Wars of Words
Monday, October 22, 2001 by Larry Kuperman | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Is it just me, or are people all over the world deliberately choosing the most provocative, inflammatory words possible? Have these choices somehow been effected by the events of September 11th?
The recent post calling Frogboy a Nazi, for example. No one really believes that His Wartiness is really a Nazi. This word was chosen purely out of anger and to inflame others. My initial reaction was that calling someone a Nazi for censoring a post trivialized the events of WWII. It made me angry! I wanted to vent my anger by writing a post that flamed the original poster. I am now glad that I didn't.
Several virii were recently sent my way, perhaps as early holiday presents. I wrote a post that compared people who send virii to Bin Laden's forces. In my own defense, Microsoft referred to people who send out virii as cyber-terrorists. But wait a minute. If my machine had been infected, I would have lost files and been inconvenienced. Hardly comparable to destroying the World Trade Center. But I was angry when I wrote it. At least one person that read my post was angered by my hyperbole. And so the cycle continues.
I hope that nobody reading this gets angry. Really I do.
I think that the problem is that we, all of us on Wincustomize and elsewhere, have a lot of anger and no place to put it. So, in a classic case of positive feedback, we circulate this anger among ourselves.
I am new (well fairly new) to the skinning community. I make friends here everyday. People here make me laugh sometimes, make me smile sometimes and make me go "Ohhh!" a lot with the beauty that they create. This is a special place in a special time. We need a place to check our anger before fully entering Wincustomize. T-Man, can you build a link for this?
Peace, love and skins.
The recent post calling Frogboy a Nazi, for example. No one really believes that His Wartiness is really a Nazi. This word was chosen purely out of anger and to inflame others. My initial reaction was that calling someone a Nazi for censoring a post trivialized the events of WWII. It made me angry! I wanted to vent my anger by writing a post that flamed the original poster. I am now glad that I didn't.
Several virii were recently sent my way, perhaps as early holiday presents. I wrote a post that compared people who send virii to Bin Laden's forces. In my own defense, Microsoft referred to people who send out virii as cyber-terrorists. But wait a minute. If my machine had been infected, I would have lost files and been inconvenienced. Hardly comparable to destroying the World Trade Center. But I was angry when I wrote it. At least one person that read my post was angered by my hyperbole. And so the cycle continues.
I hope that nobody reading this gets angry. Really I do.
I think that the problem is that we, all of us on Wincustomize and elsewhere, have a lot of anger and no place to put it. So, in a classic case of positive feedback, we circulate this anger among ourselves.
I am new (well fairly new) to the skinning community. I make friends here everyday. People here make me laugh sometimes, make me smile sometimes and make me go "Ohhh!" a lot with the beauty that they create. This is a special place in a special time. We need a place to check our anger before fully entering Wincustomize. T-Man, can you build a link for this?
Peace, love and skins.
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Transmutate
Reply #26 Thursday, October 25, 2001 9:39 AM
Reply #26 Thursday, October 25, 2001 9:39 AM
Transmutate passes feline a double choc chip ice cream
....hmmmmm.....you had better be a female feline!?
....hmmmmm.....you had better be a female feline!?
feline
Reply #28 Thursday, October 25, 2001 11:57 AM
Reply #28 Thursday, October 25, 2001 11:57 AM
Transmutate - ....hmmmmm.....you had better be a female feline!?
keep this up and i will be just about anything you want!
out of mild curiosity, what sex are you then?(just so that i have some idea of what i may be getting myself into here
)
keep this up and i will be just about anything you want!
out of mild curiosity, what sex are you then?(just so that i have some idea of what i may be getting myself into here
)
Transmutate
Reply #29 Thursday, October 25, 2001 7:05 PM
Reply #29 Thursday, October 25, 2001 7:05 PM
oh no....maybe you should check my profile feline 
...I just checked your profile and it says your name is colin..ummm ?
Transmutate slinks back into the cracks
...I just checked your profile and it says your name is colin..ummm ?
Transmutate slinks back into the cracks
feline
Reply #30 Friday, October 26, 2001 10:21 AM
Reply #30 Friday, October 26, 2001 10:21 AM
well, if all you wanted me for was my body then there would be one or two issues, including moral indignation on my part
Elfkura
Reply #31 Friday, October 26, 2001 12:53 PM
Reply #31 Friday, October 26, 2001 12:53 PM
you know what sucks?
I was the first person to reply to kuperman's msg..and it didn't even show up!
I was the first person to reply to kuperman's msg..and it didn't even show up!
feline
Reply #32 Friday, October 26, 2001 2:54 PM
Reply #32 Friday, October 26, 2001 2:54 PM
feline was sure you were going to say a vacume cleaner
as for posts not showing up, it happens to me now and then to. it seems best to check that your posts have arrived before moving on
as for posts not showing up, it happens to me now and then to. it seems best to check that your posts have arrived before moving on
craeonics
Reply #33 Friday, October 26, 2001 5:42 PM
Reply #33 Friday, October 26, 2001 5:42 PM
That's right, I installed an Elf-post-blocker just in case she comes to get her fur. Must have some bugs still, 'cos that one got through.
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Reply #21 Wednesday, October 24, 2001 1:14 PM