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Internet Gives Weapons To Bullies
Eyemakeup3
Stand-by Joined: 8/14/04
#25re: 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!
#26re: internet gives weapons to bullies
Posted: 8/26/04 at 5:20pmin 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."
...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
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iflitifloat
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/03
#27re: internet gives weapons to bullies
Posted: 8/26/04 at 6:12pmNah, papa,....Pat (or Mrs. B...in keeping with the nature of the thread) would most likely tell you to "fire away."
SamIAm
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#28I 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.
#29I think we've gone a bit off the path
Posted: 8/26/04 at 8:31pmWho the hell would ever say that Renee Fleming is the greatest opera soprano who ever lived?!
Kelliexo90
Broadway Star Joined: 7/17/04
#30I 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.
iflitifloat
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/03
#31I think we've gone a bit off the path
Posted: 8/26/04 at 9:28pmTrust 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.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#32Weapon 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.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#33Weapon for Bullies
Posted: 8/27/04 at 12:40amWow, that's really profound.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#35Weapon for Bullies
Posted: 8/27/04 at 12:50amI scrolled back but didn't see anybody called FM post in this thread, J.O.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#36Weapon 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.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#37Weapon for Bullies
Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:03amYou 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?
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#38Weapon 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.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#39Weapon for Bullies
Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:13amI'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.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#40Weapon 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
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#41Weapon for Bullies
Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:35amI'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.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#42Weapon 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.
Zola Q. LaPlaya
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/25/04
#43Weapon 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!
iflitifloat
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/03
#44Weapon 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.
SamIAm
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#45Weapon for Bullies
Posted: 8/27/04 at 11:22amGeez, 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!
#46boobies for weapons
Posted: 8/27/04 at 12:14pmnamo, 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!
...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
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#47boobies for weapons
Posted: 8/27/04 at 12:26pmIt'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...
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#48boobies for weapons
Posted: 8/27/04 at 12:27pmSpartacus?
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#49boobies for weapons
Posted: 8/27/04 at 12:32pmA Star, and it's the pictures that got small?
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