these boards every now and then? I, for one, think the ban is a bit too much. Take it for what it’s worth. You KNOW I admire you guys for the job you’re doing, but I suppose it’s OK to voice my opinion every now and then as well. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564/40 "2000-06-27T00:14:10Z")
Dammit! Can’t any of you people read? He’s **not** banned; his privileges have been **suspended** for one week. And I had no part in the decision; had it been up to me, he’d probably have been out of here a long time ago. Sheesh! > [@](#): > > On that basis, Homer is gone for at least a week – and maybe longer. It’s totally up to Manhattan, who has been greatly wronged here. And now that I re-read what I typed just above, it probably sounds harsher than I meant it. Just shake your head in bewilderment and chuckle at the grouchy old man. He’s pretty harmless, but still, you don’t wanna go to sleep with your finger in his mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564/41 "2000-06-27T00:18:38Z")
Sorry about that, UncleBeer. I must have missed that. Just a week? Fine with me. Live and learn, Homer - I’m sure you’ll be fine when you get back. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-gq-thread-censored/23564.md?page=3)