# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/101 "2009-07-29T03:29:03Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > “The rest of you with […] long hair […] get on the train!” Even the girls? ---
**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, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/102 "2009-07-29T03:32:41Z")
**swf42** : a girl, with really long hair. Who has never been on a train before. Yay! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/103 "2009-07-29T03:34:52Z")
I’ve been on a train several times (Amtrak). It’s not much fun on coach, but if you get a compartment, it’s decent. ---
**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 29, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/104 "2009-07-29T03:42:40Z")
Hey, I’m quoted in a sig too! WooT! ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/105 "2009-07-29T03:55:46Z")
Not that I think it’s going to make a difference or anything, but … This banning seems unwarranted, unnecessary, and un-dopelike. Some may disagree, but they’d be wrong. ---
**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, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/106 "2009-07-29T03:58:40Z")
Has anybody in this thread disagreed so far? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/107 "2009-07-29T04:06:02Z")
Hey look! The dope moderation’s done something stupid! That’s–well, not noteworthy at all. More par for the course. Peace out. ---
**Author:** ![Elyanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@Elyanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elyanna)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/108 "2009-07-29T04:06:22Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > it could be confirmation bias, but I think it used to be pretty rare that I saw it (I’ve been lurking for a long time). Now it seems really common. Is it that banned posters’ posts used to be disappeared and aren’t anymore or what? > > And yeah - bring back 7! Maybe I’m just in the habit of reading threads with CrAzEe participants. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/109 "2009-07-29T04:07:53Z")
> [@starwarsfreek42](#): > > Has anybody in this thread disagreed so far? Other than the mods? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/110 "2009-07-29T04:17:34Z")
> [@Rhubarb](#): > > Not that I think it’s going to make a difference or anything, but … > > This banning seems unwarranted, unnecessary, and un-dopelike. > > Some may disagree, but they’d be wrong. The only thing I disagree with is that it’s very Dope-like. At least, as in how the Dope has become in the past year. So much for a “kinder, gentler” Message Board. Basically – bullshit. :rolleyes: ---
**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 29, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/111 "2009-07-29T04:19:28Z")
> [@Rhubarb](#): > > \and un-dopelike. > \. I must respectfully disagree; it is, unfortunately, altogether too Dope-like now. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/112 "2009-07-29T04:20:31Z")
It is kinder and gentler now that the administration is taking it upon themselves to cull the herd of the sick and diseased. Just imagine how kind and gentle it will be once every poster has been banned. ---
**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, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/113 "2009-07-29T04:30:09Z")
> [@Kat](#): > > Other than the mods? Are there any mods still in this thread? **Marley** was here before, but he’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/114 "2009-07-29T04:36:31Z")
> [@DudleyGarrett](#): > > Tuba and the moderators are allowed to be a jerks. Who’s going to hold them accountable? The users? Ed Zotti? No, Ed’s pretty much a jerk too. You, the users, hold them accountable by going somewhere else instead. I hear 7’s got a new pad that seems to be doing ok without banning everybody who calls the admins on being assholes. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/115 "2009-07-29T04:37:10Z")
They’ve hit on a new method for bannings. They ban you first then dig up reasons afterward. Much easier, you see. Except you have to find something worthy of banning. Expect to see more people banned in the future for things like starting threads in the wrong forum or forgetting to start their post off with a panegyric to TubaDiva. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/116 "2009-07-29T04:37:38Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > The only thing I disagree with is that it’s very Dope-like. At least, as in how the Dope has become in the past year. So much for a “kinder, gentler” Message Board. > > Basically – bullshit. > > :rolleyes: > [@featherlou](#): > > I must respectfully disagree; it is, unfortunately, altogether too Dope-like now. Well, frankly, the 'dope itself is distinctly non-dopish, of late. ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/117 "2009-07-29T04:52:26Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Forget noses – anyone else see the admins cutting off their balls to spite their dicks? Oh, honey, that wind done gone. ---
**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, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/118 "2009-07-29T04:59:02Z")
Oh, that spiteful, ball-cutting wind. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/119 "2009-07-29T04:59:42Z")
> [@starwarsfreek42](#): > > Oh, that spiteful, ball-cutting wind. Oh, that’s a sig right there. ---
**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, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/120 "2009-07-29T05:03:54Z")
Awesome. New sigs for everyone! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610.md?page=7)