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Oct 7, 2017
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Dread Pirate Westley
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Help me with the facts here. Was the threat made and directed to your attention,
or was it just something said in FO?
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Dread Pirate Westley
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Dread Pirate Westley
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Looks like BYUMizzou is not coming back.
BYUinTX
10/6/17 2:08pm
You may want to remove that. Just some advice....
Carnac
10/6/17 2:10pm
out of curiousity, genuine curiousity. why?
smokymountainrain
10/6/17 2:11pm
RE: out of curiousity, genuine curiousity. why?
smokymountainrain
10/6/17 2:34pm
Welp. The thread was removed for a while.
Carnac
10/6/17 2:59pm
that proves you [kinda] right, but my question remains unanswered
smokymountainrain
10/6/17 3:17pm
Is linking to another board against the rules?
BYUinTX
10/6/17 2:12pm
The rules here are pretty . . . fluid
frontrowcougar
10/6/17 2:14pm
Or not
supertux
10/6/17 2:16pm
RE: Looks like BYUMizzou is not coming back.
Yoshinobu
10/6/17 2:15pm
depriving me of property rights?!?! bwwahaaahaaaa!
nashty
10/6/17 2:16pm
dubious legal claim irony alert!
Bob Vance
10/6/17 2:17pm
Dubious legal claims are okay right? That's like 50% of my posts right there.
rcbyufan
10/6/17 3:15pm
nashty gets a bit of redemption on the FBI informant
BlueFrog
10/6/17 2:18pm
pretty sure he's talking about cougarfan.com
Bob Vance
10/6/17 2:16pm
Annoyed by "liberals" on CB, quits the board and goes to Cougarstadium.
Virginia Ute
10/6/17 2:18pm
they already asked him what his standing in the church was. lol
BlueFrog
10/6/17 2:19pm
Never been on that board. What's it like?
Idahofallsblue
10/6/17 2:22pm
Good board. Bunch of really smart dudes.
BGRTHNUMEGO
10/6/17 2:36pm
I lurked there for a while. Just not very active. Maybe it's better now.
Mikey
10/6/17 2:38pm
i'd guess even less active than it was when you lurked.
smokymountainrain
10/6/17 2:40pm
seems like an interesting place. Maybe I'll have to check it out sometime
Jezza
10/6/17 3:24pm
This whole thing is hilarious
Solomon Levi
10/7/17 9:14am
Ratting out FO posts to the mods is low.
SandYFan
10/6/17 2:38pm
<< Deleted >>
Buffalo
10/6/17 2:39pm
Yeah, but once that happened, the man in charge was in a rough spot.
Belboz
10/6/17 2:46pm
Or, you know, recognizing FO shouldn't be moderated. That would be easy, too.
SandYFan
10/6/17 2:48pm
I agree.
Belboz
10/6/17 2:51pm
You of course meant FO only should be lightly moderated. We can't have a 4 Chan
shimmy
10/6/17 3:33pm
Why? It's FO.
SandYFan
10/6/17 4:20pm
Because it's not the dark web.
shimmy
10/6/17 7:17pm
Not really. Jefe could have contacted him privately to address the concern
Skeptical Optimist
10/6/17 3:06pm
I feel like I'm stuck with no good options.
Belboz
10/6/17 3:11pm
And of course byumizzou is blameless in this whole thing...
benny1982
10/6/17 3:24pm
He was venting, and in private.
cheezedawg
10/6/17 3:29pm
And spent actual time researching it. Again, it's a message board.
benny1982
10/6/17 3:34pm
Of course it was over the top. Jefe has driven me to do irrational things too
cheezedawg
10/6/17 3:39pm
See, blaming it on Jefe is what I'm talking about. If you're driven to do
benny1982
10/6/17 3:42pm
What I blame on Jefe is his complete lack of ability to deescalate. I've never
cheezedawg
10/6/17 6:15pm
I know you'll never believe anything I say, but that's not at all what happened.
El Jefe
10/6/17 7:13pm
RE: I know you'll never believe anything I say, but that's not at all what
The Board Genius
10/6/17 7:17pm
Oh sure, like there is another side to a story. Lol.
shimmy
10/6/17 7:19pm
Tell us what is wrong here
Skeptical Optimist
10/6/17 11:21pm
RE: Tell us what is wrong here
messi
10/6/17 11:32pm
You don't get that worked up over moderating, but you get that worked up over
crazY
10/7/17 12:17am
RE: You don't get that worked up over moderating, but you get that worked up over
messi
10/7/17 7:32am
RE: Tell us what is wrong here
El Jefe
10/7/17 12:03am
Jefe, if I may be so bold, can I offer you two pieces of advice?
Dread Pirate Westley
10/7/17 12:13am
might i be so bold as to say he only has a PR problem with a certain (fairly narrow) demographic
BYUtiful
10/7/17 12:39am
The amount of misinformation about Jefe and his handling of this situation...
cougfanblue
10/7/17 7:50am
solid post
BYUtiful
10/7/17 8:27am
I think we can all use this as a lesson, that even really good guys on our
shimmy
10/7/17 9:00am
So I'm supposed to just believe El Jefe?
The Board Genius
10/7/17 9:39am
Of course not. You’re not supposed to just believe anybody.
shimmy
10/7/17 9:56am
I neither said nor implied that Jefe was not a good guy. I said he has an image
Dread Pirate Westley
10/7/17 9:23am
That gif is perfect. Forced ignore? I'm suing.
cougfanblue
10/7/17 9:37am
It works the other way too
Dread Pirate Westley
10/7/17 9:41am
No, it doesn't. He had done research and was quite specific in his plans.
cougfanblue
10/7/17 9:49am
Was he threatened directly or was someone blowing off steam in FO?
Dread Pirate Westley
10/7/17 9:55am
Should I just assume that it's always a joke?
El Jefe
10/7/17 10:02am
Help me with the facts here. Was the threat made and directed to your attention,
Dread Pirate Westley
10/7/17 10:11am
You know it was in FO.
El Jefe
10/7/17 10:23am
I read what he said he posted in FO. I did not know if there was anything sent
Dread Pirate Westley
10/7/17 10:31am
As far as we can see it was only in FO.
RexIdaCoug
10/7/17 10:24am
I'm not waiting until I'm served papers to kick somebody out of my restaurant...
cougfanblue
10/7/17 10:47am
That explains all those bad Yelp reviews.
Dread Pirate Westley
10/7/17 11:09am
That's why yelp sucks.
cougfanblue
10/7/17 11:24am
And since there's no equivalent for message boards, the analogy breaks down there.
cougfanblue
10/7/17 11:27am
"The manager of this restaurant seems paranoid and is constantly eavesdropping
Dread Pirate Westley
10/7/17 11:33am
Again, this is where the analogy breaks down.
cougfanblue
10/7/17 11:37am
"My own friend went and ratted me out to the manager, who wouldn't then kicked me out of the restaurant for spelling out
SuperTank
10/7/17 2:50pm
Do I still get the Cheesy Gordita Crunch?
Dread Pirate Westley
10/7/17 3:23pm
That is a fair point I'm not saying he shouldn't have been kicked off the board.
RexIdaCoug
10/7/17 11:32am
I guess I don't understand specifically what you're referring to.
cougfanblue
10/7/17 11:36am
As the restaurant owner, I might also make sure the bathroom is clean so
LaserCoug
10/8/17 2:30pm
That's definitely a fair point.
El Jefe
10/8/17 4:41pm
If it were my business and somebody had put as much thought into it as he had,
cougfanblue
10/7/17 10:03am
I believe you are making a very bad assumption here
CougarVeteran
10/7/17 1:06pm
These are the words/actions of somebody who didn't put a lot of thought into it and wasn't serious?
cougfanblue
10/7/17 5:37pm
What else would he need to do for me to take it seriously?
Dread Pirate Westley
10/7/17 6:24pm
See, you can mock and nothing happens. I don't mock and am punished because
Ozymandias
10/7/17 6:45pm
I addressed his points because of the misinformation in them.
El Jefe
10/7/17 9:45am
I appreciate your perspective. As a non-participant, I see overreaction on both
Dread Pirate Westley
10/7/17 10:06am
Silverback ape? Goodness, man.
cougfanblue
10/7/17 10:14am
I thought it was a good metaphor.
Dread Pirate Westley
10/7/17 10:17am
As with any organization, there are a certain number of "arm chair quarterbacks" that will think they know what they're
BYUtiful
10/7/17 10:21am
I'm not a part of any hierarchy, but I am an armchair QB w/out all the facts and
Dread Pirate Westley
10/7/17 10:28am
Jefe, can we get a countdown clock at the top for this?
Fetchin Fetcher
10/7/17 10:31am
Why, if I may ask, would you disagree with Jefe to let someone come back?
crazY
10/7/17 10:15am
I'm not sure I understand your question. I think Jefe should extend an olive
Dread Pirate Westley
10/7/17 10:19am
In most cases I think it's awesome he does it and support it.
cougfanblue
10/7/17 10:21am
That's understandable. Personally, I think it was a knee-jerk reaction by
crazY
10/7/17 11:18am
Your last sentence is exactly what's happening right now.
cougfanblue
10/7/17 11:40am
Sure, I understand that's what is happening. It didn't have to come to that.
crazY
10/7/17 1:43pm
This a million times. Jeff, you may believe that you are the world's best at
Ozymandias
10/7/17 6:42pm
RE: Tell us what is wrong here
The Board Genius
10/7/17 12:14am
Jefe, you are unintentionally proving what Cheezedawg asserted
Skeptical Optimist
10/7/17 8:45pm
Well said and I don't think the answer can be that it a small minority that feel
Ozymandias
10/7/17 9:03pm
The "thread" itself doesn't violate any rules.
El Jefe
10/7/17 10:00pm
This is just not true.
Ashtrash
10/7/17 2:21pm
I've had plenty of fights with Jefe over the same exact things that Mizzou
Jezza
10/6/17 3:47pm
Sas the guy whom jefe wouldn't give a recipe to
CarolinaCoug
10/6/17 8:17pm
If you call Jefe's grandma, she gives out recipes to anyone.
Byron McNertney
10/6/17 8:18pm
Wow, imagine getting that worked up over message board moderating. Incredibly embarrassing.
messi
10/6/17 2:38pm
I propose banning everyone who says this. It'd be fun to see the reactions.
SandYFan
10/6/17 2:39pm
I can promise you I wouldn’t threaten legal action over my deleted posts.
messi
10/6/17 2:49pm
And if you weren't suspended for FO posts in the first place, you wouldn't
SandYFan
10/6/17 2:50pm
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Deleted
10/6/17 2:53pm
Wrong, deleted. There's no threat if it happened in FO and not to Jefe. It's merely talking about it.
jdub
10/6/17 3:00pm
RE: Wrong, deleted. There's no threat if it happened in FO and not to Jefe. It's merely talking about it.
cougfanblue
10/7/17 10:57am
Why do people get fired up about a message board? What a waste.
Iman23
10/6/17 2:38pm
I would normally give some sort of response, but due to the legal threats, there's not much I can say.
El Jefe
10/6/17 2:40pm
Good on ya for restoring this thread. Transparency is good.
frontrowcougar
10/6/17 2:54pm
Who?
Crush4
10/6/17 2:43pm
Site is blocked by my employer...says it's a malicious website, haha
Machiavelli
10/6/17 2:45pm
same here
Solid-State Blue
10/6/17 2:50pm
BYUMizzou is one of my favorite posters of all time. LAME treatment
youngster
10/6/17 2:57pm
Cobalt Cougars?
shimmy
10/6/17 3:04pm
<< Deleted >>
Cretin
10/6/17 3:08pm
Do you mean that in sort of an ironic, hipster way? Or you really mean he's a favorite?
byuTX
10/6/17 3:28pm
He was extremely kind to me in a time of need
youngster
10/6/17 3:31pm
I think he handled this poorly, but I don't doubt he's a good guy.
shimmy
10/6/17 4:02pm
That's actually pretty cool
byuTX
10/6/17 4:02pm
BYUMizzou is one of the "good guys"...
ds7
10/10/17 2:57pm
Some people take CB very seriously.
OPINIONS
10/6/17 3:04pm
RE: Some people take CB very seriously.
Crush4
10/6/17 3:05pm
Way too much time on your hands. Who has the energy for this stuff?
dadofkhec
10/6/17 3:29pm
CB never ceases to amaze me with how sensitive everyone is
Yvin
10/6/17 4:08pm
Personal attack!
Jeremy
10/6/17 5:33pm
Top 5 CB thread I’ve ever seen
TCuz
10/7/17 3:00pm
Is this for real? Do people not have families, friends, work, children, spouses
Ernie
10/7/17 6:08pm
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