# Why was Strunk banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 26, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763 "2007-02-26T20:13:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/61 "2007-02-26T23:21:08Z")
[QUOTE=mrklutz] Dang, **ETF**. I think you’ve been composing poetry too long around here. Even when you’re writing prose, you nearly break out into dactylic meter. Mopery, dopery, multiboard jerkdom… Sounds like a great first line to me. [/QUOTE] Hmmm… Mopery, dopery, multiboard jerkdom – Who will rid me of this meddlesome troll? Mods! Be alert for more hosiery irkdom, Sockdolageous shit-stirring’s out of control! Eh, needs work, but it will have to do for now. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/62 "2007-02-26T23:21:18Z")
[QUOTE=enigm4tic] Just since that caught my eye. I knew that from _that thread_ at least that Liberal used to go by Libertarian, although admittedly I almost certainly wouldn’t refer to him AS libertarian unless, say, I had just read a post referring to his old name. [/QUOTE] He was the first person in that thread to refer to him as Libertarian. If he was new, how did he know that? ---
**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:** [February 26, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/63 "2007-02-26T23:22:14Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] Let us all be on the lookout for **RTT**! [/QUOTE] We should always be ever diligent against the onslaught of RTT. QX and out, Jim ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/64 "2007-02-26T23:34:04Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] He was the first person in that thread to refer to him as Libertarian. If he was new, how did he know that? [/QUOTE] Here’s a thought that lumbered into my mind about that: It seems possible, perhaps highly likely, that if **QSS** in fact was a newcomer, he could have learned of **Lib** ’s libertarian philosophy through their interactions in Great Debate and that he happened to address him by “Libertarian” in that sense. Yes, I agree – that’s really stretching it, especially given that he capitalized the word, although some people do capitalize it when referring to adherents of that worldview. I’m more inclined to the hypothesis that **QSS** was in fact a troll familiar with the board’s history and bent on stirring shit. Was he actually **prr**? I daresay we’ll never know, since even if **QSS** were to somehow launch a missive in here declaring such identity there’d be no way to prove it one way or the other. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/65 "2007-02-26T23:38:02Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] He was the first person in that thread to refer to him as Libertarian. If he was new, how did he know that? [/QUOTE] Earlier in the thread, **Colibri** [on page 2 of that thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8294078&postcount=86) had mentioned both\*\* Liberal\*\*'s old and new usernames when he linked to some of **Liberal** ’s old posts. So it wasn’t impossible or even improbable that **QSS** could have figured it out from there. I’m not saying he did. . .just saying that it wasn’t as unlikely as it would seem at first glance. ETA: I sure didn’t know that **Liberal** had formerly been **Libertarian** until I read that post. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/66 "2007-02-26T23:46:37Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] Here’s a thought that lumbered into my mind about that: It seems possible, perhaps highly likely, that if **QSS** in fact was a newcomer, he could have learned of **Lib** ’s libertarian philosophy through their interactions in Great Debate and that he happened to address him by “Libertarian” in that sense. Yes, I agree – that’s really stretching it, [/QUOTE] Too far, I fear. [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=2333388) is his posting history _in toto_. Also, he copped to trolling (or puppetry) after being called on it. (The \*\*Libertarian \*\*thing.) > [@](#): > > I’m more inclined to the hypothesis that **QSS** was in fact a troll familiar with the board’s history and bent on stirring shit. Was he actually **prr**? I daresay we’ll never know, since even if **QSS** were to somehow launch a missive in here declaring such identity there’d be no way to prove it one way or the other. Exactly. A plan so clever you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel. Come to think of it, a weasel either way. Or maybe [an attention whore?](http://s125.photobucket.com/albums/p59/RampasMornay/?action=view¤t=paintedcat30.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/67 "2007-02-26T23:52:30Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] He was the first person in that thread to refer to him as Libertarian. If he was new, how did he know that? [/QUOTE] \*\*Lib \*\* posted the history of his name in a “Where did your user name come from?” thread in IMHO a few weeks ago. I’m new, and I knew about **Lib** ’s previous name. I don’t think \*\*QSS \*\* knowing his previous name proves anything. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/68 "2007-02-26T23:58:18Z")
[QUOTE=Randy Seltzer] \*\*Lib \*\* posted the history of his name in a “Where did your user name come from?” thread in IMHO a few weeks ago. I’m new, and I knew about **Lib** ’s previous name. I don’t think \*\*QSS \*\* knowing his previous name proves anything. [/QUOTE] Except, as noted, that he claimed to be “busted” and “p.r.r” directly after being called on it. His first post was five days ago. Guests cannot search. Q.E.D. did mention the name Libertarian in this thread however, as \*\*Heffalump \*\*noted ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/69 "2007-02-27T00:01:43Z")
[QUOTE=Randy Seltzer] \*\*Lib \*\* posted the history of his name in a “Where did your user name come from?” thread in IMHO a few weeks ago. I’m new, and I knew about **Lib** ’s previous name. I don’t think \*\*QSS \*\* knowing his previous name proves anything. [/QUOTE] Perhaps not. However, using it in preference to the current version appears…suggestive. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/70 "2007-02-27T00:04:09Z")
Wasn’t there another poster who was banned a few weeks ago who kept calling **Liberal** “Libertarian”, even though s/he was a guest? I can’t remember know what thread it was in- a pit thread maybe- and there was much ado about the fact that s/he knew **Liberal’s** previous name. Does anyone else remember this? Gotta go search… ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/71 "2007-02-27T00:11:53Z")
Sorry for the double post but… [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8201978&postcount=34) is the one I was thinking about . The poster was banned and he uses “Libertarian” to talk about **Liberal** in that thread- Any connection, I wonder? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/72 "2007-02-27T00:20:54Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Except, as noted, that he claimed to be “busted” and “p.r.r” directly after being called on it. [/QUOTE] Exactly. Why, I wonder, don’t people read the thread before pretending to be Sherlock Holmes? ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/73 "2007-02-27T00:25:18Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] For what it’s worth: On another, SDMB-related board where I’m a member, **According to Pliny** was an infrequent and unremarkable poster until the last couple of months, when he began tossing some jarringly unpleasant bombshells into threads. He’s still there but hasn’t posted in the last few days. Maybe something’s going on in his life that’s set him off into mopery, dopery, and multiboard jerkdom? [/QUOTE] And are mopery and dopery lesser included offenses under multiboard jerkdom? ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/74 "2007-02-27T00:30:54Z")
All I have to say about any of this shit is… Well, fuck me! One of these :eek: and three of these 😕😕😕 ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/75 "2007-02-27T00:32:29Z")
[QUOTE=Nancarrow] All I have to say about any of this shit is… Well, fuck me! One of these :eek: and three of these 😕😕😕 [/QUOTE] I was going to PM or e-mail you but it turns out you’re an anti-social bastard. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/76 "2007-02-27T00:36:32Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] I was off the hook from the moment I sent the money to Tris. He is the arbiter of trust agreed to by both me and PRR. What he does with the money — whether it’s to send it straightaway to PRR, wait two years, give it to charity, or buy a whore — is entirely up to him. I am merely _trusting_ that he will use it to the best of his (not my — _his_) ability in the manner in which it was intended. If Tris is satisfied that PRR has not posted here, then I have every confidence that he will execute the plan. But I can’t (forgive the probable mutilation of a legal term) ex-parte tell him, “Oh, I think you should do this or that with the money.” That would contravene his fiduciary relationship with PRR. It’s simply not my money anymore. [/QUOTE] Got it - thanks for your response. > [@straight man](#): > > Just a thought, but wouldn’t the mods also have to ban prr, if QSS was a sock, and, hence, more or less give Liberal his answer? Interesting thought. Resists the impulse to race off and do a search to see if **p r r** is banned. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/77 "2007-02-27T00:42:05Z")
[QUOTE=Shodan] Resists the impulse to race off and do a search to see if **p r r** is banned. [/QUOTE] He isn’t, although his last activity was today at 6PM. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=25715](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/78 "2007-02-27T00:47:54Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] Hmmm… Mopery, dopery, multiboard jerkdom – Who will rid me of this meddlesome troll? Mods! Be alert for more hosiery irkdom, Sockdolageous shit-stirring’s out of control! Eh, needs work, … [/QUOTE] Not much. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/79 "2007-02-27T01:11:51Z")
What about OPP? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763/80 "2007-02-27T01:37:55Z")
[QUOTE=faithfool] What about OPP? [/QUOTE] Now you want to drag the Ontario Provincial Police into this? Why not just go for the Mounties? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-strunk-banned/393763.md?page=5)