Just to clarify, what are we debating right now? As I see it, Schmoker has done nothing that would earn a warning, right?
Or is this debate about the behavior of the *whole* community?
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Burrell - Jan 19, 2003 10:37:57 pm PST #3198 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Connie Neil - Jan 19, 2003 10:38:27 pm PST #3199 of 10001
brillig
It's me, too. But I'm also glad Connie is around to balance me out.
She did more than balance me out with her last post. She swayed me.
Dammit, it's time to get surly and anti-social again. Must maintain secret identity.
Connie Neil - Jan 19, 2003 10:39:19 pm PST #3200 of 10001
brillig
So I'm glad to have people around who *like* other people,
Take that back! I hate other people. Really.
Allyson - Jan 19, 2003 10:41:46 pm PST #3201 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
Or is this debate about the behavior of the *whole* community?
I believe so.
No, Schmoker has done nothing to earn a banning, at all. I wouldn;t even MARCIE him. I'm confrontational, though.
DavidS - Jan 19, 2003 10:42:18 pm PST #3202 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
For what it's worth, I'm convinced Schmoker is mieskie. The tone, the word choice, the approach, the attitude are the same.
Rebecca Lizard - Jan 19, 2003 10:43:14 pm PST #3203 of 10001
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
I just mean that I *know* I'm tribal, and if it were up to me, we'd be Buffista Island. I like my people and ONLY my people.
Oh, sure, me too. But the nasty problem is all the people who haven't figured out they're my people just yet, and therefore aren't Buffistas yet or are, in best situations, just-registered Buffistas. Like Deena, for one example, who we've only gotten fairly recently but about whom I now feel as possessive as I do for any of my Buffista Crushes.
Allyson - Jan 19, 2003 10:44:30 pm PST #3204 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
You're not alone, there, Hec. Not by a longshot. I don't really care, though, honestly. It's not like the world isn't filled with Mieskes, or even Allysons, truth be told.
Steph L. - Jan 19, 2003 10:44:55 pm PST #3205 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I think Schmoker is mieskie, too. Any textual analysis would yield some too-close-for-comfort similarities.
And I'd use MARCIE, only b/c I don't have time or patience for bullshit.
Burrell - Jan 19, 2003 10:49:02 pm PST #3206 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
If it's about the whole community, I do think that there has been some circling the wagons, but as I said elsewhere, I think it's growing pains. All in all, most of the new members *have* been able to integrate themselves just fine.
We call ourselves a community. We behave like one. Which means that there are *people* here, not just faceless monikers, and there are some basic rules of polite interaction that have guided our behavior. I'd prefer to not see that change.
Burrell - Jan 19, 2003 10:50:11 pm PST #3207 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
or even Allysons, truth be told.
Hold on there. Allyson, you are truly an original.