AFAIK, anyone can get a DBA (doing business as) bank account and use it like a real name, signing for packages and cashing checks. Many sole proprietors of businesses do that. So the fact that he could "sign for Fedex packages and cash checks under the name of Guy Straley at the address we have" doesn't prove it was his real actual name.
Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
'Lineage'
Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Zenkitty - Jan 03, 2007 4:47:27 pm PST #8050 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Fred Pete - Jan 03, 2007 4:47:47 pm PST #8051 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I was dark from late morning Friday (board time) until early yesterday evening. So I didn't see things unfold in anything close to real time. I've stayed silent, mainly because I couldn't think of any way to say what I wanted to say. And because, with my limited experience of Net boards, this is the first time I've seen such a situation.
But I think Trudy has a point, even if it isn't quite what I hear her saying. When I logged in yesterday, this was the second busiest thread over the last 4+ days. This thread was busier than Bitches. And virtually all of it in 2 days. While I haven't kept track, this thread has continued to be extremely busy over the last 24 or so hours since I logged back in.
I think the community has overanalyzed this to death. OK, I know, we're Buffistas. Overanalysis is what we do. But I'm not sure how much more can be accomplished at this point.
Not to say there aren't legitimate questions. And I don't have any quarrel with the tone -- if it's been a lynch mob (and I don't think it has), it's certainly the most polite lynch mob I've ever heard of. But it's reached the point of diminishing returns.
Beverly - Jan 03, 2007 4:52:00 pm PST #8052 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
certainly the most polite lynch mob I've ever heard of
Fred, I'd like to tag this, if I may?
And, well, I think this has to run its course. It hasn't, quite, yet.
Astarte - Jan 03, 2007 4:52:58 pm PST #8053 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Fred, even more than most, I think. that's got to be a decision by the participants in the discussion.
Polter-Cow - Jan 03, 2007 4:53:09 pm PST #8054 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I was thinking that if we could somehow Godwin this, it would stop. But I couldn't figure out how.
Fred Pete - Jan 03, 2007 4:53:31 pm PST #8055 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Fred, I'd like to tag this, if I may?
Feel free.
And, well, I think this has to run its course. It hasn't, quite, yet.
And I know there's no way to stop it. Without, at minimum, naked Spike. Which I don't have available.
Cass - Jan 03, 2007 4:53:47 pm PST #8056 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I'm not saying Cass not posting as her real name is the problem, because it totally isn't. But if Cass created this elaborate, even if well-sustained, persona, and then created situations like a disease, a debilitating accident or whatever, one that created sympathy and upset in others.... well, that's kinda shitty. But with Cass, I'm certain she has not.I'm being passive aggressive and shitty on the internets!
(Okay, I've been wanting to have a reason to post that for about ever. Bless you, Kat.)
You all remember that one time, back in like 2002, when a friend of mine didn't hear back from me via email (I was on a road trip) and looked up the Buffistas admins and emailed them to find out whether I was dead?
The Stompies were gracious and merely forwarded the email to me. But, it's funny in retrospect that one internet friend (whom I had met in person) emailed my other internet friends (whom I'd also met at that point) to verify my continuing state of livingness.I think of that often actually.
Makes me smile every time. And then check in with people if I've gone a little too introvert and into my cave so they don't have to do the same thing.
Cass - Jan 03, 2007 4:54:41 pm PST #8057 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Which I don't have available.Pity.
§ ita § - Jan 03, 2007 4:55:30 pm PST #8058 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
it's reached the point of diminishing returns.
My guess is that when it reaches the point of diminishing returns for the people participating, they will stop. I'm sure there are people who've got no more to say and don't want to hear any more who have already left the conversation. I'm assuming the people still talking are getting something from it--something those who have stopped don't need, but there it is.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 03, 2007 5:02:24 pm PST #8059 of 10001
What is even happening?
Margaret, thank you.
Sorry to interrupt, but we are going to need a new Natter name fairly soon.
Any ideas?
Natter 49: Shocking the Monkey to Life