I'll third.
I kissed him, and I told him that I loved him. And I killed him.
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?
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Lee - Nov 17, 2005 9:46:20 pm PST #5873 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Aims - Nov 17, 2005 9:47:08 pm PST #5874 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I agree with Kat and Cass and Perkins.
The following post here dw "Spike's Bitches 27: I'm Embarrassed for Our Kind." Nov 17, 2005 11:13:31 pm PST where dw flat out REFUSES to acknowlege his offending Kat and others, is a direct breech of our community, along with the laundry list as shown by Kat.
Laura - Nov 18, 2005 2:46:56 am PST #5875 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Thanks Kat for taking the time to provide all the links. Attempts to deal with this in thread clearly have failed. My feathers have been more than ruffled, which takes a lot with my calm demeanor. (not last night)
eta: ok, now I have skimmed the conversations from last night and don't feel that dw's comments were out of line. To me he was clearly speaking about his personal experiences and not stating blanket statements about teachers.
It appears to be an oversensitivity based on the original major offense. dw's posts last night would not have caused any problem had he not offended previously. There were no personal attacks last night.
Ginger - Nov 18, 2005 4:22:06 am PST #5876 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The question isn't really whether he was being offensive with his original statements last night. I thought they were kind of over the top, particularly the "drinking, writing detension slips and planning their retirement" line, but I think he did mean them to be directed only at his own experience. The disruptive behavior is his continued refusal to accept that his remarks offended people, apologize for the unintended offense and then let it go.
Allyson - Nov 18, 2005 4:49:55 am PST #5877 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I'm not sure what happens when the poster decides to leave the community before 10 secondses are posted. Anyone?
Trudy Booth - Nov 18, 2005 4:54:22 am PST #5878 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I'm not sure what happens when the poster decides to leave the community before 10 secondses are posted. Anyone?
People leave and come back and leave and come back. I think a warning is a warning and how a person responds to it is their own business.
I agree a warning is in order, is "sheesh, learn to apologize for fuck's sake" a warning?
So I guess that makes me fourth, or fifth.
I'd like to ask that we try not to let this escalate. If the response to a warning is a snotty post I suggest we let that slide in a heat-of-the-moment way. If the response is a succession of snotty posts that's a different thing but I think any cooling-off period we can muster would be a good idea.
Steph L. - Nov 18, 2005 4:55:48 am PST #5879 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I can't even remember if we need secondses in order for someone to be warned.
Laura - Nov 18, 2005 4:56:35 am PST #5880 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Well, if you want to be all reasonable and stuff.
(that was directed to Trudes)
juliana - Nov 18, 2005 4:57:12 am PST #5881 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I agree a warning is in order, is "sheesh, learn to apologize for fuck's sake" a warning?
So I guess that makes me fourth, or fifth.
And me a fifth or sixth.
I don't want Susan or dw to leave the community, and I'm sad that they felt they had to, but I also think we need to complete the process.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 18, 2005 5:03:18 am PST #5882 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
As far as I remember, the procedure is that if ten Buffistas feel a person needs to be warned, a Stompy Foot, posting under an "Stompy Foot" ID will post a warning.