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#26

re: Internet Gives Weapons To Bullies

Posted: 8/26/04 at 4:17pm

I Love how Leverwhoso just had to drop to everyone that he was away with gay bway stars. a) who cares their sexuality and b) who cares who he was with.. can't his opinion, alone - be a valid one. I mean..

And Eddie, don't get so worried over his little la opinion, why he himself said as such;

"I won’t post often or for very long…..

I honestly don’t have much to say here …

However:

La Verruso will have plenty to say on his very own web space where you will all be welcome to read…peruse pictures (some…um..well..unplugged, so to speak)…and eventually post naughty little bits yourself…"

God help us all..maybe the internet is a weapon!

"Real friends are very special, but you have to be careful because sometimes you have a friend and you think they are made of rock, then suddenly you realise they're only made of sand." Maria Callas (American soprano. 1923-1977)

Updated On: 8/26/04 at 04:17 PM

#27

re: internet gives weapons to bullies

Posted: 8/26/04 at 5:20pm

in troubling times like these i like to ask myself, "what would brian boitano do?" after contemplating that and remembering that ice skating for me consists of slide 2-3-4, slip, concussion, i stop and accept that i would have little or no use for anything that unitard wearing olympian might offer. so i then find myself looking to pat benatar who would surely advise us, "stop using the internet as a weapon."

r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.

...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty

pray to st. jude

i'm a sonic reducer

he was the gimmicky sort

fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective

#28

re: internet gives weapons to bullies

Posted: 8/26/04 at 6:12pm

Nah, papa,....Pat (or Mrs. B...in keeping with the nature of the thread) would most likely tell you to "fire away."

Sueleen Gay: "Here you go, Bitch, now go make some fukcing lemonade." 10/28/10

#29

I think we've gone a bit off the path

Posted: 8/26/04 at 8:16pm

It seems people are now talking strictly about THIS board and whether they feel people are fair or unfair. The original article was about the internet, message boards, chat rooms et al This board may not be a place where people really get down and dirty and ruin one's reputation or say really vicious things and lie...but there are such places.

It is the world of suspended rules that seems to invite people to press the 'send' button and say things that they know are wrong or hurtful because they know that there is no consequence and no one to look in the eye. That's what we are talking about. Not about whether Johnny on BW called Susie on BW a dummy for liking Wicked. Though some of those discussions DO get a bit out of hand, as well.

"Life is a lesson in humility"

#30

I think we've gone a bit off the path

Posted: 8/26/04 at 8:31pm

Who the hell would ever say that Renee Fleming is the greatest opera soprano who ever lived?!

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#31

I think we've gone a bit off the path

Posted: 8/26/04 at 8:51pm

Uhh, I think this thread went off-topic, but I'm too tired(damn soccer tryouts) to read the whole thing.

I have to say that I side with Iflit on this one.

I used to have a best friend, who was not very nice, but she was my best friend, nonetheless. Well, she took me to Florida on a vacation and when we got back she stopped talking to me completely. She was spreading rumors about me and talking about me constantly and it hurt. But then, I would go online and read the things she said about me indirectly in her AIM profile or Away Messages.

This was around the time when Chicago came out, and I loved it. Everyone knew it, and no one really cared. But apparently it pissed her off. I had this thing with my friend, we called each other dreamers(she wanted to be in a band, I wanted Broadway) and that pissed her off too. In her away messages she would make fun of everything I had said or done that she had witnessed. I also happen to be very smart, and she was talking about how I was a loser because of it.

In my opinion, it doesn't matter whether it's online or in person. The fact that she was making fun of me for basically who I am, and what I strive to become, really hurt.

What is Broadway? A street? Some say it's a street. Some say it is the best street in the world. Others think its terrible. That's the beauty of it, it's terribly beautiful. Some hate it and don't know why. Others love it and don't know why. That's what makes it so wonderful, it's a mystery.

#32

I think we've gone a bit off the path

Posted: 8/26/04 at 9:28pm

Trust is such a basic necessity in relating to other people. I've always thought that there should be a binding contract in friendships (or other significant relationships) that private information shared or acquired during the good times would be considered privileged, and could not be used against the other person when the relationship soured. Away messages, buddy profiles, webpages, and, to a lesser extent, message boards are all tools that can be used to violate that implied contract, as Kellie so poignantly illustrated. I realize how pie-in-the-sky this all sounds, but it's a genuine sentiment.

Sueleen Gay: "Here you go, Bitch, now go make some fukcing lemonade." 10/28/10

#33

Weapon for Bullies

Posted: 8/26/04 at 10:24pm

Your comments are not pie-in-the-sky, Iflit.

As Walter Lippman has written, once trust and basic common decency deteriorate in society abuse by the bullies takes over.

#34

Weapon for Bullies

Posted: 8/27/04 at 12:40am

Wow, that's really profound.

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#35

Weapon for Bullies

Posted: 8/27/04 at 12:48am

Are you drunk again, FM?

#36

Weapon for Bullies

Posted: 8/27/04 at 12:50am

I scrolled back but didn't see anybody called FM post in this thread, J.O.

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#37

Weapon for Bullies

Posted: 8/27/04 at 12:58am

Right. Me and typos...but you always get my meaning...and manage to remind me to proof and edit...

This flurry of postings among the threads at this hour can only mean you've been drinking again, FN.

#38

Weapon for Bullies

Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:03am

You know nothing about me, oh erudite non-bully. I do not drink. If I did, maybe I would spastically be hitting random keys in a non-sensical manner much like yourself. Now, now, where's your magic delete wand?

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#39

Weapon for Bullies

Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:08am

FN, so much anger and envy. It's not good for you.

Life is too short.

#40

Weapon for Bullies

Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:13am

I'm neither angry nor envious. Your inability to write is matched only by your inability to read words, sensibilities, your own name most likely, etc.

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#41

Weapon for Bullies

Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:24am

Gee, I don't think I've done half bad for someone you perceive to be illiterate. It's the liqour in you talking again, no doubt.

Are you ever happy without someone to ridicule or insult?

After a year of reading your posts on this site I know I'm merely one of many.

You should really seek some professional help with your issues. It can only help you.

Updated On: 8/27/04 at 01:24 AM

#42

Weapon for Bullies

Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:35am

I'm always happy and you're the only one I ridicule for all the reasons I have named for you in countless previous threads and Private Messages, as per your request. And I only ridicule you because you deserve it. I'm sorry nobody has ever started an "I love Jose" thread of their own volition, and God knows I've been flattered when people have started them for me. Really, I can't blame you at all for being so deletion-happy when it comes to seeing posts by me or positive threads about me. Now, if you would only stop projecting your feelings of envy onto me, you'll have made a teeny tiny baby step on the long road to mental health that you clearly drove off years ago.

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#43

Weapon for Bullies

Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:46am

You are witty and often times funny and certainly highly intelligent. Even I enjoy reading your musings...sometiems. But you really should drop the victim role, FN. You know it doesn't fly with me.

I elected to engage you FN in this little exchange to give the other OT readers something to read in the morning.

Thanks for proving my point, again. Night.

#44

Weapon for Bullies

Posted: 8/27/04 at 6:14am

How did I miss this? Crikey!

And, how has it stayed on here so long without even a hint of deletion? Maybe something to do with the fact that it's Jose's thread. Had Namo posted it, it would have vanished in about 4 nanoseconds.

It seems everyone here has the keen ability to stick up for him and herself. Some, though, depend on weapons other than words -- like the delete key -- which puts them at an unfair advantage. That raises the question: Who exactly is the bully here?

Thanks for bringing the Branson back, Matt_G!

Stop worrying about what I'm doing -- focus instead on what you're eating.

#45

Weapon for Bullies

Posted: 8/27/04 at 6:57am

You know what? If I had access to the delete key, *I* would deep six the last dozen posts. It gets old.

And I say that as someone who likes everyone involved. But enough already.

Sueleen Gay: "Here you go, Bitch, now go make some fukcing lemonade." 10/28/10

#46

Weapon for Bullies

Posted: 8/27/04 at 11:22am

Geez, Namo and Jose...can you take this offline? The irony of this exchange is that it has started to cross dangerously over into the land of internet sniping which is exactly what the original thread was about. Though both of you have managed to stay nearly civil!

"Life is a lesson in humility"

#47

boobies for weapons

Posted: 8/27/04 at 12:14pm

namo, you rat b*stard. now you tell me you don't drink? after i already bought the macallan 25? you are gonna get such a pinch, mister!

#48

boobies for weapons

Posted: 8/27/04 at 12:26pm

It's Jose who decided I drink. To use it as a {sob} weapon of bullying against me {gasp}, oh dear lord, I can't go on... he has victimized me so... to prove his point about internet bullies, and hurt my feelings so deeply in the process... almost enough to make me want to, rip off my cloak of anonymity and... reveal, finally... that I'm .... {cough}, I'm...

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#49

boobies for weapons

Posted: 8/27/04 at 12:27pm

Spartacus?

Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.

#50

boobies for weapons

Posted: 8/27/04 at 12:32pm

A Star, and it's the pictures that got small?

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

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