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I did, but will try again; then I'm done with this subject and rebutting Adams false accusations. Joel Send a noteboard - 19/05/2011 03:51:24 AM
Not that I expect it to matter, because, as usual, this isn't about anything actually said, only the person saying it.
Camilla made the good point that your disproportionate reaction is much more of a turn-off for potential participants than any and all death threatz from teh internetz.

Notifying wasn't disproportionate, particularly given that (once again) THEIR response was that I should contact the police. By their standards, I underreacted, so if you're concerned about those standards, I suggest you seek a new chat software.
Banter, even when malicious, seldom has the kind of negative consequences a police investigation might have even the smallest possibility of resulting in.

Again, it stopped being banter when others were recruited to join the group attack on one person. Again, if you're concerned about the authorities seeing what you say online, you're in trouble, because they created "online" and monitor it closely. Again, anyone concerned about investigations shouldn't say things that prompt the software creator to recommend one. Again, no police investigation was ever initiated, despite Skypes recommendation I do so.
For someone who claims to truly want to cultivate and sustain a chat "community", you seem awfully willing to compromise that community in favor of your own personal antagonisms.

Perhaps I didn't answer this directly, so I will now: The suggestion I'm "awfully willing to compromise that community in favor of [my] own personal antagonisms" is a joke, and a bad one. I left, because of a horde of people indulging and INITIATING personal antagonism, even adding others solely to share it. That should've ended it for said community. I didn't start that argument, I made one comment directed at no one present and suddenly had everyone with an axe to grind on my neck, so don't talk to me about personal antagonisms. I didn't escalate to ostensibly serious death threats strong enough a third party said to contact the police. I'm not the one adding myself to chats where I've never been welcome to rehash the issue, or trolling others about it on the CMB. Like I said, if you guys miss me SO much you have to almost cyberstalk me you can ask me back to the other chat, though the answer remains as much "no" as the last time.
Contrary to popular belief, skypechat is actually veritably thriving in your absence. I've heard that your own little chat is doing similarly.

I don't have "my own little chat", but wish you well of yours. I supported a universal wotmaniac chat, but each of many attempts devolved into the Terrible Trio and those who can stand them; oh, well. If it's doing that well maybe you can keep Urza and Luke in there and out of the chat created for the Mafia game on the GMB, from which they've always been excluded because no one there wanted to put up with them.

Now, ya'll can continue with the trolling, the "I'm right and you suck", and whatever else you like, but I'm washing my hands of it. Please don't misconstrue my silence on the subject as agreement with or acceptance of any statement you or they make.
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OK, Once and for All, WTF Is WRONG with Kids Today? - 04/05/2011 01:28:52 AM 1582 Views
Cool story bro. *NM* - 04/05/2011 01:35:29 AM 477 Views
Clearly not. - 04/05/2011 02:16:08 AM 997 Views
Re: Duh. Winning. *NM* - 04/05/2011 01:46:39 AM 515 Views
The SEALS won. - 04/05/2011 02:17:41 AM 844 Views
They read Boing Boing. *NM* - 04/05/2011 01:57:17 AM 545 Views
And use Yahoo, apparently. - 04/05/2011 02:20:36 AM 1045 Views
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Hopefully, and presumably respectable parenting skills. - 06/05/2011 01:32:02 AM 1064 Views
You really have to wonder if our culture is decadent? *NM* - 04/05/2011 06:24:25 AM 495 Views
Not at all, but it does make me wonder if we're TOO decadent. - 06/05/2011 01:38:42 AM 904 Views
I agree. *NM* - 09/05/2011 10:36:40 PM 578 Views
How is it the kids' fault that they are not taught (to care) about recent history? *NM* - 04/05/2011 06:54:16 AM 475 Views
I just asked my son, and he said he was a boss of a criminal organisation who was responsible for - 04/05/2011 06:56:18 AM 878 Views
Good enough for me, thanks. - 06/05/2011 01:59:40 AM 897 Views
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Good teachers don't allow overeager students to monopolize the classroom. - 06/05/2011 02:52:27 AM 1023 Views
We covered the material. - 06/05/2011 02:57:52 AM 1038 Views
Which means... not a good teacher. - 06/05/2011 07:02:44 AM 816 Views
Good luck with that. - 06/05/2011 11:51:48 PM 929 Views
If they don't know about the terrorist organisation to begin with, why would they self educate? - 13/05/2011 08:06:07 AM 887 Views
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What?!? There are terrorists roaming the US, killing kids in their beds?!? - 14/05/2011 07:45:27 AM 1008 Views
They're certainly trying. - 14/05/2011 10:43:48 AM 917 Views
Oklahoma city bombing was by American citizens, completely unrelated to Al Qaeda... - 15/05/2011 08:02:11 AM 1104 Views
They were both terrorist attacks. - 15/05/2011 02:53:51 PM 1042 Views
Obesity is a much bigger killer than terrorists - 15/05/2011 04:01:51 PM 889 Views
Sure, but obesity covers a lot of ground. - 15/05/2011 04:19:51 PM 908 Views
Obesity is a new problem - 15/05/2011 06:09:33 PM 909 Views
only about a third of the home schooled kids are home schooled for religious reasons - 16/05/2011 09:35:36 PM 991 Views
Fair enough... I can imagine wanting to avoid a crappy school. - 17/05/2011 06:04:11 PM 894 Views
getting your kid in the right school can be a challenge - 17/05/2011 06:18:04 PM 779 Views
how many times have i told you "it's the internet, it's not real life"?? *NM* - 04/05/2011 07:43:01 AM 505 Views
Sure, but in this case they intersect. - 06/05/2011 02:02:19 AM 954 Views
I met a lady who didn't know who Justin Bieber was. I told her I was very impressed - 04/05/2011 06:49:49 PM 971 Views
You should be? - 06/05/2011 02:09:47 AM 995 Views
He may have been dreaming about killing them but he was actually doing anything *NM* - 06/05/2011 03:09:49 AM 534 Views
The short answer is "yes". - 06/05/2011 03:19:31 AM 873 Views
you would of have had to know who he is to know he was doing that though *NM* - 08/05/2011 06:16:39 PM 455 Views
Yes, and the fact he WAS doing that is why I expected nearly everyone to know who he was. - 08/05/2011 07:12:41 PM 902 Views
I am not saying they shouldn't know who he is just that is isn't that shocking that some don't - 09/05/2011 02:35:02 PM 771 Views
I get that, it's the size of the "some" that kinda floors me. - 09/05/2011 05:02:46 PM 891 Views
Rumsfeld was a bit of a tool but he was right about a lot of stuff - 09/05/2011 05:05:56 PM 831 Views
I did think he took heat unfairly for that comment; he's an interesting figure. - 09/05/2011 05:59:58 PM 997 Views
see that is why political comedy isn't really comedy - 10/05/2011 02:15:48 PM 854 Views
He was a college offensive lineman. - 12/05/2011 01:47:52 AM 929 Views
It was the media tqaking offense not just internet nutjobs - 13/05/2011 04:16:34 AM 1004 Views
You're "the media" now? - 13/05/2011 10:27:42 PM 1012 Views
you live in a fantasy world *NM* - 16/05/2011 02:27:20 PM 466 Views
Not a rebuttal. - 16/05/2011 09:10:33 PM 901 Views
I am trying to be more concise and that summed it up *NM* - 16/05/2011 09:26:32 PM 468 Views
Concise is nice, but that response was solely about me rather than my arguments. - 18/05/2011 11:30:38 PM 875 Views
No it was about your reply I am just to lazy to break it down - 19/05/2011 12:54:38 AM 816 Views
"You live in a fantasy world" is 100% about me. - 19/05/2011 01:53:07 AM 712 Views
OK *NM* - 19/05/2011 03:15:04 PM 422 Views
Check. - 20/05/2011 12:08:24 AM 1165 Views
13-17 year olds. - 05/05/2011 01:51:27 AM 1082 Views
Call me crazy, but I tend to notice people who want to kill me when they've shown the ability. - 06/05/2011 02:53:26 AM 909 Views
Re: Call me crazy, but I tend to notice people who want to kill me when they've shown the ability. - 06/05/2011 09:21:10 PM 968 Views
As I asked below, did you click the link? - 06/05/2011 11:35:45 PM 780 Views
Re: As I asked below, did you click the link? - 09/05/2011 05:37:29 AM 807 Views
And yet you found a way; full marks for effort. - 09/05/2011 07:50:32 AM 1089 Views
Thanks for the mis-analogizing. - 10/05/2011 06:26:40 AM 1285 Views
Not a mis-analogy, but perhaps ambiguous. - 10/05/2011 07:02:31 AM 900 Views
Re: Not a mis-analogy, but perhaps ambiguous. - 10/05/2011 04:58:59 PM 929 Views
Re: Not a mis-analogy, but perhaps ambiguous. - 12/05/2011 01:22:38 AM 864 Views
Re: 13-17 year olds. - 06/05/2011 09:14:47 PM 888 Views
What are you doing to earn a living now? *NM* - 05/05/2011 03:04:28 AM 486 Views
Jeg øver norsk, men ikke mer nå. - 06/05/2011 02:54:44 AM 865 Views
Debt collection is kind - 06/05/2011 07:16:53 AM 842 Views
Just don't repeatedly say you're seriously buying tickets to come kill them. - 06/05/2011 11:40:51 PM 807 Views
Theres a reason you're banned from skype chat. Dont be a cunt - 07/05/2011 02:22:30 AM 858 Views
it must be a very good reason if they haven't banned you as well - 09/05/2011 05:09:07 PM 852 Views
Joel decided it would be fun to blackmail us with filing a false poilce report. *NM* - 10/05/2011 12:07:46 AM 510 Views
I sent Skype the log; they said to contact the police. - 10/05/2011 03:54:51 AM 1010 Views
Re: I sent Skype the log; they said to contact the police. - 15/05/2011 11:55:23 AM 839 Views
I think most of the relevant details have been covered here. - 15/05/2011 04:06:09 PM 944 Views
Silly laptops.... *NM* - 15/05/2011 04:11:38 PM 497 Views
Now I am certainly not going into skype chat. - 17/05/2011 10:36:04 AM 838 Views
Can't say I blame you, but that's always a possibility online. - 17/05/2011 05:07:23 PM 836 Views
Re: Can't say I blame you, but that's always a possibility online. - 19/05/2011 12:59:14 AM 1105 Views
For people who categorically objected to all bans of any kind ya'll embraced them very abruptly. - 19/05/2011 01:50:26 AM 1255 Views
You failed to respond to the main thrust of my argument, but, whatevs. - 19/05/2011 03:01:07 AM 885 Views
I did, but will try again; then I'm done with this subject and rebutting Adams false accusations. - 19/05/2011 03:51:24 AM 797 Views
I joked to Roh "If I kill him will you be my alibi... Great, I'm pricing tickets on travelocity now! - 17/05/2011 12:02:28 AM 929 Views
That sounds ridiculous. *NM* - 17/05/2011 06:06:39 PM 460 Views
When did I ask for attention, niceness or an apology? - 18/05/2011 11:28:12 PM 937 Views
And that is your analysis? Really. Kids sure are dumb to ask questions and do research. - 06/05/2011 10:15:41 PM 800 Views
I wish there were an applause smiley. - 06/05/2011 11:02:01 PM 883 Views
I don't think the article says much of anything at all. - 07/05/2011 03:28:35 AM 763 Views
Maybe; I don't always appreciate deadpan jokes online.... - 07/05/2011 03:43:51 AM 960 Views
I think the linguistic conventions governing search engines and typical conversation differ is all. - 07/05/2011 04:00:38 AM 845 Views
Hopefully that's all it is. - 07/05/2011 04:17:21 AM 820 Views
actually, search engines are getting better towards "questions" now - 11/05/2011 11:06:42 PM 801 Views
Fair enough then, if surprising; objection withdrawn. - 12/05/2011 01:17:28 AM 951 Views
I think you're reading too much into this - 10/05/2011 12:58:20 AM 911 Views
Possibly; I really hope so. - 10/05/2011 04:01:50 AM 825 Views
Re: Possibly; I really hope so. - 10/05/2011 05:18:43 AM 928 Views
Again, fair enough. - 12/05/2011 01:52:07 AM 872 Views
Re: Again, fair enough. - 12/05/2011 02:04:53 AM 903 Views
Acknowledged. - 12/05/2011 02:41:38 AM 874 Views
HA! - 12/05/2011 10:50:50 PM 1085 Views

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