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I really have a difficult time understanding where all the rage on this forum is coming from recently. We just had two neighboring school shootings. I work in a hostile environment where I am finally learning how to set boundaries. I come here to express my opinions on serious issues or read and write light hearted things. I can use the issues to be introspective and think, or the posts may make me laugh. This is my relaxation. I don't come here to flame or degrade people. I don't give a rats-assed shit how people write or spell. I am smart enough to understand and appreciate what anyone is trying to say. If you pick a fight about spelling or grammar, you need a life and some self-esteem because you're really having to dig. The fact that people can relax and be themselves and write however they feel is relaxing and makes me feel safe posting here. I try to stay out of the fray, but it hurts me to read the venomous garbage that people spew. It is not intellectual, it is freaking stupid and idiotic. You don't even KNOW the people you slam, and if you do, slamming them on a public forum doesn't do a thing for anyone's view of you. And I use "you" generically because there is a lot of it going on. Get it out some other way. I'm buying a punching bag. They work wonders.
-- Anonymous, March 24, 2001
Yes Vicki there is. So why respond at all? It is petty BS and now, yet another thread. Why?
-- Anonymous, March 24, 2001
Vicki,The reason James slams heavy chicks is because his impotence only allows him to get an erection in the presence weak of women who can't defend themselves, who's arms he can snap off like dry spaghetti. The rest of the time, he is limp, so he has to try to steal their dignity, and inflate himself by telling everyone he is hotmale.com. I am under the impression, mistaken or otherwise, that this kind of behavior is wrong.
-- Anonymous, March 24, 2001
I guess the hotmale wishes he could be a diraist like blondie and luegnm but instead chose to hang out at gwenetown.
-- Anonymous, March 24, 2001
No you stupid kitty I would not want to because I have beter things to do then stay online all day on my fat ass. I don't even read tehir stupid sites. Only fat losers like you waist time on them.
-- Anonymous, March 24, 2001
And no you loser you are wrong just because I don't like fat whores like you that doesn't mean I like spagetti. Thats right I like my women petit none of these fat dike feminists for me. I'll leave that for you sense you so obiously like fat man haters like that.
-- Anonymous, March 24, 2001
Well, you sure seem to be sitting on your fat ass a lot since you've been posting constantly the past few days. And doing an extremely lame job of it, also.And while you're at, invest in a dictionary.
-- Anonymous, March 24, 2001
Invest in some Viagra,™ dude. Maybe this way, you'll get hot from something other than the Lennie-fantasies. ("Thtop thcweaming! Thtop! Thop thcweaming!! I jutht twied to pet her hair, George, but she wouldn't thtop thcweaming!")
-- Anonymous, March 24, 2001
Mike, I think I love you. ;)James, piss off, loser. The novelty's worn off.
-- Anonymous, March 26, 2001
monkey hah. great name, so you then think this is a fair site? you agree with censorship? good for you. bow i say, BOW to the almighty gwen.btw, havent you noticed you cant ask a question? wonder why?
-- Anonymous, March 27, 2001
When this whole, how did Tylerd put it, Captain Insano thing started it was making me very uncomfortable. Now I think it's funny. Don't stop him. It's kinda like watching a sad little retarded ape. You don't want to laugh but you just can't help it. My god Captain Insano, you're not even poignant or interesting or even insulting. You are just pathetic.I bet you are the type of person who watches porn, masturbates and then goes into a frothing fit that the porn made you hurt yourself. If you don’t like it here, GO AWAY!
-- Anonymous, March 27, 2001
What people don't seem to realize is that web sites aren't government agencies, run for the people by the people needing a constitution and/or amendments. They are run by individuals who can put whatever they want on his or her site and it doesn't matter what the rest of the world thinks. Censorship Schmensorship, no one is putting a gun to your head to look at someone's site, if you don't like what you see don't come back.
-- Anonymous, March 27, 2001
Afuckingmen, Travis. It was irritating at first, but now it's like more fun on Gwen's forum. Captain Insano has added to the funniness.I've never had any problems getting my questions answered. Let's give it a try. Here's a question: Who is the lamest retarded troll you've ever seen
Oh wait, I know the answer to that one already.
Here's another question: How pathetic and moronic do you have to be to think that calling someone "fat" or "whore" makes you look superior?
-- Anonymous, March 27, 2001
It is a pet peeve of mine when people start screaming (or thcweaming) about being censored or that their First Amendement rights have been trampled when it is clearly not the case.A page that is all about understanding the First Amendment.
As for censorship, no one is being censored here. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that there are certain narrow categories of speech that are not protected by the First Amendment: obscenity, child pornography, defamation, and “fighting words,” or speech that incites immediate and imminent lawless action. What I believe to be good moderation is the process of thread management. Traditionally speaking--and I've been online for over ten years now--when a discussion veers off-topic, it is a much-appreciated service (of the moderator/host[ess] of a forum or newsgroup or EZBoard) to move the tangential posts into an appropriately titled, stand-alone discussion or to delete said posts. Moderators also traditionally delete inflammatory, homophobic, misogynistic, violent, obscene, racially intolerant posts from public forums because forums are not intended to function as soapbox platforms for one or two individuals, but for a group. If an individual is being disruptive or getting off-topic or inflammatory more often than he or she is contributing to the flow of discussion on a forum, then no one is required, by law or anything else, to waste their time and financial resources and energy by providing a megaphone to the disruptive person or people. If you wish to term that censorship, so be it. Your insistence that Gwen should cheerfully provide a service for you where you can insult and bash her is nutty. Does she have a right to go to your house and spraypaint "James sucks!" on your personal property and then yell censorship if you choose to remove that sentiment? Of course not, and you don't have much of a leg to stand on when you fuss and squall when she prefers not to provide a free service to someone who abuses it.
If you choose to start your own forum, and take care of moderating it according to your wishes, then and only then will you have the power or the right to say whatever the hell you want without being impeded in any way. And even then the forum provider may dislike your overall tone or intent or posting style and feel it detracts from the image of their company or business--whatever or whoever is paying for the forum you are using--and he/they can legally refuse to provide you with a place to publish for free, and that is their right.
You're not being censored per se, you're being told that you aren't allowed to spew graffiti all over someone else's property. Since you chose not to play nicely with others, the moderator exercized her rights. If you do not like it, and you do not like the idea that your posts will never be seen here by anyone usless the forum moderator chooses to allow that, then your only VIABLE option is to go elsewhere.
The net is large. There are hundreds upon thousands of forums out there. You will surely find one that is more to your liking than this one. Good luck.
-- Anonymous, March 27, 2001
Guys? Word, word, word fucking word. Freedom of speech does not = right to be a flaming asshole dickwad.And I love you, Milla.
-- Anonymous, March 27, 2001
Nice reply Milla, but I did try to be nice, and was falsely accussed of being james, tried to prove i was not, but got pummelled instead. Of course, that doesnt matter here and i can see that. fwiw, i am not james, never was, but it dont matter.you have a clique going on here, and because a new person attempts to join in the forum, NICELY at first, you all get paranoid.
I say you get what you deserve from here on out. and from the looks of things, your getting exactly that.
-- Anonymous, March 27, 2001
So did you think you were going to hurt everyone's feelings by posting all that shit under different and dumb names? Did you think we all were going to leave because of all the stuff you said?Obviously, your tactics didn't work. The only thing you acomplished was to make yourself look like a fool.
-- Anonymous, March 27, 2001
Hey, remember that old saying about a million monkeys banging away on typewriters long enough to eventually write "Hamlet"?I think one of 'em found Gwen's forum instead.
-- Anonymous, March 27, 2001
I love Mary Ellen. Hee.
-- Anonymous, March 27, 2001
Me too! Hehehehe!Maybe it's actually "Green Eggiweggs and Hamlet"!
-- Anonymous, March 27, 2001
So did you think you were going to hurt everyone's feelings by posting all that shit under different and dumb names? Did you think we all were going to leave because of all the stuff you said? Obviously, your tactics didn't work. The only thing you acomplished was to make yourself look like a fool.-- shelly (shelly@yougrowgirl.com), March 27, 2001.
well letme see hear. yeah i think your going to leave. that or where out the old threads.
-- Anonymous, March 27, 2001
I swear I just read that like 10 times and I still don't know what it says.Wait-before you consider that a plea for translation, understand that I don't actually care what it says. But that doesn't make gibberish less funny.
-- Anonymous, March 27, 2001
Wow! Congratulations! You've learned how to copy and paste.
-- Anonymous, March 27, 2001
Isn't it great how Gwen's forum is getting so much traffic lately?
Her hit count and site statistics will be all the more impressive.
-- Anonymous, March 27, 2001
I know. Too bad she doesn't have advertising on her site. She'd be raking it in right now. And New1 would be mostly responsible for that happening.
-- Anonymous, March 27, 2001
Ah, but she can approach advertisers and sposors now-if she hasn't been thinking about it already--and show them how much traffic she gets. I think that once they see the stats, there'll be definite interest.It will be nice to see Gwen benefit from it.
-- Anonymous, March 27, 2001
benefit?oh okay. little hard to do with only a few left here.
-- Anonymous, March 27, 2001
Robyn--were your questions rhetorical? Because if not, I think I may be able to answer them all correctly and Win Fabulous Prizes and Stuff.Dare I hope for...A! NEW! CAR!!!?
-- Anonymous, March 27, 2001
BTW, Vicki, I meant to address this comment earlier: I'm sorry to hear about the school shootings in your area. I hope you stay safe. *hugs*
-- Anonymous, March 27, 2001
It's true. There aren't as many people here as there used to be. I was seriously considering abandoning this forum. But now that Newone is here, I don't have to!
-- Anonymous, March 27, 2001
Just warms the cockles of your heart, doesn't it, G?And to think, we all thought he was being cruel, when he was just using tough love to keep this forum alive. What a selfless, generous person James is. ;)
-- Anonymous, March 27, 2001
No, a lot of people read this forum...so I wouldn't take it off. All us women in the office read it doing the day. It's a source of enjoyment. Kind of gives us a little giggle during the day or a serious question we can ponder for later. We don't usually post anything...because it can be more of a click. Normally, nobody responds when I do post something. Anyway, just wanted to tell gwen how much we enjoy her site, and to keep up the great work. The Troll probably is somebody insecure about his small penis size, and his overbearing mother,who constantly reminds him that he needs to marry a nice woman...but he's too caught up w/ looking at porn, driving fast cars, and making women feel inferior (especially chubby ones) because he's a closet gay.
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
Alot of people? you mean the gwen people, if you dont agree,suckup,or even if your nice, you get the sarcastic rant from her hineass.
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
There are prizes? Nobody said anything about prizes.Robyn, I'll play, but, I'd like to buy a vowel.
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
Don't waste your spin on a vowel, girl! You can figure it out without wasting your money!Check it:
T R _ _ _ S
_ R E
V _ R Y
_ N N _ Y _ N G
Would you like to spin again or solve the puzzle? Do you REALLY need to buy a vowel?
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
(Vanna's going to grab that other "E" in just a second, she tripped on her Gunne Sax formal.)
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
Games! Prizes!Welcome to.......(drumroll please)
The Gwen Show! (insert cheesy game show music)
Here today...we have with us...(these are dramatic pauses, ya'll)...Troll. Troll uses only one name, like Cher, and comes to us from the dregs of society. Sometimes known as Captain Insano, Troll entertains by throwing tantrums. Troll is the perfect example of what low self esteem, minimal intelligence, and the inability to make friends can do to a person.
Say, let's meet our guest. Are you guys ready for some bad grammar and elementary school name calling? Are you guys ready to for some impotent rage? Yeah! Here's Trolly.
You know what? This is fun. I love Gwentown.
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
*crickets chirp*What, no love for our new contestant?
*crickets chirp*
*tumbleweed blows across stage*
*coyote yips in the distance*Well, allrighty then! Moving on!
You all know the rules, right? Good! Okay...as always, participants in our show take home a crate of Turtle Wax, some lovely Lee Press-On Nails, a year's supply of Rice-A-Roni (the San Francisco Treat!) and the HOME GAME! *audience applauds wildly*
*mass pandemonium*
*Beatlemania ensues*(hee.)
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
Jeez, y'all crack me up, which I can use today. Milla, I'm going to add that question ("Do you really NEED to buy a vowel?") to my own personal decision tree. It's Twelve-Stepper-ific!
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
Don't mind me, just trying to clean up the out of control HTML so not everything here is italic and bold. :-)
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
Twelve Stepping? Awright! I'm all into acknowledging my Higher Power and that I am powerless when in the presence of shiny things.And pizza.
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
And, lest I forget, Gwen's picture of Japanese space hamsters.Kawaii!
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
Okay, it's getting there. I hope this puts it back to normal.
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
Our next category on The Gwen Show: steenky leetle feesh!S _ _ D _ N _ SDo you want to spin or solve?
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
(Paul, everything looks normal on my terminal, except your last post was in a wee bitty font. If playing with HTML colors and font sizes is causing a problem for you, though, let me know, I'll stop.)
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
It's so funny how the person claiming to NOT be James writes EXACTLY like he does...he's the only person i've seen who copies and pastes ppls reply's to his stupidity ,then writes something even more moronic after it...and the fact that ignorant people like him feel the need to post under 80 nom de plumes just makes him a sad sad man...he wants a reaction from everyone...make the dill hole shut up...just ignore everything from him, he'll get bored and leave, then his flamming will cease. there are only 5 words to describe him from what i've seen on the few times i've been here, and they are as follows :1.) Pathetic 2.) Lonely 3.) Sad 4.) Angry (who knows why..maybe cuz he acts like an ass when they don't agree with him) 5.) Pyschotic (let it drop James...LET IT DROP)
(and if the "person" claiming not to james isn't james, fine, i apologise, but posting under many different names doesn't look good on you.)
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
Milla, all I did was check the HTML source and close all the tags you hadn't (there were several). Everything looks completely normal on my computer since then. I do not at all have a problem with you playing with fonts and colors, as a matter of fact I appreciate the variety very much. It's just that whenever someone forgets to close a tag or makes a typo while closing a tag, it affects all the subsequent posts. When that starts happening it can get out of control, so I try to repair it whenever I see it. (Just in case any newbies are getting the wrong impression, I'm not a moderator or even a caretaker of this forum. I just do my small part to make sure it keeps working smoothly.) No big deal at all, Milla, and please don't stop having fun! :-)
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
By the way, Milla, I'll solve the puzzle: S A R D I N E S. :-)
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
You won! Guess what your prize is?
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
If it's a big old smooch, I'm taking the next round!
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
Actually, it was...*drum roll*... pizza!Without sardines (or anchovies) on top.
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
...and some Lee Press-On Nails in "Sport" length.
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
Yay! Pizza. Huh, I never would have guessed.
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
I wouldn't want to become predictable or anything, now.
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
Oh... Can I post the next puzzle?S _ L _ _ N
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
Let me see...could that be...a beeeeg feeesh? No, wait, don't tell me! I wanna spin!
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
I'll take 'fied zikiny' for $200, Alex...
-- Anonymous, March 28, 2001
I like fied zikiny.
-- Anonymous, March 29, 2001
Sometimes it's really hot inside the fied zikiny but not on the outside so you are fooled into thinking that it's safe to eat but it's not and you take a bite and it burns your tongue and you wince and it hurts but it was still pretty tasty.
-- Anonymous, March 29, 2001
I like when it is zikiny season and zikiny starts showing up in everything (zikiny bread, zikiny fritters, zikiny au gratin, zikiny ice cream...) and then people start sneaking out in the dead of night to put zikiny on their neighbor's porches to get rid of it.But fied zikiny is the bestest.
-- Anonymous, March 29, 2001
I like zikiny season, also."It was an itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny yellow polka-dot zikiny..."
-- Anonymous, March 29, 2001
Eating ze polka-dot zikiny is not a good idea. Or so I hear.
-- Anonymous, March 29, 2001
That only applies to those zikinies found in the wild.
-- Anonymous, March 29, 2001
Last time I had fied zikiny, they were triangle-shaped, almost like breaded and deep-fried paper footballs. I didn't know there were triangular zikiny. Genetic engineering so they can fit more in a carton?
-- Anonymous, March 29, 2001