I've seen a ton of people post clips of under 18's getting tickled on this website which can actually considered as pedophilic behaviour but for some reason everyone's making a fuss over a guy for digging up an old thread. Seriously I'm confused as to why digging up an old thread is against the rules?
Attacking people is against the rules.
I've said this before, but evidently the admins never paid attention; inactive threads should be locked after a certain amount of years go by. That would keep people from resurrecting 16 year old threads like this.
I don't have any experience moderating forums, but surely there's gotta be a way to archive threads that have been inactive after a certain amount of time (I'd say a year would be about right). As many people normally complain about bumping ancient threads, I'm not sure why the mods/admins haven't looked into something like that.
I agree with tkl_venom, I see no problem in resurrecting old threads as long as the purpose is to enhance the thread, by adding new information or kick-starting a discussion, or even complimenting someone on a contribution (story, pic, etc.) Where it gets frustrating is when people dig up twelve year old posts wondering why links have long since expired or if someone may happen to have a long lost clip or document.