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Also, I would like to vent a tiny bit. "Where my loyalties lie" indeed.

People here are nice to me, and were so before I was banned, and even while I was being banned.

People elsewhere, some are nice, but a select few are very much not so.

Why would I choose a Guild that doesn't accept that my beliefs different slightly but significantly from theirs' (since a good half of the people who took offense to my speculation really seemed to be upset that I think that late term abortions in Canada -- and also the US -- should be more strictly regulated than they are) over a Guild that accepts me even though my beliefs are significantly different from theirs'?

*scoffs*

Ok, I'm totally done being at all peeved about this. Isn't "peeved" a great word (also "scoffs")?

I didn't mention any person or any Guild by name. They can't report anyone for saying things about "a specific person" or "a certain Guild" because there is no proof of who(m?) or what we might be referencing.

Since I very well could be talking about the Happy Fun Guild and the Murdering Puppies Guild. If there actually is a MPG somewhere, I would be surprised.

It is very hard to not get upset, especially when someone completely misinterprets some tiny part of what you've said.

Let's face it, no one is perfect (even if some people like to think they are -- I'm talking about you Micheal Moore). I expect that people and groups that we're mad at will still be called by name at times. I just wanted a reminder (if mostly to myself) that we should probably try not to do so too much.

I suppose we could also be petty and report any time anyone says any of our names over there. They've probably said enough about me that I actually could try for some sort of silly harassment thing or something. But I, personally, am both too secure in my own self-image and too lazy to even bother doing so.

I suppose that any large organization is going to eventually attract power-hungry assholes. And some of them will get the power they crave and abuse it. *shrug*

If it makes some people happy to throw giant drama-fests (and I know plenty of people who need drama -- which can't be healthy) then who am I to stand in the way of their happiness? *wink*

Yeah.

I sort of wanted a "venting thread" just because sometimes something or someone really does "get to you". But I know that people we might vent about would read it, and get upset. So it's not a good idea in the SubForum.

Which is too bad, because venting is so healthy. Bottling up your anger until you explode really just makes things so much worse.

I'm happy, at the moment, because I thought I had to paraphrase Kiekegaard and I don't until next week. Yay. So, other than avoiding certain places for a while, so as to remain happy, I'm fine.

Weird...

So I could say that the PMG (Puppy Murdering Guild) is a bunch of doo-doo-heads, but not that I_Murder_Puppies_684938238 (which, if this is a real Gaian Screen Name, I do not mean the actual Gaian) is a doo-doo-head? That is very odd.

Oh - and I totally love your new Avatar outfit! It matches very nicely.

So wait, when they specifically produce a name that slanders us in any way we can be a pissy group and call a mod on them?

rofl Waters do you mind if I call you a doo-doo-head for saying doo-doo-head? But then I guess that would make me a doo-doo-head for calling you a doo-doo-head for saying doo-doo-head. xd

Yes, I intentionally made that confusing so I could say doo-doo-head multiple times. lol

I un-stickied this, like I said I might, because 8 people have voted in the poll, which means that just about everyone who comes in here has probably seen it.