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« Reply #30855 on: February 17, 2012, 11:32:33 AM » |
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I dreamt about snakes just last week.
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« Reply #30856 on: February 17, 2012, 11:32:58 AM » |
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Yes, I saw that it was reported right away, and that reasons were discussed here in the one-offs.
But since those reasons clearly were not sufficient, I wondered what reasons had arisen since.
(Perhaps it has something to do with the OP having lawyered up today, according to new news reports?)
I'm not sure your first assumption is a good one. It seems more likely either that it took the mods a while to decide or they were just busy. I would tend to agree with proftowanda. I do not know why it was deleted today; the member-mods are generally not privy to why and how the staff mods make their decisions. But I cannot imagine that it would not be legally safer for the CHE to keep this site from being used as a way to publicize the incident. VP You might be right, but I'm struggling to see how the CHE can be liable for anything. He started the thread, and I'm willing to bet that the conditions of membership that no-one actually reads says something about how the CHE isn't liable for anything ever under any circumstances. But how much easier for them if they avoid the problem completely by removing the posts, which that same user agreement says that they can do for any reason whatsoever, with or without notification. Why even let it become an issue of liability, when they have the power to avoid it? VP That's my thinking on this, and also what I suspect legal counsel (which I imagine is available to CHE, perhaps even on staff) would advise: Minimize potential hassle. (And that litigant looks to be one with "potential hassle," even if to no real point or potential benefit, emblazoned in bright lights with screaming siren sound effects.) I even can envision subpoenas for the IPs of commenters and other cr*p to continue this on and on, considering the OP's vision of himself as a freedom fighter for the First Amendment. (And the Second one, too.) Re my previous thoughts, about the thread's abrupt removal after lingering here for six days after being reported to mods, those were based upon seeing mods act quite swiftly to swipe threads in other instances. |
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« Reply #30857 on: February 17, 2012, 01:04:35 PM » |
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Unrelated: Don't call, but for the love of G-d, find a hobby that will occupy you over the upcoming three-day weekend.
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geonerd
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« Reply #30858 on: February 17, 2012, 01:26:21 PM » |
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Unrelated: I just brought on another GCF.
I win.
I wasn't even being mean.
They're just pissed because you keep misspelling your own moniker. |
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voxprincipalis
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« Reply #30859 on: February 17, 2012, 01:43:00 PM » |
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Unrelated: I just brought on another GCF.
I win.
I wasn't even being mean.
They're just pissed because you keep misspelling your own moniker. Hey! That's Yo-Yo Ma! What are you doing? We like him! I'll give him a visa. He has to pay the bill, though. VP |
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If you need me, I'll be hiding under a rock until mid-August. Try not to need me, unless you come bearing Chinese food.
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tinyzombie
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« Reply #30860 on: February 17, 2012, 01:45:31 PM » |
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Unrelated: I just brought on another GCF.
I win.
I wasn't even being mean.
They're just pissed because you keep misspelling your own moniker. Hey! That's Yo-Yo Ma! What are you doing? We like him! I'll give him a visa. He has to pay the bill, though. VP Even though he thinks you're a snake? If he does this, he can come back. I know you like wombats. |
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voxprincipalis
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« Reply #30861 on: February 17, 2012, 01:57:37 PM » |
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Unrelated: I just brought on another GCF.
I win.
I wasn't even being mean.
They're just pissed because you keep misspelling your own moniker. Hey! That's Yo-Yo Ma! What are you doing? We like him! I'll give him a visa. He has to pay the bill, though. VP Even though he thinks you're a snake? If he does this, he can come back. I know you like wombats. That is the most awesome photo ever. EVER. I would actually rather have that photo than the poster under discussion. That's a good trade. I'll keep the photo; the other can go. VP |
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chaosbydesign
"I like to lyse bacteria. Did you know I'm utterly insane?"
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« Reply #30862 on: February 17, 2012, 02:01:37 PM » |
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(related [to the thread, not necessarily the recent posts]) Snark Snake |
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Seriously, I tried to lick my own face. Ah. Typical ivory tower pedanticalness.
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tinyzombie
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« Reply #30863 on: February 17, 2012, 02:16:18 PM » |
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Unrelated: I just brought on another GCF.
I win.
I wasn't even being mean.
They're just pissed because you keep misspelling your own moniker. Hey! That's Yo-Yo Ma! What are you doing? We like him! I'll give him a visa. He has to pay the bill, though. VP Even though he thinks you're a snake? If he does this, he can come back. I know you like wombats. That is the most awesome photo ever. EVER. I would actually rather have that photo than the poster under discussion. That's a good trade. I'll keep the photo; the other can go. VP Glad I could help. Unrelated: so you've lied about your gender, and you are the person in question? Huh. |
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Correct, as usual, TZ. That's because you are not Dude. TZ, however, is Dude. TZ is my favorite. I wish YOU began with A. |
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aandsdean
I feel affirmed that I'm truly a 6,000+ post
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« Reply #30864 on: February 17, 2012, 02:26:18 PM » |
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Students tell me this all the time. |
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qrypt
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« Reply #30865 on: February 17, 2012, 03:42:11 PM » |
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I think you should back away from that topic. If I remember correctly, you know even less about the users of such products.
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"I'm tired of being your love slave!"
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« Reply #30866 on: February 17, 2012, 10:58:23 PM » |
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[unrelated]
The university in that thread title overlooks a lake of the same name. Somehow the name suits the lake better.
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chaosbydesign
"I like to lyse bacteria. Did you know I'm utterly insane?"
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« Reply #30867 on: February 17, 2012, 11:09:07 PM » |
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<posting here so as not to derail a thread>
Heh. You wrote 'cannibalize' nine times in that post. I am amused by this.
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Seriously, I tried to lick my own face. Ah. Typical ivory tower pedanticalness.
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« Reply #30868 on: February 17, 2012, 11:12:40 PM » |
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<posting here so as not to derail a thread>
Heh. You wrote 'cannibalize' nine times in that post. I am amused by this.
I'm so glad someone else (other than me) appreciated that! I was having way too much fun using it. |
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« Reply #30869 on: February 18, 2012, 08:36:04 AM » |
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OK, then, folk conceptions of the constitution it is. And it's now up to #12.
(Seriously, as I was unloading the dishwasher this morning, I started musing idly about surveys and in-depth interviews and NSF Law and Social Sciences grants and had to reel myself back in.)
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You people are not fooling me. I know exactly what occurred in that thread, and I know exactly what you all are doing. |
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