# Why was Seven banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 28, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610 "2009-07-28T22:53:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/201 "2009-07-29T15:19:42Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Apparently, gathering is not your strong suit. > > I think you’ll find that most of the Teeming Millions & Friends don’t really give a shit, incidentally. I don’t know. There have been 62 unique posters to this thread alone (if you count me now and don’t count Marley) and only one of them has said that this was the right call. I know we think that there are tens of thousands of unique users on this board every day, but honestly, when 60+ of your regular board members say you did the wrong thing, maybe you should listen. This was beyond a bad call and the administration of the board should be ashamed of themselves that they let their egos get so badly bruised that they would react so spitefully and irrationally. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/202 "2009-07-29T15:31:13Z")
In looking at **Seven** ’s posts over the last few months, two activities show up: snark about **Liberal** , complain about the board, snark about **Liberal** , complain about the board. You have to go back to March to find a significant number of posts from **Seven** about anything else. We welcome feedback and complaints about the moderating here and we sure as hell don’t expect everyone to like everyone else. If most of what you are doing here is complaining or attack other posters, that’s not so welcome. We give people a lot of chances here, including high numbers of warnings and even multiple suspensions in some cases. If somebody wants to participate here but can’t control his temper, for example, we remain optimistic they can learn. A suspension is a (usually last) warning that you need to keep the rules in mind. When you are dealing with someone who knows the rules and has made clear he doesn’t care, there’s no point in sending this message. **Seven** ’s activities over the weekend and the sig were one more signal he was just here to be antagonistic and play games with the rules. [**Seven** sometimes pretended he didn’t know what the rules were](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11109877#post11109877), or for that matter how to turn on signature when he runs a vBulletin system himself, but we’re not required to accept those explanations when they’re not credible. And I don’t think his excuses were believable at all. On a related note, [Someone asked earlier about the idea of recreational complaining, and here’s a thread on the topic.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=506847) (I note that the direct link to the rule does not work, but it’s one we’ve enforced recently and over the years.) ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/203 "2009-07-29T15:32:13Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Apparently, gathering is not your strong suit. > > I think you’ll find that most of the Teeming Millions & Friends don’t really give a shit, incidentally. Pardon me for not spelling out the obvious. Correction: “The Teeming Millions & Friends who have enough of an opinion to comment all agree on this point.” Anything else whose meaning is clear but is contrary to the literal words that I can clarify? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/204 "2009-07-29T15:35:09Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > I don’t know. There have been 62 unique posters to this thread alone (if you count me now and don’t count Marley) and only one of them has said that this was the right call. I know we think that there are tens of thousands of unique users on this board every day, but honestly, when 60+ of your regular board members say you did the wrong thing, maybe you should listen. At least two, actually: **Shodan** and I. I didn’t bother reading pages 2-5 so if there are any more in there I haven’t counted them. These threads are self-selecting. I don’t think I’ve _ever_ seen a banning/suspension thread where more than one or two people agreed with the decision; people who agree don’t need to say anything. In any case, as I said, most people just don’t care, and that’s borne out by the fact that out of 10,000 or whatever active users, only 60ish have said anything at all. [QUOTE=Allwalker] Pardon me for not spelling out the obvious. Correction: “The Teeming Millions & Friends who have enough of an opinion to comment all agree on this point.” Anything else whose meaning is clear but is contrary to the literal words that I can clarify? [/QUOTE] Speaking of things which are clear, yet missed, the point is _that_ hardly any of TTM&F have enough of an opinion to comment, so it’s not as though people are all up in arms about this, as you imply. Again, as noted above, at least two of those who do have an opinion do not agree. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/205 "2009-07-29T15:38:06Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > In looking at **Seven** ’s posts over the last few months, two activities show up: snark about **Liberal** , complain about the board, snark about **Liberal** , complain about the board. You have to go back to March to find a significant number of posts from **Seven** about anything else. > > We welcome feedback and complaints about the moderating here and we sure as hell don’t expect everyone to like everyone else. If most of what you are doing here is complaining or attack other posters, that’s not so welcome. > > We give people a lot of chances here, including high numbers of warnings and even multiple suspensions in some cases. If somebody wants to participate here but can’t control his temper, for example, we remain optimistic they can learn. A suspension is a (usually last) warning that you need to keep the rules in mind. When you are dealing with someone who knows the rules and has made clear he doesn’t care, there’s no point in sending this message. **Seven** ’s activities over the weekend and the sig were one more signal he was just here to be antagonistic and play games with the rules. [**Seven** sometimes pretended he didn’t know what the rules were](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11109877#post11109877), or for that matter how to turn on signature when he runs a vBulletin system himself, but we’re not required to accept those explanations when they’re not credible. And I don’t think his excuses were believable at all. > > On a related note, [Someone asked earlier about the idea of recreational complaining, and here’s a thread on the topic.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=506847) (I note that the direct link to the rule does not work, but it’s one we’ve enforced recently and over the years.) You shouldn’t posted anything more, Marley, to be honest. This just makes you look really, really bad. ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/206 "2009-07-29T15:38:36Z")
I still think suspension would be more appropriate then banning in this case. If **Seven** used to make positive contributions but has fallen into a pattern of bad behaviour, doesn’t that increase the appropriateness of temporary suspension? Falling back into good habits is easier than learning them from scratch. My 2 cents. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/207 "2009-07-29T15:41:01Z")
10,000 active users? :dubious: More like around 200 people who actually post with any sort of regularity, of which 60 have posted within this thread. That’s about 30% of the posting base thinking this was the worst decision in the history of decision making, and 1% who agree with it. To all those who agree with the banning and don’t post, there’s a proportionate number who do agree with it and don’t post, for fear of being put on some sort of secret trouble makers list. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/208 "2009-07-29T15:42:23Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > In looking at **Seven** ’s posts over the last few months, two activities show up: snark about **Liberal** , complain about the board, snark about **Liberal** , complain about the board. You have to go back to March to find a significant number of posts from **Seven** about anything else. > > We welcome feedback and complaints about the moderating here and we sure as hell don’t expect everyone to like everyone else. If most of what you are doing here is complaining or attack other posters, that’s not so welcome. > > We give people a lot of chances here, including high numbers of warnings and even multiple suspensions in some cases. If somebody wants to participate here but can’t control his temper, for example, we remain optimistic they can learn. A suspension is a (usually last) warning that you need to keep the rules in mind. When you are dealing with someone who knows the rules and has made clear he doesn’t care, there’s no point in sending this message. **Seven** ’s activities over the weekend and the sig were one more signal he was just here to be antagonistic and play games with the rules. [**Seven** sometimes pretended he didn’t know what the rules were](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11109877#post11109877), or for that matter how to turn on signature when he runs a vBulletin system himself, but we’re not required to accept those explanations when they’re not credible. And I don’t think his excuses were believable at all. > > On a related note, [Someone asked earlier about the idea of recreational complaining, and here’s a thread on the topic.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=506847) (I note that the direct link to the rule does not work, but it’s one we’ve enforced recently and over the years.) Sometimes, there’s nothing to be done except quote a cat macro. _Srsly guys? Guys srsly?_ ---
**Author:** ![Library\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@Library\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Library_Boy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/209 "2009-07-29T15:43:00Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > In looking at **Seven** ’s posts over the last few months, two activities show up: snark about **Liberal** , complain about the board, snark about **Liberal** , complain about the board. You have to go back to March to find a significant number of posts from **Seven** about anything else. > > We welcome feedback and complaints about the moderating here and we sure as hell don’t expect everyone to like everyone else. If most of what you are doing here is complaining or attack other posters, that’s not so welcome. > > We give people a lot of chances here, including high numbers of warnings and even multiple suspensions in some cases. If somebody wants to participate here but can’t control his temper, for example, we remain optimistic they can learn. A suspension is a (usually last) warning that you need to keep the rules in mind. When you are dealing with someone who knows the rules and has made clear he doesn’t care, there’s no point in sending this message. **Seven** ’s activities over the weekend and the sig were one more signal he was just here to be antagonistic and play games with the rules. [**Seven** sometimes pretended he didn’t know what the rules were](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11109877#post11109877), or for that matter how to turn on signature when he runs a vBulletin system himself, but we’re not required to accept those explanations when they’re not credible. And I don’t think his excuses were believable at all. > > On a related note, [Someone asked earlier about the idea of recreational complaining, and here’s a thread on the topic.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=506847) (I note that the direct link to the rule does not work, but it’s one we’ve enforced recently and over the years.) Ok, it was said by a mod that attacking a post is ok as long as you don’t attack the poster, so let’s give it a try: That post is a steaming pile of bullshit. It’s because of this kind of stuff that I did not renew my membership this time. Maybe a hit to the wallet will bring some changes. Yes, I know my $15 will not make any difference by itself, but maybe others will feel the same. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/210 "2009-07-29T15:44:10Z")
Just for the record, of his last 100 posts, 97 were either whinging about the board and/or its moderation, or whinging about **Liberal**. ---
**Author:** ![Polyperchon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@Polyperchon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polyperchon)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/211 "2009-07-29T15:44:37Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > \ > > **Seven** ’s activities over the weekend and the sig were one more signal he was just here to be antagonistic and play games with the rules. > > \ Marley, I appreciate you taking the time to come back to this. I disagree, pretty much entirely with your assessment of Seven’s intentions. Particularly, once he was directly told to stop commenting on the snarkpit issue, he did. Even to the point where he didn’t defend himself against mischaracterisations of his intentions – to me that speaks to a poster who could be ‘reformed’ by a suspension (not that I think he needed any reforming, but to use your own logic, he showed a willingness to abide by sanctions put on him and now you’re saying he wasn’t given the courtesy of a suspension because you had no confidence he would change? Weak). But let’s ignore that for the moment, because I’d like one straight forward question answered in a straight forward manner, if you will: **why was Seven consider jerkish for quoting Tuba in his sig but Tuba not considered jerkish, and warned, for saying what she said?** ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/212 "2009-07-29T15:44:58Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > We welcome feedback and complaints about the moderating here and we sure as hell don’t expect everyone to like everyone else. If most of what you are doing here is complaining or attack other posters, that’s not so welcome. Lately (as in this year) it has not at all felt like the moderator team has welcomed feedback and complaints. You might want to take that under consideration. I had very few reason to complain in the past but more this year sadly. When I did complain in the past, I did feel the feedback was welcomed. The environment has become more hostile here or so it feels. I know in the past, the Admins did reverse themselves on the **Ellis Dee** banning. I’m not sure if **Seven** really cares or not, but you might want to consider changing this banning to a suspension. ---
**Author:** ![starwarsfreek42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@starwarsfreek42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starwarsfreek42)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/213 "2009-07-29T15:46:12Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > In looking at **Seven** ’s posts over the last few months, two activities show up: snark about **Liberal** , complain about the board, snark about **Liberal** , complain about the board. You have to go back to March to find a significant number of posts from **Seven** about anything else. > > We welcome feedback and complaints about the moderating here and we sure as hell don’t expect everyone to like everyone else. If most of what you are doing here is complaining or attack other posters, that’s not so welcome. > > We give people a lot of chances here, including high numbers of warnings and even multiple suspensions in some cases. If somebody wants to participate here but can’t control his temper, for example, we remain optimistic they can learn. A suspension is a (usually last) warning that you need to keep the rules in mind. When you are dealing with someone who knows the rules and has made clear he doesn’t care, there’s no point in sending this message. **Seven** ’s activities over the weekend and the sig were one more signal he was just here to be antagonistic and play games with the rules. [**Seven** sometimes pretended he didn’t know what the rules were](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11109877#post11109877), or for that matter how to turn on signature when he runs a vBulletin system himself, but we’re not required to accept those explanations when they’re not credible. And I don’t think his excuses were believable at all. > > On a related note, [Someone asked earlier about the idea of recreational complaining, and here’s a thread on the topic.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=506847) (I note that the direct link to the rule does not work, but it’s one we’ve enforced recently and over the years.) This is worthless. You may as well have not said anything. Fair enough, \*\*Seven \*\*may have been antagonistic but the final straw in a banning incident should be an actual breaking of Da Rulez. Which, I understand, \*\*Seven \*\*didn’t actually do. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/214 "2009-07-29T15:46:22Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > We welcome feedback and complaints about the moderating here and we sure as hell don’t expect everyone to like everyone else. If most of what you are doing here is complaining or attack other posters, that’s not so welcome. Then please reinforce this by banning Shodan immediately, as he consistently attacks, belittles and insults other posters to the exclusion of any other activity. > [@](#): > > We give people a lot of chances here, including high numbers of warnings and even multiple suspensions in some cases. If somebody wants to participate here but can’t control his temper, for example, we remain optimistic they can learn. A suspension is a (usually last) warning that you need to keep the rules in mind. When you are dealing with someone who knows the rules and has made clear he doesn’t care, there’s no point in sending this message. **Seven** ’s activities over the weekend and the sig were one more signal he was just here to be antagonistic and play games with the rules. Indeed, Reeder garnered 8 warnings and a suspension. lissener at least six AND was both suspended and banned and came back. Shodan has garnered so many warnings he doesn’t even take them seriously anymore if he did to begin with. But Seven banned for the unspeakable; he disagreed with the way the board was being run and wasn’t afraid to say so frequently. > [@](#): > > [**Seven** sometimes pretended he didn’t know what the rules were](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11109877#post11109877), or for that matter how to turn on signature when he runs a vBulletin system himself, but we’re not required to accept those explanations when they’re not credible. And I don’t think his excuses were believable at all. Let us also address your assertion that 7 ‘pretended’ not to know the rules. His post elsewhere (because you’re certainly not going to allow him to answer the charge here): > [@7](#): > > I didn’t realize that was against the rules (or bannable offense) over there. > > Of course, they just assume if you break a rule you know you’ve broken a rule. At least that’s how they always act. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen a mod say: > > “If poster X didn’t realize it was against the rules, which I highly suspect, then…” That was posted last night 6pm CDT. Amazing clairvoyance, no? Very close to what you posted. I realize you’re enforcing the rules and this is what you have collectively decided. I am equally cognizant that it is not an easy position in which to be. But you are doing yourselves no favors by reinforcing bad decisions with justifications. If it comes down to a banning because he pissed you (or someone) off, _say so_. That position I could at least respect. As it is, I find this on a par with one of Shodan’s weaselly explanations. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/215 "2009-07-29T15:46:52Z")
> [@Polyperchon](#): > > … > > But let’s ignore that for the moment, because I’d like one straight forward question answered in a straight forward manner, if you will: > > **why was Seven consider jerkish for quoting Tuba in his sig but Tuba not considered jerkish, and warned, for saying what she said?** In fairness, I thought the Quote was not posted but a PM or Email? ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/216 "2009-07-29T15:47:08Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > In looking at **Seven** ’s posts over the last few months, two activities show up: snark about **Liberal** , complain about the board, snark about **Liberal** , complain about the board. You have to go back to March to find a significant number of posts from **Seven** about anything else. The majority of my posts since ‘The Unpleasantness’ have been complaining about the board too. Has that become a bannable offense? > [@](#): > > **Seven** sometimes pretended he didn’t know what the rules were, **or for that matter how to turn on signature when he runs a vBulletin system himself** , but we’re not required to accept those explanations when they’re not credible. And I don’t think his excuses were believable at all. Jesus Christ, the man made a mistake. He didn’t pretend he didn’t know how to turn on sigs, he forgot to check the box to display his sig. He said: "Hey,. why doesn’t my sig line show up? " then in the next post said: “Oh, show signatures was turned off in my UserCP.” How is that ‘[pretending to not know] how to turn on signature?’ You’re really reaching here. Regards (and I mean that in the insulting way Shodan says it), -tool \*Bolding and snippage of above quote was done by me. ---
**Author:** ![starwarsfreek42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@starwarsfreek42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starwarsfreek42)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/217 "2009-07-29T15:48:16Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Just for the record, of his last 100 posts, 97 were either whinging about the board and/or its moderation, or whinging about **Liberal**. Don’t quote me on this, but I’m willing to bet that there are a ton of other posters who have 100+ posts involving complaining about or pitting **Liberal**. ---
**Author:** ![SoulFrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/218 "2009-07-29T15:49:04Z")
> [@Polyperchon](#): > > **why was Seven consider jerkish for quoting Tuba in his sig but Tuba not considered jerkish, and warned, for saying what she said?** I would really, _really_ like to know this, as well. ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/219 "2009-07-29T15:49:28Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > At least two, actually: **Shodan** and I. I didn’t bother reading pages 2-5 so if there are any more in there I haven’t counted them. > > These threads are self-selecting. I don’t think I’ve _ever_ seen a banning/suspension thread where more than one or two people agreed with the decision; people who agree don’t need to say anything. > > In any case, as I said, most people just don’t care, and that’s borne out by the fact that out of 10,000 or whatever active users, only 60ish have said anything at all. > > Speaking of things which are clear, yet missed, the point is _that_ hardly any of TTM&F have enough of an opinion to comment, so it’s not as though people are all up in arms about this, as you imply. > > Again, as noted above, at least two of those who do have an opinion do not agree. I’ve yet to see a banning which has attracted an appreciable percentage of however many people are active on this board. I’ve also yet to see a banning of a genuine troll in which fewer than a couple of people agreed with the decision. Whether or not these threads are self selecting, there often is a feeling of “good riddance to bad rubbish” when trolls are kicked out. At least amongst a decent minority. ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/220 "2009-07-29T15:52:27Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > In fairness, I thought the Quote was not posted but a PM or Email? **Is it against the rules to post private correspondence from a mod?** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610.md?page=12)