# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![starwarsfreek42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@starwarsfreek42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starwarsfreek42)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/21 "2009-07-28T23:22:34Z")
Sweet, somebody quoted me. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/22 "2009-07-28T23:22:58Z")
Banned for “recreational complaining?” WTF? That “reason” would take out about 85% of the people here, including the Admins, Mods, and Ed. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/23 "2009-07-28T23:24:12Z")
> [@DudleyGarrett](#): > > You’re about to get teh BANZ0RED. Don’t play with fire, missy, or you’ll get the horns! Dude, it’s not BANZ0RED, it’s banninated. Learn your internet lingo. Sheesh. ETA: Oops, sorry, that might not be meaningful enough. See, there is this website called Strongbad, and he has an email section, and one of the best emails there has Trogdor the Burninator, so we go from Burninating to Banninating. ---
**Author:** ![starwarsfreek42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@starwarsfreek42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starwarsfreek42)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/24 "2009-07-28T23:24:14Z")
Now I’m gonna quote ppl. ---
**Author:** ![Elyanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@Elyanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elyanna)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/25 "2009-07-28T23:26:01Z")
> [@DudleyGarrett](#): > > You’re about to get teh BANZ0RED. Don’t play with fire, missy, or you’ll get the horns! I defy the bannination because I am _such a rebel._ > [@starwarsfreek42](#): > > Now I’m gonna quote ppl. Yes! Bandwagon time! ---
**Author:** ![starwarsfreek42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@starwarsfreek42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starwarsfreek42)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/26 "2009-07-28T23:26:25Z")
BANNEDwagon. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/27 "2009-07-28T23:31:19Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > It all seems pretty mild to me. Wouldn’t a suspension have been more appropriate? I don’t think so. A suspension is a message that something needs to change. If you’re upfront that you’re breaking the rules intentionally it wouldn’t do much good. > [@akennett](#): > > Well, isn’t that great. Quoting an admin gets you banned. > > So, does that go for mods, too? regular members? guests? I understand you don’t agree but let’s not be obtuse. The issue is not that it’s a quote, it’s that it was being a jerk - and also an acknowledgement that complaining and attacking and annoying was indeed his primary purpose here. We’ve said in the past that if all you’re going to do here is complain, you’ll be suspended or banned. You’re not expected to like all our decisions and you’re welcome to ask questions and disagree, but if that’s your primary activity it’s another story. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/28 "2009-07-28T23:31:39Z")
Wait, Seven didn’t even get to write his magtard opus about “Leaving the Neighborhood” What a shame. Right now, ask we type this, he’s probably crying a Trail of Tears. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/29 "2009-07-28T23:33:17Z")
Actually just now he changed his title to “BannedMinistrator.” Apparently it isn’t that hard after all. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/30 "2009-07-28T23:33:20Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I understand you don’t agree but let’s not be obtuse. The issue is not that it’s a quote, it’s that it was being a jerk - and also an acknowledgement that complaining and attacking and annoying was indeed his primary purpose here. I’ll try not to be obtuse if you try, okay? So quoting Tuba, who was being a jerk, makes him also a jerk? Wouldn’t that make him a jerk by association? He’s like a moon orbiting a bigger jerk, not really a jerk on his own, right? ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/31 "2009-07-28T23:34:06Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I don’t think so. A suspension is a message that something needs to change. If you’re upfront that you’re breaking the rules intentionally it wouldn’t do much good. > I understand you don’t agree but let’s not be obtuse. The issue is not that it’s a quote, it’s that it was being a jerk - and also an acknowledgement that complaining and attacking and annoying was indeed his primary purpose here. > > We’ve said in the past that if all you’re going to do here is complain, you’ll be suspended or banned. You’re not expected to like all our decisions and you’re welcome to ask questions and disagree, but if that’s your primary activity it’s another story. Yup, apparently we’re allowed to disagree… as long as we keep it to ourselves. ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/32 "2009-07-28T23:35:01Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > What a shame. Right now, ask we type this, he’s probably crying a Trail of Tears. Careful, that’s racially offensive. ---
**Author:** ![starwarsfreek42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@starwarsfreek42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starwarsfreek42)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/33 "2009-07-28T23:35:45Z")
**swf42** : is isosceles rather than obtuse. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/34 "2009-07-28T23:36:50Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > I’ll try not to be obtuse if you try, okay? So quoting Tuba, who was being a jerk, makes him also a jerk? Wouldn’t that make him a jerk by association? He’s like a moon orbiting a bigger jerk, not really a jerk on his own, right? Tuba and the moderators are allowed to be a jerks. Who’s going to hold them accountable? The users? Ed Zotti? ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/35 "2009-07-28T23:37:28Z")
> [@bufftabby](#): > > Careful, that’s racially offensive. Wait, isn’t that a song from the 60s? Trail of Tears, Chain of Fools? Something like that? ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/36 "2009-07-28T23:38:46Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > Wait, isn’t that a song from the 60s? Trail of Tears, Chain of Fools? Something like that? Tracks of My Tears. It’s really about a sad heroin addict. It’s, like, totally metaphorical. ---
**Author:** ![Elyanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@Elyanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elyanna)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/37 "2009-07-28T23:39:36Z")
> [@starwarsfreek42](#): > > BANNEDwagon. Brilliant. > [@Marley23](#): > > it was being a jerk - and also an acknowledgement that complaining and attacking and annoying was indeed his primary purpose here. It didn’t look like that to me. ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/38 "2009-07-28T23:40:21Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > The issue is not that it’s a quote, it’s that it was being a jerk - and **also an acknowledgement that complaining and attacking and annoying was indeed his primary purpose here.** No, it isn’t. It’s an advertisement of how fucking retarded and delusional **TubaDiva** is. He probably put it in his sig to spread the lulz. I’m not a big fan of **Seven** but goddamn you people are a fucking joke. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/39 "2009-07-28T23:40:22Z")
> [@DudleyGarrett](#): > > Tuba and the moderators are allowed to be a jerks. Who’s going to hold them accountable? The users? Ed Zotti? You can take them to task in ATMB. I think. Just don’t be critical of them. Or something. I got a little lost in all the rule changes, then the not enforcing the changes, then changing them back. Or something. But don’t attack them personally, just attack their moderation, but not too attackey. ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/40 "2009-07-28T23:40:41Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > I’ll try not to be obtuse if you try, okay? So quoting Tuba, who was being a jerk, makes him also a jerk? Wouldn’t that make him a jerk by association? He’s like a moon orbiting a bigger jerk, not really a jerk on his own, right? That’s hysterical. I actually LOLed. Back when I used to post and lurk here a lot, this really would have pissed me off. Now, all I can do is laugh. You people (the admins of the SDMB) are just ridiculous. > [@Marley23](#): > > The issue is not that it’s a quote, it’s that it was being a jerk - and also an acknowledgement [sic] that complaining and attacking and annoying was indeed his primary purpose here. Honestly now - is that really what you think? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610.md?page=3)