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crazyml -> RE: a premptive farewell (10/9/2011 4:49:07 PM)
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ORIGINAL: HannahLynHeather
#1: never back down, stand up to any fucker that wants to tell you what or how you should live. question everything, absolutely fucking everything. distrust any and all forms of authority, they are in it for themselves, not for you. remember, you're all fucking peasants as far as they can see.
Thanks for the polemic, but let's face it Hannah, you're not exactly "Evita" or "Joan of Arc" are ya? and even if you were banned, it would fall a fuck of a long way short of martyrdom. It's not the "authorities" that will lead to your being banned, it's your own behaviour. And much as I scoff at "oldies" talking down to "youngsters", you can totally trust me when I tell you that there is very little you can tell me about how much I should or shouldn't "trust authority" - I was a punk and a member of the anti-nazi league in the 1990's. I've been spat at by mounted policement during the day, fought with members of the BNP during the afternoon and then been spat at by Captain Sensible in the evening while moshing my socks off, pilled-out of my head. Been there, done that, got the Doc Martens.
But we're not talking about revolution, class war, or bringing down the system. The issue is your participation on these boards.
If you don't want to be under moderation, or to face some more severe sanction, it really shouldn't be beyond your wit to figure out what to do.
I'd be sorry to see you banned, because it would be a real failure on your part. All you need to do is summon up the necessary smarts to conduct yourself within TOS, how fucking hard is that?
As it happens, on those occasions when you've thrown "fucktard" and other expletives at me, I've found it more amusing than annoying, and when your nastier posts are removed I'm always disappointed - I think they shouldn't be removed, I think people should be able to read them and judge for themselves. I'd certainly never ask for any of your posts to me to be removed. But I also agree with you from time to time as well.
There are lots of people on these boards who disagree with me, and with whom I disagree - but even though I might fundamentally disagree with someone's point of view, I can always respect someone who carries him or herself with a little bit of dignity.
In my opinion it's a real mark of character when you can disagree vigorously with someone without having to descend to levels of complete obnoxiousness - And you can still invest your responses with plenty of snark if you want to make a point.
So I really would like to continue to agree with you when I think you're onto something, and to disagree vigorously with you when I think you're talking shit, and I really look forward to being told by you when I'm talking shit (and that really has been known).
But the choice really is yours... and I'm going to assume that you have the intelligence that's needed in order to do your thang on the boards without violating TOS, so it really, really is a choice.
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