I was seconding, but fuzzily. I'm glad a warning has been issued, because I think it's appropriate. I don't want either of them to go away, but if people don't stay within the rules of discourse, it hurts the whole board.

Then we can immediately get started on the meta-conversation about cocktail parties, communities, back-scratching, social capital, Light Bulbs, guacamole, the Politics Thread, wuffie, and all of us living in a van down by the river.

So, that serial comma is really unnecessary.

So now is the time in Bureaucracy to talk about:

a) social capital and modes of interpersonal communication
b) feelings
c) buttless chaps
d) All of the above.

What strikes me about recent events is that I have no horse in the race at all: I don't read the thread in question; it never spilled over to another thread (that I know of); I have only had reasonably positive dealings with DW and am a little surprised to see the drama that has resulted. So, no particularly strong feelings from me, although I'm glad that the system we set up (via much groaning and pink cheerleading) worked as we had designed it to work.

Also, buttless chaps should only be allowed on people without hairy butts.

buttless chaps

I'm opposed. I prefer to see as little naked ass as possible, even if it's hairless and so taut you could bounce a quarter off of it.

I'm opposed. I prefer to see as little naked ass as possible, even if it's hairless and so taut you could bounce a quarter off of it.

Seconded. Preserve what butt-mystery there is. Plus I'm always distracted by wondering how badly naked butts stick to chairs and such.

/natter

I dunno. Cheese butt - no chaps. Taut butt?

Okay, no chaps there either, but I had to think about it a little longer.

I have to go with C. Final answer.

I feel that one must have a significant amount of social capital, accumulated through interpersonal communication, in order to get away with buttless chaps.

I also advocate providing light bulbs at cocktail parties, so that people have enough light to not trip over the guacomole, especially if said cocktail party is happening in the van down by the river.

I think that's true. I don't remember who's specifically been warned or just "handled in thread," but I know there are people who came in to the b.org with a more aggressive tone than is appropriate in this community, and have learned to cool off.

bon bon has been warned officially and come through it okay dokay.

I missed all of everything, am glad people have the procedures marked for references and that they seem to work smoothly.

I WILL get busy on getting them typed up.

bon bon got warned?

Huh. Must have missed that one.

you know what, I think I am wrong. I went back and looked and she didn't because when asked in thread to stop, she did.