RE: virus: How to handle lamers? What is off-topic? Ping Bodie

From: Bodie (mclarkc@essex.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Jan 18 2002 - 12:11:57 MST


Your forgetting the cult virians who all get together on a secret mailing
list, stockpile weapons and flame each other, followed by a mass suicide

On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Dylan Sunter wrote:

> Xipirho, I didnt mean it like that. I meant that I didnt follow the thread
> at all, and whilst I was aware of the flaming cos there was pinging going on
> everywhere, I didnt really get into who said what when and why, and in fact
> it all kind of passed over my head like a cloud, as I was in a bit of a
> hippy daze. So good guys, bad guys whatever, it was a figure of speech.
>
> In any case, I am watching the topic of booting and the definition of rules
> with interest. Perhaps we should have denominational churches of virus for
> different memesetsn such as:
>
> Methodist Virians.........slightly off the point. Not very interesting
> people.
>
> Baptist Virians...........very loud not very cultured and probably live in a
> caravan park.
>
> The Anglican Virians.....British culture at its best...only get involved
> when someone mentions rioting!
>
> Catholic Virians.........Nobody takes them seriously, and unlikely ever to
> be invited to any other virians house.
>
> The Walterian movement...Occasional glib comments, but thoroughly absorbing
> subject matter.
>
> The Yashians.............Regularly denounced by everyone else, but might
> have a point. cf the moonies.
>
> Hermetic Virians.........A bit like the evangelists, but without the
> guitars.
>
> I think we would all get along so much better, with the occasional lapse of
> reason turning into street battles in County Antrim.
>
>
>
> p.s Dont mind me ranbling incoherantly, im single again after 3 long
> years.... ;-D
>
> d.
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-virus@lucifer.com [mailto:owner-virus@lucifer.com]On Behalf
> Of Xipirho
> Sent: 18 January 2002 16:05
> To: virus@lucifer.com
> Subject: Re: virus: How to handle lamers? What is off-topic? Ping Bodie
>
>
> People should be booted for personal attacks and stuff like that. Booting
> people for holding to an idea that may SEEM irrational to SOME people is not
> wise. The point is, they could in fact be RIGHT about whatever the subject
> is and you are following of the footsteps of so many people throughout
> history, and exiling them/persecuting them. Dylan, there are no bad or good
> guys here - just opposing sides in a ridiculous war of personal insults that
> is now wholly detatched from the original subject of the discussion.
>
> Elen síla lúmenn' omentielvo. Roly/Orly/Vinyacálë.
>



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