# Yes, I'm back. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 14, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410 "2005-03-14T04:15:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410/41 "2005-03-14T18:53:29Z")
I’m glad you’re back Jenny. I have been a very infrequent poster these last few months due to real-life consuming my time. It was only by lucky accident that I found out that you were “gone”. We’re still in old-man-winter’s grip here up north. Hope the weather down by you is more enjoyable. Sending you visions of melt-in-your-mouth chocolate! Take care. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410/42 "2005-03-14T18:59:15Z")
Welcome back, good to see you around again. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410/43 "2005-03-14T19:13:18Z")
Welcome Back, Tubadiva! You’ve been missed! ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410/44 "2005-03-14T19:23:07Z")
> [@leander](#): > > Well, I for one would like to know _why_ you regret your actions (without, of course, discussing the ugly details). > > I also think a certain amount of personal accountability is necessary. > > And lastly, I think you owe this community a direct apology – for many reasons, not least of which is the (even remote) possibility that you put this place in jeopardy. > > That being said, I commend you for your years of service. But I’m concerned that unless you take full responsibility for your actions here, your credibility will be zero. I don’t agree with you. But for reasons I think you’ll honor. First, the key point behind what happened was a perceived breach of confidentiality. For her to discuss her motivations, then or now, would simply aggravate the above breach. Second, it should be obvious to anyone who has been here more than a few months (and I’m explicitly excluding folks who checked in and became familiar with the SDMB as this whole incident was brewing, for what I think are obvious reasons) that the SDMB is important and dear to Jenny. To have endangered its continued existence, even for what she may have thought the best of motivations, must be a severe burden on her. And finally, it is precisely the sort of vigilante justice being bandied about in posts regarding Jenny that elicited the original problem. We are not members of a democratically chosen board here; we are the paying guests of the Chicago Reader, Inc., which sets the rules for the establishment. We can choose to abide by their decisions or go elsewhere. In a combination of justice and mercy, they decided a month’s suspension was the appropriate call. Jenny has served that and is now back on duty. To suggest that she needs to be permanently on a Confidentiality Breachers Registry or something of the sort is deeply ironic to me, given the circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410/45 "2005-03-14T19:24:09Z")
Welcome back! So, lessee now, while you were gone, you: [ul] [li] wrote the Great American Novel;[/li][li] found a different proof for Fermat’s Last Theorem;[/li][li] remodeled your kitchen;[/li][li] discovered a packet of letters from Napoleon to Josephine behind the old counter that you removed;[/li][li] auctioned them on eBay for a tidy sum;[/li][li] and worked on your tan.[/li][/ul] Glad to have you back, although the American cultural scene (and DiCaprio’s career) will definitely suffer if you don’t finish the _Titanic II_ screenplay. Maybe you can work on it nights… ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410/46 "2005-03-14T19:28:37Z")
Hey Polycarp, TubDiva has a mouth (or in this case, hands). Let her answer the questions. She’s a big girl. CrazyCatLady, gotta commend your ballsy statement, I was afraid this thread would turn into a love-fest. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410/47 "2005-03-14T19:30:45Z")
… [UPS truck pulls up outside thread] [delivers dead horse] ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410/48 "2005-03-14T19:33:43Z")
> [@Duck Duck Goose](#): > > … > > [UPS truck pulls up outside thread] > [delivers dead horse] For all the congratulations, words of support and “love it or leave it” that has been going on since Valentine’s Day? Oh…the _other_ dead horse. Got it. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410/49 "2005-03-14T19:40:10Z")
Geez, **TubaDiva** ’s back and not one, not one of you has asked the obvious question? I am so disappointed. **TubaDiva** , now that you’re back, _have you brought pie?!?_ ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410/50 "2005-03-14T19:50:11Z")
I’m gonna go ahead and agree with **CrazyCatLady** and **Garfield** ’s commendation of her post, and then add one word. Bummer. ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410/51 "2005-03-14T19:54:38Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > I’m gonna go ahead and agree with **CrazyCatLady** and **Garfield** ’s commendation of her post, and then add one word. > > Bummer. You forgot **Duderdude2** ☹ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410/52 "2005-03-14T20:06:06Z")
Sorry about that, **Duderdude**. I didn’t intentionally leave you out! ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410/53 "2005-03-14T20:07:28Z")
> [@Duderdude2](#): > > Hey Polycarp, TubDiva has a mouth (or in this case, hands). Let her answer the questions. Exactly what in **Poly’s** post prevents Tuba from answering any questions? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410/54 "2005-03-14T20:12:09Z")
Glad you’re back! Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410/55 "2005-03-14T20:16:35Z")
> [@Patty O'Furniture](#): > > Exactly what in **Poly’s** post prevents Tuba from answering any questions? Absolutely nothing. It’s a good thing I never said she couldn’t, but will she? We’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410/56 "2005-03-14T21:19:34Z")
> [@Duderdude2](#): > > You forgot **Duderdude2** ☹ > > 😉 You also forgot the esteemed Moi - figured it was pretty crass to put my .sig on the posts in this thread, but it is available via my profile to paid members. Guess I was a little too sub-tle. Ms. Diva, I do hope you stay. I hope one of my many friends who are staying ping me should you or SMDB decide to change your status as an Administrator. ---
**Author:** ![Avenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@Avenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avenger)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410/57 "2005-03-14T21:20:57Z")
**TubaDiva** has done several things recently which cause me to doubt her judgement. Not resigning her poisition is just another to add to the list. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410/58 "2005-03-14T21:49:52Z")
> [@Duderdude2](#): > > Hey Polycarp, TubDiva has a mouth (or in this case, hands). Let her answer the questions. She’s a big girl. Hey, it was me, expressing an opinion. It’s a message board; we’re privileged to do that, right? I have a **lot** of respect for several posters “on the opposite side” here; **CrazyCatLady** comes quickly to mind, and a short skim through this thread or the parallel Pit thread would give me several more names. But I’m sayin’ what I think. Others are welcome to hold their own views. And **TubaDiva** will say what she feels appropriate to say, when and if she so chooses; I’m neither trying to stop her nor be her mouthpiece. In fact, I appreciate your comment – it brought it home to me that I was sounding like I was pontificating as to what everybody ought to think, which wasn’t my intent at all. (Bad habit I’ve picked up; gotta break it.) ---
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410/59 "2005-03-14T21:53:54Z")
But . . . but . . . pontificating is so _cool_! WRS - His Holiness Sauron I Pontifex Maximus ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410/60 "2005-03-14T22:00:21Z")
Specifically, what **Polycarp** said. Generally, what most of the others have said: **Tuba** , welcome home. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-im-back/294410.md?page=4)