thefixer opened this issue on Apr 26, 2007 ยท 66 posts
mickmca posted Fri, 27 April 2007 at 2:31 PM
I'm really troubled that the members here don't feel an obligation to turn each other in. Isn't that communism or atheism or something? Com'on, folks, why should the admins have all the fun? Rat out your friends. Spot the witches and get 'em stocked. Check Dad's underwear drawer for copies of Playboy or The Nation.
Better yet, complain about yet undiscovered corporal offenses, like lip hair on women, erotic facial expressions, or suspicious lumps in male pants, when the complaints create an opportunity to cause trouble for people you don't like. Go for it! Maybe you'll get to light the fire at the immolation or even, dare to dream, drop the blade!
Please don't tell me R'osity didn't "create" the atmosphere of the American Taliban. It is created and recreated daily by anyone who supports it, whether for moral or commercial reasons. If someone else initiates a lynch mob, that doesn't compel anyone to join in. Cooperation is collusion, and acquiescence is collaboration. The "What can I do?" argument didn't work for the Germans, and it won't work here.
Even silence is a coward's consent. Which is one reason that the complainers don't tuck their tails between their legs and send polite little PMs to the PTBs.
In my world, where ideas matter, this is "language."
M