# Witness haters--are you happy now? :( **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 2, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221 "2013-10-02T23:02:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/381 "2013-10-19T01:26:25Z")
> [@simster](#): > > oddly enough - uber\_the\_goober has also been banned - oddly enough… I’m pretty shocked. Okay, I’m a little shocked. Would you settle for not shocked but quite amused? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/382 "2013-10-19T01:37:38Z")
I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/383 "2013-10-19T01:56:17Z")
uber goober. brickabracka. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/384 "2013-10-19T02:53:36Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I’m pretty shocked. > > Okay, I’m a little shocked. > > Would you settle for not shocked but quite amused? oh, I’m very amused by it - they are truly ‘fine representatives’ of the ‘truth’ - and to think I apologised for assuming he was a JW with his ‘defense’ of dougie\_monty. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/385 "2013-10-19T08:54:11Z")
> [@simster](#): > > oddly enough - uber\_the\_goober has also been banned - oddly enough… > > discontinue discussing with ‘you’ in this specific thread? If you stop posting nonsense, sure - I’ll be happy to stop responding to it - stop discussing the idocracy that is the JW cult? never. > > have a pleasant evening. I am always ready to end something peacefully. I regret that the circumstances could not have been better. Perhaps sometime in the future. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/386 "2013-10-19T08:57:11Z")
> [@RedFury](#): > > […] asshole ignorant fucks JWs that they are, be forgotten. Trying to sell me shit on a Sunday morning while I am otherwise quite gladly occupied.[…] And goo-goo-g’joob to you too. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/387 "2013-10-19T10:27:10Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > **dougie** if you didn’t want a hostile thread you shouldn’t have thrown the first shot. Need some more coffee? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/388 "2013-10-19T11:37:35Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > And goo-goo-g’joob to you too. 😛 Don’t give anyone any user name ideas! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/389 "2013-10-19T11:47:31Z")
Making fun of the departed isn’t kind. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/390 "2013-10-19T20:45:19Z")
You know what? Upon further review, I misread who was being made fun of. Thread reopened. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/391 "2013-10-19T20:54:59Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > You know what? Upon further review, I misread who was being made fun of. > > Thread reopened. nm - the comment was funnier in my head then it was in reading. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/392 "2013-10-19T21:04:25Z")
> [@simster](#): > > nm - the comment was funnier in my head then it was in reading. So you mean we can get back to bashing the OP??? ---
**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:** [October 19, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/393 "2013-10-19T21:04:45Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > Need some more coffee? Glad this thread was re-opened so I could say “huh?”. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/394 "2013-10-19T21:36:45Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Glad this thread was re-opened so I could say “huh?”. I imagine TB is confused by your phrase “thrown the first shot”. s/thrown/fired/ or s/shot/stone would make more sense. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/395 "2013-10-19T21:43:13Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Thread reopened. You don’t think the thread had become anemic? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/396 "2013-10-19T21:59:46Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > So you mean we can get back to bashing the OP??? Oh fuck yeah! ---
**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:** [October 19, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/397 "2013-10-19T23:07:09Z")
> [@Nancarrow](#): > > I imagine TB is confused by your phrase “thrown the first shot”. s/thrown/fired/ or s/shot/stone would make more sense. Absolutely would’ve. I blame… yeah, lack of coffee works. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/398 "2013-10-20T23:40:39Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > You know what? Upon further review, I misread who was being made fun of. > > Thread reopened. _Original statement from moderator announcing closing:_ \<\\> So, Mr. Moderator, color me clueless, but, if I may, I would like to know, please: 1. Who was alleged to have made fun of the departed? 2. Who was the departed involved? 3. On what basis was your decision changed? Thanks very much. 🙂 –Dougie\_monty ---
**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:** [October 20, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/399 "2013-10-20T23:56:09Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > _Original statement from moderator announcing closing:_ > \<\\> > > So, Mr. Moderator, color me clueless, but, if I may, I would like to know, please: > > 1. Who was alleged to have made fun of the departed? > > 2. Who was the departed involved? > > 3. On what basis was your decision changed? > > Thanks very much. 🙂 > > –Dougie\_monty This thread in ATMB might help: [Making fun of the departed isn't kind, but the OP hasn't departed. - About This Message Board - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=705380) ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221/400 "2013-10-21T00:06:50Z")
Well, thanks, Ivory; I’m not completey clueless now… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witness-haters-are-you-happy-now/670221.md?page=21)