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compared2what? wrote:I'm a heavily trolled, openly disliked, routinely attacked poster with a lot of enemies and absolutely no regular troops or allegiances of any kind.

"Every time you go away... you take a piece of meeee with you..."

As I said here...

The Atzmon thread has been locked. Please respect that decision and don't move that conversation into other threads (like this one). If I see anything else on that topic (including personal grudge matches from that thread) spill into this thread, or onto the board in general, there will be suspensions.

In addition, I'm aware of the fact that some personal attacks have gone unpunished recently.

What's done is done, but be on notice that any personal attacks I see going forward will result in suspensions.

If you feel like I miss something going forward, bring it my attention.

Let's all show some respect for one another, but more importantly, show some respect for this great board.

Let's all show some respect for one another, but more importantly, show some respect for this great board.

I'll show you THIS, Principal Cabbagehead.

Prior to the complete breaking loose of a little piece of Hell, I posted this:

Simulist wrote:I came to really adore Compared2what. It wasn't hard.

She has a world-class intellect and a generous spirit.

In spite of my split infinitive... what I'm really trying to say is... if you'd like to come back in, I'd be happy to hold the door.

You have lots of friends here.

norton ash wrote:

Let's all show some respect for one another, but more importantly, show some respect for this great board.

I'll show you THIS, Principal Cabbagehead.

Shakes fist in mock threatening manner.

Simulist wrote:Prior to the complete breaking loose of a little piece of Hell, I posted this:

Simulist wrote:I came to really adore Compared2what. It wasn't hard.

She has a world-class intellect and a generous spirit.

In spite of my split infinitive... what I'm really trying to say is... if you'd like to come back in, I'd be happy to hold the door.

You have lots of friends here.

Agrees wholeheartedly.

Tell me not things past all belief;
One truth in you I prove;
The flame of anger, bright and brief,
Sharpens the barb of Love.


Walter Savage Landor

compared2what? wrote:I'm a heavily trolled, openly disliked, routinely attacked poster with a lot of enemies and absolutely no regular troops or allegiances of any kind.

You know, we have that in common, and when I'm feeling really low, I don't argue enough with myself about the last bit, but I think it needs amending, don't you?

xo,
L.

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What's the protocol here if you like C2W and Alice and SLAD and some of the other members impugned in this imbroglio, but also didn't know who Gilad Atzmon was before falling into that thread, and concluded after a not-very forensic examination of the OP in that thread that the aforementioned Gilad Atzmon (outwith his music and fiction, which I'm unaware of) is a total wank and best ignored? Is there a name for that?

The thread is about C2W, so I will post my favourite quote from her quill in commemoriumation. It happened to be a wholly uncontroversial and inconsequential post from the Lounge, about the season of Winter, but it also said a lot (I reckon) about who she is and what she believes in, in a way, and I have remembered it now for - what is it? - five fucking years:

You know what I would never say? I would never say: "Blow, blow, thou winter wind, thou art not so unkind as man's ingratitude; thy tooth is not so keen. Because thou art not seen, although thy breath be rude. Heigh-ho! sing heigh-ho! unto the green holly: Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly: Then, heigh-ho! the holly! This life is most jolly."

Furthermore, there are no circumstances under which I would ever even dream of saying anything along the lines of, "Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, thou dost not bite so nigh as benefits forgot: Though thou the waters warp,thy sting is not so sharp as friend remember'd not. Heigh-ho! sing heigh-ho! unto the green holly: Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly: Then, heigh-ho! the holly! This life is most jolly."

And you wanna know why? Because I totally HATE winter. It's much more unkind than man's ingratitude and it's sting is, like, gazillion times sharper than friend remember'd not, if you ask me.

Hey! You wanna know what another thing I never say is? Okay: When people ask me how I am, I never reply, "Can't complain."

Because so far, that's never been true.

You never forget being made to laugh that much in one place, however drunk you may be at the time. And word to C2W on all that she said in that post, too. Winter is more unkind than ingratitude, and it is sharper than friend remember'd not. But those things are bad too, and should be avoided at nearly all costs. Nearly all costs.

But some costs are too high - and I would personally agree with C2W that being expected to feel, and express, more sympathy for people who were indirectly murdered by imperial forces between 1845-1852 than those who were directly murdered by imperial forces between 1933-1945 is a bit of a stretch. Isn't it?

"Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, thou dost not bite so nigh as benefits forgot"*

*The reaction of the British public to Tory benefits cuts, 2012.

But that's off-topic.

Could the mods kindly and cogently explain why compared2what? has been suspended for a week?

http://www.rigorousintuition.ca/board2/ ... 07#p507507

'Cause I'm really not getting it. I don't see any violations of board rules or egregious behavior which amounts to a personal attack. At all.

barracuda » Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:06 pm wrote: I don't see any violations of board rules or egregious behavior which amounts to a personal attack. At all.

OP ED does.

[Art with Girls and Birds, inverted]

barracuda » Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:06 pm wrote:Could the mods kindly and cogently explain why compared2what? has been suspended for a week?

http://www.rigorousintuition.ca/board2/ ... 07#p507507

'Cause I'm really not getting it. I don't see any violations of board rules or egregious behavior which amounts to a personal attack. At all.

Nor do I. I've never seen anything of the sort out of C2W? And even IF, EVEN IF, she's been here long enough to get a "pass". She is a great contributor and someone I enjoy reading whether it be links or commentary. Suspending her is bullshit. I think she's embedded enough apologies for thinking like she does to last a lifetime already. Please don't "atrish" this board any further.

barracuda » 12 Jun 2013 14:06 wrote:Could the mods kindly and cogently explain why compared2what? has been suspended for a week?

http://www.rigorousintuition.ca/board2/ ... 07#p507507

'Cause I'm really not getting it. I don't see any violations of board rules or egregious behavior which amounts to a personal attack. At all.

What he said.