I see no reason to rush. I'm supportive of the supporting the writers (is that enough versions of "support" for you?), and this strike isn't likely to end during our discussion and voting period, so let 'er rip.
Everybody plays each other. That's all anybody ever does. We play parts.
Saffron ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!
We open it up, we talks the talk, we votes, we shuts it down. This thread is to free up Bureaucracy for daily details as we hammer out the Big Issues towards a vote. Open only when a proposal has been made and seconded according to Buffista policy (Which we voted on!). If this thread is closed, hie thee to Bureaucracy instead!
le nubian - Nov 09, 2007 11:46:24 am PST #8071 of 10289
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Laura - Nov 09, 2007 12:01:02 pm PST #8072 of 10289
Our wings are not tired.
Showing support for writers is certainly a very Buffista friendly position. I checked out the site Allyson linked to in B'crazy and the count on the FAQ page was
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Looks like we are not alone!
I would love to see an indication on our site that clearly shows our support for the writers. And links to info and ways to help.
Dana - Nov 09, 2007 12:02:06 pm PST #8073 of 10289
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I would actually like to know ways to help. No downloading from iTunes? No viewing online content? (Crap, I will have to remember to set my VCR.) What else?
Polter-Cow - Nov 09, 2007 12:06:05 pm PST #8074 of 10289
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Pix - Nov 09, 2007 12:25:22 pm PST #8075 of 10289
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I am fully in support of WGA and am all for a vote sooner rather than later.
Ailleann - Nov 09, 2007 12:44:55 pm PST #8076 of 10289
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
I would actually like to know ways to help. No downloading from iTunes? No viewing online content? (Crap, I will have to remember to set my VCR.) What else?
The clarion call that I've seen is: no "new media" (iTunes, Amazon Unbox, NBC's unbox thing, etc.), no online streaming, no DVD buying, and eventually no watching stop-gap reality shows/reruns/special programming.
JZ - Nov 09, 2007 12:56:54 pm PST #8077 of 10289
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
My take on making it all time-sensitive is this.
The writers are fighting a shitty and much-needed fight, and they're in the immensely shitty position of having to start every single discussion about that fight with a preemptive explanation of every damn nuance of the history of that fight because they know it's an uphill battle. The majority of the comments on various writers' blogs I've seen have been positive (mostly from people connected to the industry or involved in unions and labor organizing), but there's a definite strong online minority (which likely translates to something closer to an offline majority) opinion that the writers are all rich and greedy and just pissed-off that the studios are even richer. The WGA doesn't hit instant-sympathy buttons like striking coal miners or strawberry pickers; if anything, they hit a lot of people's instant-antipathy buttons.
The more visible and vocal support the writers get from a wide range of voices, the better. And the sooner, the better, because if they're starting out having to make up for a lot of (however unfairly) pre-lost sympathy, it's just going to get worse the longer the strike drags on.
Pix - Nov 09, 2007 1:11:01 pm PST #8078 of 10289
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Yes, this. Support is timely. Supporting people we love is especially timely.
Steph L. - Nov 09, 2007 1:18:59 pm PST #8079 of 10289
I look more rad than Lutheranism
eventually no watching stop-gap reality shows/reruns/special programming.
That's not going to be a problem.
Yes, this. Support is timely. Supporting people we love is especially timely.
Yup. And we do have Buffista screenwriters, which makes it feel even more relevant. At least, to me.
Glamcookie - Nov 09, 2007 2:04:56 pm PST #8080 of 10289
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I am with JZ, Kristin, and Steph. We're very pretty!