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|    W.Dockery to George J. Dance    |
|    Re: Bobby Burro / gjd (2/2)    |
|    09 Feb 25 06:11:57    |
      [continued from previous message]              > (who left aapc after flaming from ME and Dink drove her out), Richard,       > and Wenceslas (whom I don't remember, period), I've got to say I don't       > know. Maybe they believed that your "Official Notice" that aapc had       > moved to facebook really was an "Official Notice". In any case since       > they're neither Team Monkey nor Bandar-Log, you do not speak for them.       >       >> The answer, of course, is obvious. We wanted to be able to post in a       >> non-combative, friendly atmosphere where the local children wouldn't       >> call flood the group with spam posts and call us by childish names (like       >> Bobby Burro).       >       > Give those last three my email: georgedance04@yahoo.ca. If I hear from       > any of them that they left aapc because of my "Bobby Burro" limerick, or       > because they thought I was mean to the poor Burro in general, then I'll       > believe it.       >       >>>>>> Care to take a wild guess as to who drove Robert off of this group?       >>>>>       >>>>> If you seriously think that he left the group because I wrote a limerick       >>>>> about him, then I guess you think I "drove Robert off the group." But I       >>>>> doubt that even you think he's that much of a snowflake that he'd run       >>>>> away to facebook just because someone wrote a limerick about him.       >>>>       >>>> This particular limerick? No.       >>>       >>>> What soured him on the group were your disgusting comments regarding his       >>>> undergoing a bone marrow transplant.       >>>       >>> So he "soured" on the group - Well, boo-hoo. That's no reason for you to       >>> pretend that he was driven off.       >>       >> When the actions of a group of people (in this case, Will Donkey,       >> "Jordy," Stinky George, and yourself) cause someone to "sour" on the       >> group (especially by opening attack threads about them), they have       >> effectively driven them away.       >       > No, that's not true at all. If someone sours on the group, they usually       > stay here and troll. Once again, Team Monkey et al left because they       > could no longer post on google, plain and simple.       >       >> I'm sure you pretend that you and Donkey (socks inclusive) didn't drive       >> me away, but that's exactly what you did.       >       > Of course we didn't drive you away. You stopped posting here because you       > had no way to post; as soon as you got one, you were back under a new       > sock.       >       >> When you make your presence as welcome as excrement, you are driving       >> people away... the non-coprophiliacs, at any rate.       >>       >>>>> Now it's my turn to ask a question: WHY are you flaming a poem I wrote       >>>>> and posted two years ago? How do you think your actions here are any       >>>>> different from mine in the thread where you were doing your "Jerk Store"       >>>>> laming?       >>>>       >>>> Why don't you ask your Donkey? He's the one who necroposted it.       >>>       >>> He "necroposted" the thread you were flaming me about for replying too,       >>> Michael Monkey Peabrain. Once again: why did you decide to do the same       >>> thing you were previously complaining about my doing?       >>       >> I haven't flamed your poem, George. I haven't discussed it at all --       >> apart from pointing out that it was one of the many things you did here       >> to drive Robert away.       >>       >> Your limerick isn't funny (which is the most important thing for a       >> successful limerick to be). It isn't witty, and certainly isn't       >> profound. In fact, I can't imagine any reason for writing or posting       >> it, apart from the opportunity it afforded you to indulge in your       >> favorite pasttime of childish name-calling.       >       > As noted, our senses of humor are completely different. You think that       > if you call someone a "pedophile" or a "retard" that's funny or witty.       > (Witness your comments on your "Slurp Puppet" above.       >       > As for 'profundity', I'll repeat that it was a very incisive portrait of       > a type that I've encountered here repeatedly: the person who tries to       > fit into a writing group, not by demonstrating any good writing of his       > own, but by adopting an attitude of superiority to put down others'       > writing. (Note that when I say "others' writing" I am not referring to       > my own writing.)              No time to finish responding right now so...              To be Continued.              😏              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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