A Toast to Banned and Disappeared Posters

Moderators: Elvis, DrVolin, Jeff

Re: A Toast to Banned and Disappeared Posters

Postby AhabsOtherLeg » Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:51 am

Well now I feel like shit. I was joking with what I said above, asking for a rational explanation of the thread. I never really wanted one or needed one. I don't know what they're talking about, and I'm not convinced that they do either. It seems to be about dogs and traffic lights and Beatrice Kay. It's the Lounge. By it's nature, it has drunk folk in it.

I like ElfisMiles too, always have, and appreciate what he brings. Long may he continue to bring it. He'll not only be back, like almost everybody here, he won't ever really have gone away.

Barracuda is a very good moderator. That's my opinion. He knows what he's doing, and isn't doing anything here without forethought or consideration - except maybe here, in the Lounge, where we're all drunk all the time.

Have to say that for the record, even if I feel like a total pissant typing it out. I like him, and I trust his judgement. Gah!

I do though.
"The universe is 40 billion light years across and every inch of it would kill you if you went there. That is the position of the universe with regard to human life."
User avatar
AhabsOtherLeg
 
Posts: 3285
Joined: Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:43 pm
Blog: View Blog (0)

Re: A Toast to Banned and Disappeared Posters

Postby barracuda » Wed Nov 17, 2010 1:43 pm

Sorry for the hermetic nature of the thread, Ahab. It's actually pretty straightforward - elfismiles linked to a site we consider to basically be a hate site, and after discussing the post with the admin, I asked him for an explanation. I subsequently removed the post with his tacit agreement.

The only real issue here is that elfismiles did not like the manner in which I phrased my questions and responses to him by pm. I didn't really think I was overly harsh, but he did, so he did what he did and it's done. Anyone who is familiar with my communication skills knows damn well that I can be more than somewhat terse on occasion, and that depending upon the circumstances I can tend to favor the stick over the carrot.

But consequently, we've had further communications which have pretty much ironed out the disagreement with regards to language, and elfismiles posted in a thread on Monday, so if he's really leaving, he hasn't done it as yet.
The most dangerous traps are the ones you set for yourself. - Phillip Marlowe
User avatar
barracuda
 
Posts: 12890
Joined: Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:58 pm
Location: Niles, California
Blog: View Blog (0)

Re: A Toast to Banned and Disappeared Posters

Postby Hammer of Los » Thu Nov 18, 2010 10:30 am

Barracuda wrote:Sorry for the hermetic nature of the thread, Ahab. It's actually pretty straightforward - elfismiles linked to a site we consider to basically be a hate site, and after discussing the post with the admin, I asked him for an explanation. I subsequently removed the post with his tacit agreement.

The only real issue here is that elfismiles did not like the manner in which I phrased my questions and responses to him by pm. I didn't really think I was overly harsh, but he did, so he did what he did and it's done. Anyone who is familiar with my communication skills knows damn well that I can be more than somewhat terse on occasion, and that depending upon the circumstances I can tend to favor the stick over the carrot.

But consequently, we've had further communications which have pretty much ironed out the disagreement with regards to language, and elfismiles posted in a thread on Monday, so if he's really leaving, he hasn't done it as yet.


That's very clear. Thank you very much for the explanation. That's enough for me.

:thumbsup

I don't want to cause trouble! Love and kisses to everyone!

But I'm still not sure about the dogs, and I haven't the faintest idea who Beatrice Kay is, but I'm cool with that. I think fully half of norton ash's comments go right over my head anyway.
Hammer of Los
 
Posts: 3309
Joined: Sat Dec 23, 2006 4:48 pm
Blog: View Blog (0)

Re: A Toast to Banned and Disappeared Posters

Postby norton ash » Thu Nov 18, 2010 10:47 am

Just riffing on 'go'... there you go, there I go, there but for the grace of god go I.

So I quoted 'Go Dog Go', a classic American early-reader children's book, which Cuda recognized because he mentioned the 'dog party.' (As later referenced by Kubrick in Eyes Wide Shut.) (Joking.)
Zen horse
User avatar
norton ash
 
Posts: 4067
Joined: Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:46 pm
Location: Canada
Blog: View Blog (0)

Re: A Toast to Banned and Disappeared Posters

Postby AhabsOtherLeg » Thu Nov 18, 2010 3:28 pm

Barracuda wrote:Sorry for the hermetic nature of the thread, Ahab.


norton ash wrote:Just riffing on 'go'... there you go, there I go, there but for the grace of god go I.

So I quoted 'Go Dog Go', a classic American early-reader children's book, which Cuda recognized because he mentioned the 'dog party.' (As later referenced by Kubrick in Eyes Wide Shut.) (Joking.)
[/quote]

No worries. Just felt for a minute as if I was watching this film again for the first time:



Everything seemed a bit random. The difference is that nothing in that film, even if you watch it from the start or hear it all explained, ever makes any more sense.
"The universe is 40 billion light years across and every inch of it would kill you if you went there. That is the position of the universe with regard to human life."
User avatar
AhabsOtherLeg
 
Posts: 3285
Joined: Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:43 pm
Blog: View Blog (0)

Re: A Toast to Banned and Disappeared Posters

Postby elfismiles » Mon Nov 22, 2010 11:06 am

Howdy RIfolk,

Thank you for the kind words sunny, simulist, 82_28, nathan28, cosmic cowbell, ahabsotherleg, hammer of los, and anyone else who thought nice thoughts or wondered affectionately... even cuda, thanks for accepting my apology for stomping off in a virtual huff as I did.

Cuda's description of my reasons for taking a break are accurate - while I still disagree with the designation of a certain site as being a "hate site" (maybe I'm misinformed or lack enough information to reach the same conclusion) - it wasn't freakin stormfrontdotwtf - I agree that some folks from here have been hated upon by certain users who've posted comments over there - and that doesn't even address the "hate" tween the site owners there and here.

Anyway, Jeff I'm sorry if I offended you and I'm even more sorry if you feel I've truly endangered anyone. That was not my intention.

Well, as I said to cuda in my apology to him, I've got projects that need my attention so I'm slowly weaning myself from reading and posting at RI for a time.

Peace, and see you all really soon.

- SMiles
User avatar
elfismiles
 
Posts: 8512
Joined: Fri Aug 11, 2006 6:46 pm
Blog: View Blog (4)

Re: A Toast to Banned and Disappeared Posters

Postby norton ash » Mon Nov 22, 2010 2:07 pm

Welcome back! Peace.
Zen horse
User avatar
norton ash
 
Posts: 4067
Joined: Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:46 pm
Location: Canada
Blog: View Blog (0)

Re: A Toast to Banned and Disappeared Posters

Postby Simulist » Mon Nov 22, 2010 2:41 pm

Hey, SMiles. It's great to see you, as always.

And, you know, you really may be onto something: ".wtf" sounds like an idea with loads of possibilities. It might just catch on: "So what did you invest in during the great '.wtf' bubble?"
"The most strongly enforced of all known taboos is the taboo against knowing who or what you really are behind the mask of your apparently separate, independent, and isolated ego."
    — Alan Watts
User avatar
Simulist
 
Posts: 4713
Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:13 pm
Location: Here, and now.
Blog: View Blog (0)

Re: A Toast to Banned and Disappeared Posters

Postby sunny » Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:59 pm

".wtf bubble"

:rofl:

Glad to see you around elfie. :yay
Choose love
sunny
 
Posts: 5220
Joined: Mon May 16, 2005 10:18 pm
Location: Alabama
Blog: View Blog (1)

Re: A Toast to Banned and Disappeared Posters

Postby AhabsOtherLeg » Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:32 am

Compared2What? is the person I am missing most. She could write. She knew all the ins and outs of the Larouche/Liberty Lobby/Scientology nexus, and she had a literary style too. And a personality! That's rare.

Sometimes when I look back over old threads, I regret not arguing with her. She would've torn me to bits, with very little effort, but I would've learned useful things.

Chiggerbit was great too, come to think of it. Where have all the flowers gone?
"The universe is 40 billion light years across and every inch of it would kill you if you went there. That is the position of the universe with regard to human life."
User avatar
AhabsOtherLeg
 
Posts: 3285
Joined: Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:43 pm
Blog: View Blog (0)

Re: A Toast to Banned and Disappeared Posters

Postby Cosmic Cowbell » Sun Dec 12, 2010 12:37 am

"There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil." ~ A.N. Whitehead
User avatar
Cosmic Cowbell
 
Posts: 1774
Joined: Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:20 pm
Blog: View Blog (0)

Re: A Toast to Banned and Disappeared Posters

Postby compared2what? » Wed Dec 15, 2010 6:33 am

OP ED and Chiggerbit, I raise my glass and think of you.

Salut.
User avatar
compared2what?
 
Posts: 8383
Joined: Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:31 am
Blog: View Blog (0)

Re: A Toast to Banned and Disappeared Posters

Postby brainpanhandler » Wed Dec 15, 2010 7:15 am

:!:
"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." - Martin Luther King Jr.
User avatar
brainpanhandler
 
Posts: 5121
Joined: Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:38 pm
Blog: View Blog (0)

Re: A Toast to Banned and Disappeared Posters

Postby Cosmic Cowbell » Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:27 am

"There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil." ~ A.N. Whitehead
User avatar
Cosmic Cowbell
 
Posts: 1774
Joined: Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:20 pm
Blog: View Blog (0)

Re: A Toast to Banned and Disappeared Posters

Postby lupercal » Thu Dec 23, 2010 1:33 am

Has anyone seen Montag around lately? Haven't seen him here in a couple of weeks now.. did he get mad about something?
User avatar
lupercal
 
Posts: 1439
Joined: Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:06 pm
Blog: View Blog (0)

PreviousNext

Return to The Lounge & Member News

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest