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Fire. Pretty. Aren't bonfires fun? Anyone want a marshmallow?
...because God knows you need some satisfaction in life besides shagging Captain Cardboard! And I never really liked you anyway. And you have stupid hair!
Spike ,'Selfless'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
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
Kat - Apr 12, 2003 1:31:22 am PDT #9324 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Trudy Booth - Apr 12, 2003 1:33:03 am PDT #9325 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 saying that I think a warning is too far, that I think it's Orwellian.
I'd also like to note how hard the banning we DID do was on this board as a whole and that it should be avoided at almost all costs. Asking people to chill a little seems reasonable.
Trudy Booth - Apr 12, 2003 1:34:47 am PDT #9326 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 think Mieskie was more than a prig. AND I think the banning happened too quickly.
And telling is fine, it's the "official" stamp on a stompy foot warning that has me concerned.
Kat - Apr 12, 2003 1:35:29 am PDT #9327 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
t deletia
Oh drat.... not much deadwood left for the pretty bonfire.
Trudy Booth - Apr 12, 2003 1:38:08 am PDT #9328 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
My requesting that she be officially warned has gone too far?!
NO, goodness no.
I'm just disagreeing with you and saying that actually doing it is going too far.
Trudy Booth - Apr 12, 2003 1:39:33 am PDT #9329 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
don't rise! don't rise!
Kat - Apr 12, 2003 1:39:40 am PDT #9330 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
You know what. You're right. Obviously I'm the one in the wrong here. I'm the one who is Orwellian for asking that the CS be enforced.
I've exceeded my Bureaucracy posts for life and now am certainly out of equilibirum with Laura, my posting Doppelganger.
And on that, I'm done with Bureaucracy.
edited to say, For that reason, I've gone back through, pruned the deadwood of my thoughts (those that are repetitive, reductive, or otherwise not really useful) and made a nice little bonfire. I'm tired of repeating myself and trying to refine my ideas as I write and I don't see the point in leaving words that were written to get my thoughts straight, especially since it was all repetition on the same theme. I left two posts intact because those actually are the most coherent and clear of what I had to say.
If I'm going to be called Orwellian, then I prefer removing some of the words which make me seem that way.
Hence the deletia. Sorry if it makes the conversation confusing, but the context around what I said is not useful and it won't help you understand.
Trudy Booth - Apr 12, 2003 1:41:00 am PDT #9331 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
AHHHH! Kat! Come back!
Drat.
arby - Apr 12, 2003 1:41:20 am PDT #9332 of 10001
Guy #1: Man, there are so many hipsters around. I hate hipsters! Guy #2: You're at the wrong place. That's like going to Vegas only to say "I hate titties!" --The Warsaw, Williamsburg (OINY)
I'm just disagreeing with you and saying that actually doing it is going too far.
So if enough people come in here and repeatedly request it, would it be OK to warn her? Because I think more people would have done it if they weren't afraid of the repercussions (for them).
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Trudy Booth - Apr 12, 2003 1:44:06 am PDT #9333 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 saying that I don't agree with a "warning". That I think it is going too far. That it sets a tone that I don't like.
A million people may come in and agree with me. Who knows?