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We Need to Talk About 33

Our Lady Has Left the Building

20:19 / 19.08.06

There has been some discussion over the last few weeks or so about the user 33, who has given us such gems as the homosexual/Matalan clothing conspiracy, black people have ruined music and a few sexist insults as well. It seems unlikely at the moment that there will be any sort of trial thread because there seems to be no-one willing to stand up for him, even amongst those who dislike anyone getting chucked off the board for any reason.

If you are one of those people who just don't normally bother with the policy please come and express an opinion in this thread.

Saturn's nod

15:25 / 20.08.06

bump

Our Lady Has Left the Building

17:02 / 20.08.06

and indeed bump

19:11 / 20.08.06

i cant wait for the t-shirts..

Aertho

19:21 / 20.08.06

ban.

Char Aina

21:08 / 20.08.06

i' not sure you're in the righ thread, cassandra.
did you mean to post that over here?

parhaps your post was also prematurely truncated?
i feel there may have been more to your point.
was there?

or was your one word all you had to give on the topic?

00:02 / 21.08.06

Maybe ze was just

bump

ing.

Our Lady Has Left the Building

16:07 / 21.08.06

Let's bump again for old time's sake...

paranoidwriter waves hello

16:36 / 21.08.06

Why not keep this thread as a permanent feature somewhere for newbies and the casual, or occasional reader? e.g. the wiki?

"33: is it all just a big joke?" Are you having teh laugh?

The Falcon

17:27 / 21.08.06

I imagine "A song by the Smashing Pumpkins on their Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness album." is probably the etymology.

paranoidwriter waves hello

20:35 / 21.08.06

For the record and 'cause I'm really happy and hopeful about all this now:

I think we should all give 33 another chance.

What do y'all think? Seems like 33 had time to process, is probably quite cool really, and wants to play properly now and do cool stuff like talk and listen to music and admit when we're wrong, and...

Go on, I reckon we mights have lots more fun playing together. Can 33 still be in the gang?

Regrettable Juvenilia

21:47 / 21.08.06

No.

paranoidwriter waves hello

22:01 / 21.08.06

I just laughed, hard, out loud. You're dashingly charming, intelligent, passionate, and brave, but not very patient, Flyboy. I really could cuddle you, if your face didn't hide that secret beard (what is a "secret beard", by the way? Sincerely.)

*Puts on "Keep 33 in the loop" badge, sticks up thumbs like Jimmy Krankie, then ducks and runs out this thread*

ONLY NICE THINGS

07:18 / 22.08.06

I don't generally find myself on the receiving end of insults on the grounds of my gender, my race or my sexuality. As such, I might listen carefully to those who do before deciding whether 33 should be here if he does not understand why he should not be insulting people based on etc.

Bump.

paranoidwriter waves hello

07:40 / 22.08.06

Very good point.

My ugly face, body, voice, and "breeding" have come in for a fair amount of stick over teh years. But then, if I wanted to, I suppose I could have surgery and other costly procedures to make me blend in with teh sh23ple and so make life easier and less painful for myself and everyone else.

But many, if not the majority of people in RL face such unjust judgements with far more immediacy and intensity than I do every day. I feel very fortunate, therefore, that I don't have to face such extreme negativity on a daily basis, and would dearly love us all to share in this privileged position.

So how do we start? How does one solve a problem like the one we've had with 33? With more ignorance and self-protectionism, or with even more understanding and patience?

Our Lady Has Left the Building

07:44 / 22.08.06

An excellent question but let's keep this over in the thread in Policy shall we? The last thing we need is two threads running simultaneously in two different fora discussing exactly the same issue.

[MOVING TO LOCK THREAD]

ONLY NICE THINGS

07:45 / 22.08.06

That's interesting, PW. You feel that the opinions of people who have access to experiences we do not - for example, of being abused based on their race, gender or sexuality - are made more ignorant by that knowledge?

Fascinating.

paranoidwriter waves hello

07:54 / 22.08.06

You feel that the opinions of people who have access to experiences we do not - for example, of being abused based on their race, gender or sexuality - are made more ignorant by that knowledge?

Nope. Not what I said.

Knowledge can be assimilated to suit any purpose. What's our purpose?

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