UK sound off
POSTED BY: stinkingrose
UPDATED: Saturday, August 13, 2011 17:48
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Would all our lovely Browncoats in the bits of Britain currently experiencing unrest kindly check in with us here so we know you're all right? If you're able. Thanks ever so much!
I know that Magdalena has said she's fine for now, though the rioting is getting uncomfortably close and she can smell smoke.
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WISHI WILL HANDLE THIS!!
*runs away and comes back with a truckload of video game consoles and various electronic paraphenalia...
See, all better... We've managed to castrate our males between the ages of 12-32 with Apathy Machines...They'd have to put something down to be able to break a store window or two...
All you need is to give them away and they'll go home and sit until their brains are a great pile of violent mush...It worked here. Our gov't gave away so much unauthorized money that our children's children's children will be broke and unable to afford healthcare or gas and none of ours care..... Somebody gets shot there and towns burn down...
Just a fun sarcastic jaded rant ...I really do hope y'all are OK!
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Also, I think your government should embrace banishments again...Maybe not to Austrailia 'cause I like the place, but an island or desert in the middle of nowhere sounds good...let the brats find out what it's like to work for something! And then when they do manage to build a hut go in and knock it down 
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Also, wondering if England's little experiment into a drug that would pacify the population has gone horribly, horribly wrong.
REAVERS! THEY MADE THEM!!!
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You know Wish there is indeed a thread in RWED about this situation, perhaps you'd like to post there with your comments. I think Stinky Rose meant this thread to be for folk over there to check in and just let everyone know if they're allright and stuff. Obviously you have the right to post where you want but the RWED thread seems a more logical place to put your feelings down on proverbial paper.
"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya
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Yes, thank you.. that had rather been my intention. "Sound off" as in taking attendance, rather than "express your opinion". Although, if anyone who's actually going through this feels so moved they're more than welcome to voice their impressions and feelings.
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I've been trying to email Aliasse, some of you might remember her Firefly stories.
I still haven't heard from her, I hope she's okay. I'll post here as soon as I hear anything.
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I was just foolin around people...didn't know that weren't ALLOWED here anymore.
RWED is for screaming and namecalling...I'm more about witty banter. It's all I got. And I'm not keeping anyone from posting anything they darn well please. AND I was keeping it at the top of the list...which if it ain't posted at in here in a day or two it drops to oblivion....
WHAT IS UP WITH ALL THE CENSORING IN HERE? If it ain't what you wanna hear, you all tell people where ta go now, huh?
Sorry idiots are a burnin your country down... I can't do anything about it but provide comic relief! I also laugh at funerals....
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Originally posted by Wishimay:
I was just foolin around people...didn't know that weren't ALLOWED here anymore.
RWED is for screaming and namecalling...I'm more about witty banter. It's all I got. And I'm not keeping anyone from posting anything they darn well please. AND I was keeping it at the top of the list...which if it ain't posted at in here in a day or two it drops to oblivion....
WHAT IS UP WITH ALL THE CENSORING IN HERE? If it ain't what you wanna hear, you all tell people where ta go now, huh?
Sorry idiots are a burnin your country down... I can't do anything about it but provide comic relief! I also laugh at funerals....
Let's clarify, shall we?
A) Fooling around is fine. It is usually encouraged. To a point.
B) I think your intended tone did not come across as posted.
B1) The thread will remain at the top of the list or not on its own, and I was planning on making sure it stayed in the top 100 for a few days to give people a chance to find it and let us know they were all right. But thank you for your efforts regardless. We can take it from here.
Nobody's censoring you or telling you that you can't post in this thread. They were telling you that you had misconstrued the purpose and gently hinting that your comments are, at present, shall we say possibly a little insensitive?
D) The part after
? Case in point. Neither comic nor relief in this specific instance. Another thread at another time it might be hysterical to others. Here and now..not so much.If someone is living through a riot, and is able to check in here to contact their friends, and the first thing they see is someone mocking them it is not going to encourage them to post a message, or return to the site.
I'm not saying you can't or shouldn't post whatever comments you like, but it would be nice if you would take a moment to think about whether it's being considerate or if you think it should go somewhere else where it will be received in the spirit in which you wrote it.
I am saying please be gentle with others when they are living in fear and danger.
Someone else tried to say that a bit more gently than I just did, and I believe you misconstrued their intent. That is all.
BTW: If you find you get comments like this frequently you might want to have someone critique your writing style to help ensure you are coming across to others as you had meant to.
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Now then, is there anyone in here who is in an affected area and would like to let us know they're alive and well?
As we hope is the case?
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