>He was not suspended. He was banned.
exactly!
Wait. People? She eats people? 'To Serve Man.' It's 'To Serve Man' all over again.
Gunn ,'Power Play'
Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
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
Cashmere - May 12, 2003 2:47:35 pm PDT #1855 of 10005
Now tagless for your comfort.
Wolfram - May 12, 2003 2:49:29 pm PDT #1856 of 10005
Visilurking
Congrats to JZ and DS. May you never have to use the word quorum during your wedding planning.
askye - May 12, 2003 2:54:18 pm PDT #1857 of 10005
Thrive to spite them
Quorum came up today when I was reading about how to format minutes for corporations and beacuse of B'cracy I knew what it was. The only good thing that came out of the whole quorum mess in my opinion.
scrappy - May 12, 2003 3:05:27 pm PDT #1858 of 10005
Nobody
It's hard to hold a minority opinion and not feel piled on or ignored, but speaking for myself, I'm glad people do. Agreeing with me is not a prerequisite for my respect or admiration and I would say most Buffistas are this way, even if that sometimes gets lost in the vehemence that this issue seems to bring up.
amych - May 12, 2003 3:15:15 pm PDT #1859 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
We don't have to vote on that, do we?....
Only on your choice of entree.
Nutty - May 12, 2003 3:16:27 pm PDT #1860 of 10005
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Okay. So. Resolved: There shall be no insulting of holders of minority opinions Bureaucracy thread in future. Yes? Yes? It does nothing to help and everything to hinder civil conversation.
Trudy, was this snottiness really necessary? I'm asking, as a general rule, that yelling not be an accepted tactic on Bureaucracy. I don't see as how you've got a right or a reason to get snotty with me, when all I'm trying to do is police the tone of this thread (explicitly not its content).
Can we please, all of us, strive to be nice, whatever we're arguing about? And "He did it first" isn't a good enough reason to abandon nice. Do I have to whip out my fake communist propaganda joke all over again? (Okay, I thought it was funny.)
Typo Boy - May 12, 2003 3:22:26 pm PDT #1861 of 10005
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I would say though that it behooves the majority, even when being vehement to avoid being nasty to the minority if possible. I know some people have high enough social capital that they can get away with it. But it still makes the thread a less pleasant place to post. For example mentioning to someone that they are spending social capital unwisely strikes me as a fairly nasty comment - even if true. Just like saying "this is a really stupid idea" would be a nasty thing to post - even if true.
scrappy - May 12, 2003 3:23:50 pm PDT #1862 of 10005
Nobody
Nastiness=wrong.
That's my position and I'm sticking to it.
Susan W. - May 12, 2003 3:25:47 pm PDT #1863 of 10005
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
What Typo Boy said.
Jon B. - May 12, 2003 3:29:08 pm PDT #1864 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I agree Typo. That's why I apologized.