"pdw" wrote:
>On Nov 25, 5:53 am, "Will Dockery" wrote:
> "0x0000" wrote:
> >"klunk" wrote:
> >> "0x0000" <
zero....@att.net> wrote:
> >>> Will Dockery wrote:
> >>>> On Nov 22, 4:12 pm, "klunk" wrote:
> >>>>> "Will Dockery" wrote:
> > > >>>> On Nov 21, 7:07 pm, "klunk" wrote:
> > > >>>>> "Myshitis Fromgod" wrote:
>
> > > >>>>>> hey, klunk-
> > > >>>>>> ever plan on taking down your mask?
> > > >>>>>> just curious.
> > > >>>>>> (i remember you said you were a usenet regular.
> > > >>>>>> it would be funny to find out you're someone
> > > >>>>>> nobody suspected.)
>
> > >>>>> I'm a nobody... just an average joe six-pack... so, there's no
point
> in
> > > >>>>> letting anyone know who I actually am... and in this guise, I
can
> > > >>>>> deliberately piss off rabid idiots like gun loons, religious
> nutcases and
> > > >>>>> hate-freaks without censoring myself... so I have no plans on
> unmasking
> > > >>>>> because I don't believe my real-life identity matters anywhere
> near as much
> > > >>>>> as my words... and I don't need to have my life complicated by
> getting
> > > >>>>> death-threats outside of usenut... if people could track me
down,
> then I'd
> > > >>>>> have to tone down my commentary and be "less honest and
direct"...
> I love
> > > >>>>> usenut anonymity... it lets us all be who we really are...
> > > >>>>> I can let you know that my usual stomping grounds is
>
> can.politics... feel
>
> > > >>>>> free to join in that insanity... there's some hard-core nutbars
> that show up
> > > >>>>> there... particularly when the internationally cross-posting
loons
> show up
> > > >>>>> to drool their stupidity all over the place... it was pretty
> > > >>>>> interesting during both elections (in the u.s. and
canuckistan)...
> and I actually
> > > >>>>> followed some assholes to their own home groups like alabama
> (holee
> > > >>>>> shiite... some truly hard-core racist pieces of shit on that
> group)
> > > >>>> An Alabama (state, not the music group I assume) newsgroup? first
> I'd
> > > >>>> heard of it... the closest to a "local" group so far ha been
> > > >>>> alt.atlanta, but Bama is just across the river from where I type
> this.
> > > >>> ya... actually... I think you're right... alt.atlanta might have
> been
> > > >>> it...
> > > >>> some idiot who calls himself "face"... (and I called inyer)... we
> got into a
> > > >>> long and drawn out exchange... and at the end of it, actually
found
> a
> > > >>> "meeting ground" where animosity was pretty minimal... I don't
> remember
> > > >>> specifically if it was this group or another reichwing group like
> > > >>> alt.fan.rushlimbaugh (or something like that) where there was some
> > > >>> asshole
> > > >>> named pappy who bragged about waiting at shopping centers for
> latinos to
> > > >>> drive up and park their cars so that he could slash their tires...
> it's a
> > > >>> good god-damned thing he was saying that in an anonymous forum
> because if
> > > >>> that were a face to face, I doubt I could have kept from doing him
> some
> > > >>> serious physical damage before depositing him off in a latino
> neighbourhood...
>
> > > >> Damn, that's one fucked-up individual.
>
> > > >> I had seriously thought of riding up to Atlanta this morning for
the
> > > >> Atlanta CD & Record Show which comes around every six months or so,
> > > >> although I haven't bothered with it for about 17 years, to fill in
> the
> > > >> last gaps of my Moby Grape collection. When morning came and I
> stepped
> > > >> outside for thirty seconds to take a whiz and felt the chill seemed
> > > >> more like January I just decided to go back inside and sleep.
>
> > > >> The prices are usually all jacked up to the crazy level at those
> > > >> places, anyhow, sort of like trying to buy a comic book these days.
>
> > > >>>> because
> > > >>>>> they'd pissed me off enough to want to teach them how to truly
> dislike
> > > >>>>> me.... this group is actually pretty mild and intelligent by
> comparison....
> > > >>>>> and I'm a creative at heart... so, this is like a warm bath as
> opposed to a
> > > >>>>> cold shower there... ;-)
>
> > >>>> On behalf of my fellow poets, we're glad to have you join in the
fun,
> Klunk.
>
> > >>> well, thank you will... I've been reading/lurking here for some time
> but
> > > >>> have kept my klunk persona limited to political groups... until I
> decided
> > > >>> that there were some assholes here who also needed a spanking...
as
> it turns
> > > >>> out... and as I somewhat expected.... the general level of
> intelligence here
> > > >>> is higher and people seem to respond in such a way as to not be
> totally
> > > >>> oblivious to the reasons for my behaviour... it's actually nice to
> see knob
> > > >>> finally contribute a real poem for a change... and it's nice to
see
> dense
> > > >>> actually provide some "polite" commentary for a change... although
> the newbs
> > > >>> that got into an argument over the war were rather surprised to
find
> that
> > > >>> this forum is a magical place to get instant critiques and he
> pounced on
> > > >>> them... in some ways... I didn't have a problem with his and
pale's
> comments
> > > >>> because in some ways, they were asking for it...
> > > >>> I tend to feel a need to step in when the stupidity drones on and
on
> and on
> > > >>> like chinese water torture... and those two fools do have better
> within
> > > >>> them... they've just chosen not to show it... they're not as much
> hopelessly
> > > >>> lost or imbecilic troglodytes like some of the fools I've
> encountered... one
> > > >>> such idiot from, georgia, (I believe) calls himself polesaw...
> wow... what a
> > > >>> miserable and clueless sod... I wonder how some fools can actually
> find the
> > > >>> energy to get up every day...> --
>
> > > > Texas is worse.
>
> > > > "Take me home, country roads, to the place, I belong: West
>
> Virginia." -Colorado resident.
>
>
>
> > > ...scary.... someone once told me they still have a law on the books
> called
> > > the "they needed shooting" law... iow... if someone can provide an
> argument
> > > supporting why they shot someone else (aside from self-defense), then
> can
> > > get away with shooting that person.... don't actually believe that in
a
> > > literal sense... but, I guess I can accept that fact is often stranger
> than
> > > fiction...
>
> > Well, in every culture there's them as needs shootin'. Or maybe not.
> > Depends on who's got the guns, I 'spose.
>
> Like I've heard about Smith's Station (about halfway between here and
Auburn
> Alabama and notable for being the hometowns of both Conway Twitty, who
> attended high school there, and George Sulzbach, the best artist you never
> heard of), since the understanding is /everyone/ has a gun, everyone has a
> bit of thought before they decide to draw one.
>
> Speaking of Auburn, Alabama and the earlier discussion of newsgroups /for/
> Alabama, I checked, and was pleased to see there's actually a newsgroup
> specifically for Auburn (college football, but *everything* ties in with
> football in some way out there):
>
>
http://groups.google.com/group/alabama.sports.auburn/topics?hl=en>
> Description: Auburn University sports.
>
> A cool find, and a newsgroup in dire need of revival. Founded in 1996, it
> was once a pretty lively place to post, apparently:
>
>
http://groups.google.com/group/alabama.sports.auburn/about?hl=en>
>> Auburn being only about 20-30 miles from where I sit, I'm thinking of
taking
>> it on as a "home group", perhaps starting with this post.
>
>*ahem* Alabama is #1. Roll Tide.
Another hopeless cause I believed in a decade or so ago was to see a day
when Auburn and Alabama fans could live together in peace. at least they do
come together to bash the Athens folks.
BTW, there's an equally /ailing/ mewsgroup for the Roll Tide lovers, as
well:
http://groups.google.com/group/alabama.sports.alabama/topics?hl=en
Myself, I've had to endure enough spats between Alabama (Sulzbach, Vickie
Soho, et al) and Auburn (Dark Queen, Dave Soho et al) to last me a couple of
lifetimes...
--
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