Hey Mortar!

On Sat, Jan 03 2026 21:52:40 -0600, you wrote:

Second time I've seen someone say this. What's wrong with the
origin? It looks normal to me.

When the poster damn near freaked out on someone for posting political stuff ends their message with #VoteBlue, they continued the politics themselves. A pot meet kettle, kind of thing.

Slacker makes a good point. If the rules say no politics, there shouldn't be any from either side.

Regards,
Nick

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Slacker makes a good point. If the rules say no politics, there
shouldn't be any from either side.

Since I did also object to the triggering message, yeah, I agree with this fully.

Not sure if I needed to state that directly, after a previous poster accused me of hypocrisy for some unknown reason.

Mind you, I _did_ just have a post that talked about calendars that have some connection to religion, but it wasn't _about_ religion; just about my personal daily human experience.

And I'm all about people sharing that sort of thing, and would be sad if people thought that should be banned with the rule.

(And people talking politics/religion is _also_ reasonable, elsewhere. It's just nice to be able to have a space that gets us a reprieve.)

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Second time I've seen someone say this. What's wrong with the
origin? It looks normal to me.

When the poster damn near freaked out on someone for posting political stuff ends their message with #VoteBlue, they continued the politics themselves. A pot meet kettle, kind of thing.

They didn't "end their message" with #VoteBlue, it was part of the origin line not a statement anyone was making.

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BY: Accession (21:1/700)
On Saturday,January 03, 2026 at 09:27 AM, Accession (21:1/700) wrote:

Hey Dmxrob!

On Sat, Jan 03 2026 09:42:56 -0600, you wrote:

* Origin: Off the Wall - St. Peters, Missouri - #VoteBlue (21:4/142)

While I was reading your message, I was actually in the process of
agreeing with you.

Then I read your Origin line, and the credibility of your message went
right out the window. :(

Oh yes, let's equate calling people names with common hashtags. That way you can feel better about normalizing hate speech.

-dmxrob

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Re: Re: Hiring Practices
By: Al to Accession on Sun Jan 04 2026 09:17 am

They didn't "end their message" with #VoteBlue, it was part of the origin line not a statement anyone was making.

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Re: Re: Hiring Practices
By: Dmxrob to Accession on Sun Jan 04 2026 05:13 pm

Oh yes, let's equate calling people names with common hashtags. That way yo can feel better about normalizing hate speech.

Wow. Just, wow. From what I recall, there was no name calling. To make the jump to hate speech seems unmerited.
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While I was reading your message, I was actually in the process of agreeing with you.

Then I read your Origin line, and the credibility of your message went right out the window. :(

Practice what you preach, please.

I have found that on networks that bar all political discussion, politics
is usually tolerated until the discussion veers towards the right. That
said, the OP that started the objections in this case likes to play
ignorant of the rules and stir the pot so his apparent departure may be no
big loss.

P.S. When I say tolerated, I don't necessarily mean by the moderator or
NC but by other participants.

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* Origin: Off the Wall - St. Peters, Missouri - #VoteBlue (21:4/142)

Except you're happy to get your little jab in with your origin line, eh?

Second time I've seen someone say this. What's wrong with the origin? It looks normal to me.

The poster was complaining about politics being included in messages, but
every message they post includes '#VoteBlue' in the origin line, which is
a political statement.

It would be just like someone else including '#MAGA' or '#VoteRed' at the
end of all of their messages. I am 100% positive that doing so would get complained about.

If you are going to complain about political speach in an echo, it would
be a very good idea to omit any/all politics of any type/color/wing from
your objection message.
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* Origin: Off the Wall - St. Peters, Missouri - #VoteBlue (21:4/142) >>

Except you're happy to get your little jab in with your origin line, eh? >>

Second time I've seen someone say this. What's wrong with the origin? It >> looks normal to me.

The poster was complaining about politics being included in messages, but every message they post includes '#VoteBlue' in the origin line, which is
a political statement.

#VoteBlue is not political speech. It is a hashtag that was in the origin
line.

If you are going to complain about political speach in an echo,

I guess someone was getting political. We try to avoid that here about.

it would be a very good idea to omit any/all politics of any type/color/wing from your objection message.

There was no politics in the request to refrain from politics. #VoteBlue is a hashtag, nothing more, nothing less.

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Al wrote to MIKE POWELL <=-

* Origin: Off the Wall - St. Peters, Missouri - #VoteBlue (21:4/142)

Except you're happy to get your little jab in with your origin line, eh?

Second time I've seen someone say this. What's wrong with the origin? It
looks normal to me.

The poster was complaining about politics being included in messages, but every message they post includes '#VoteBlue' in the origin line, which is
a political statement.

#VoteBlue is not political speech. It is a hashtag that was in the
origin line.

Baloney. It's clearly a political statement. Are you kidding?

If you are going to complain about political speach in an echo,

I guess someone was getting political. We try to avoid that here about.

it would be a very good idea to omit any/all politics of any type/color/wing from your objection message.

There was no politics in the request to refrain from politics.
#VoteBlue is a hashtag, nothing more, nothing less.

Come on dude. Just because you agree with the *political* statement of
that "hashtag", doesn't change what it is.



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#VoteBlue is not political speech. It is a hashtag that was in the
origin line.

Baloney. It's clearly a political statement. Are you kidding?

No.

There was no politics in the request to refrain from politics.
#VoteBlue is a hashtag, nothing more, nothing less.

Come on dude. Just because you agree with the *political* statement of
that "hashtag", doesn't change what it is.

Ah, I see. You don't like #VoteBlue so it is wrong and should be banned.

Gotcha.

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Ah, I see. You don't like #VoteBlue so it is wrong and should be
banned.

I haven't agreed with Gamgee on all things in the past, particularly
political things, but I side with him here. No politics means we shouldn't
have things like #voteblue which come off as very passive aggressive in a no politics zone. Remove it so we can all move on, please.

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esc wrote to Al <=-

Ah, I see. You don't like #VoteBlue so it is wrong and should be
banned.

I haven't agreed with Gamgee on all things in the past, particularly political things, but I side with him here. No politics means we
shouldn't have things like #voteblue which come off as very passive aggressive in a no politics zone. Remove it so we can all move on,
please.

Thank you.

I chose not to reply to his post.



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Ah, I see. You don't like #VoteBlue so it is wrong and should be
banned.

I haven't agreed with Gamgee on all things in the past, particularly political things, but I side with him here. No politics means we shouldn't have things like #voteblue which come off as very passive aggressive in a no politics zone. Remove it so we can all move on, please.

I don't use the hashtag so I can't remove it.

Nobody was discussing #VoteBlue, It was part of an origin line.

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Hey Al!

On Sun, Jan 04 2026 23:56:26 -0600, you wrote:

There was no politics in the request to refrain from politics.
#VoteBlue is a hashtag, nothing more, nothing less.

.. and denial is a river in Egypt.

Regards,
Nick

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Hey Al!

On Mon, Jan 05 2026 10:21:24 -0600, you wrote:

Ah, I see. You don't like #VoteBlue so it is wrong and should be
banned.

Gotcha.

If a message network's admin states "no politics," that doesn't mean some things are okay, no matter what it is, or what one thinks is right or wrong.

Try doing an online search for what you call that "nothing more than a hashtag" and see what it means and where it points to.

Regards,
Nick

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Hey Esc!

On Mon, Jan 05 2026 12:34:24 -0600, you wrote:

I haven't agreed with Gamgee on all things in the past, particularly political things, but I side with him here. No politics means we
shouldn't have things like #voteblue which come off as very passive aggressive in a no politics zone. Remove it so we can all move on,
please.

Thank you, good sir. You're a gentleman and a scholar. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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Hey Gamgee!

On Mon, Jan 05 2026 15:04:22 -0600, you wrote:

I chose not to reply to his post.

Probably better off than I am, then. Just means we get to see another off the wall response from him. Sorry about that. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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There was no politics in the request to refrain from politics.
#VoteBlue is a hashtag, nothing more, nothing less.

.. and denial is a river in Egypt.

There was no politics in the request to refrain from politics.
#VoteBlue is a hashtag, nothing more and nothing less.

Denial whether in Egypt or anywhere else doesn't come into it. I don't know why you obsess over it.

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Try doing an online search for what you call that "nothing more than a hashtag and see what it means and where it points to.

I know what it means. No one is discussing #VoteBlue or #VoteRed.

It was a hashtag included in an origin line.

You can obsess over it if you want. I'll not comment on the thing further.

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Accession wrote to Gamgee <=-

Hey Gamgee!

On Mon, Jan 05 2026 15:04:22 -0600, you wrote:

I chose not to reply to his post.

Probably better off than I am, then. Just means we get to see another
off the wall response from him. Sorry about that. ;)

Yeah, no worries. He's now stated that he's done with the thread.
Pretty standard practice for somebody like that.

Al has a pretty serious case of TDS, and the prognosis isn't good. ;-)



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Yeah, no worries. He's now stated that he's done with the thread.
Pretty standard practice for somebody like that.

Al has a pretty serious case of TDS, and the prognosis isn't good. ;-)

I think he just likes to play silly games, and also to get the last
word in. As a moderator and echo participant, I dealt with his nonsense
for several years. He and Dr. What are someone else's problems now.

My money was on his "I didn't say that" game -- I used to have a QWK
tagline dedicated to his favorite thing to say -- but I guess Al decided to
cut his losses instead.


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My money was on his "I didn't say that" game -- I used to have a QWK
tagline dedicated to his favorite thing to say -- but I guess Al decided to cut his losses instead.

What losses?

If I had anything to say to you I would say it. If you have anything to say to me I will listen.

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Hey Dumas!

On Tue, 06 Jan 2026 11:13:10 -0500, you wrote:

..but I guess Al decided to cut his losses instead.

Doubtful. He'll continue to argue just to argue.

Stop feeding the troll, and he'll eventually go away or participate in a different conversation unrelated to the subject.

Regards,
Nick

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Dumas Walker wrote to GAMGEE <=-

Yeah, no worries. He's now stated that he's done with the thread.
Pretty standard practice for somebody like that.

Al has a pretty serious case of TDS, and the prognosis isn't good. ;-)

I think he just likes to play silly games, and also to get the last
word in. As a moderator and echo participant, I dealt with his
nonsense for several years. He and Dr. What are someone else's
problems now.

My money was on his "I didn't say that" game -- I used to have a QWK tagline dedicated to his favorite thing to say -- but I guess Al
decided to cut his losses instead.

Yep, I'm familiar with his games and methods, from Othernet(s). Very predictable and expected behavior from him. I laugh at his attempts.



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..but I guess Al decided to cut his losses instead.

Doubtful. He'll continue to argue just to argue.

Agreed. He's already broke his promise to drop it.

Stop feeding the troll, and he'll eventually go away or participate in a different conversation unrelated to the subject.

Also agreed.
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Re: Re: Hiring Practices
By: Dr. What to Adept on Thu Jan 01 2026 08:04 am

No. I'm simply pointing out that YOU are treating one set of opinions as "political" and another set as "non-political". Unequal application of the rules is never correct.

Just chimming in. I agree that the application of rules feels arbitrary at times and subjects tend to be "removed" only when the consensus is challenged. ie. stating some politicism in this place is safe as long as it fits the most supported stance around here, and only gets considered against the rules once the statement is challenged with enough vehemency it is obvious arguments against it can stand up to a point.


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Re: Re: Hiring Practices
By: Al to MIKE POWELL on Sun Jan 04 2026 09:56 pm

#VoteBlue is not political speech. It is a hashtag that was in the origin line.

I think that means I could use the hashtag #HitlerWasTheBest and nobody would complain because it is just a hashtag.


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Hey Arelor!

On Thu, Jan 08 2026 10:11:02 -0600, you wrote:

I think that means I could use the hashtag #HitlerWasTheBest and
nobody would complain because it is just a hashtag.

HAHAHAHAHAHA. Thanks for driving the point home. :D

Regards,
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I'll not comment on the thing further.

Yay! Ideal outcome!

(I've been resisting commenting more, expressly because this network has the rules it does because it should be fun (or at least kind, if the topic is not fun), and I hardly want to add more than necessary to a conversation that I'm hoping will stop.)

So, on that note, anyone make any interesting resolutions for the new year? I generally don't, but, "I'll draw something every day for a month" or something would be a neat resolution.

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I'll not comment on the thing further.

Yay! Ideal outcome!

Agreed.

(I've been resisting commenting more, expressly because this network has the rules it does because it should be fun (or at least kind, if the topic is not fun), and I hardly want to add more than necessary to a conversation that I'm hoping will stop.)

The thread was not something that interested me and I don't think for anyone else either, so I don't see any point in continuing with it.

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Adept wrote to Al <=-

So, on that note, anyone make any interesting resolutions for the new year? I generally don't, but, "I'll draw something every day for a
month" or something would be a neat resolution.

I signed up for a 90-day writing sprint. One hour per day, 6 days a
week. I've done 30-day NANOWRIMOs before, with the intention of getting
a practical first rough draft, this challenge aims to have a complete
book in 90 days.

My resolution this year is to write consistently, get published (or self-published) and see if I can make some income writing.



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I think that means I could use the hashtag #HitlerWasTheBest and nobody
would complain because it is just a hashtag.

Klara Hitler? What did she do that was so great?



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Al wrote to Accession <=-

Second time I've seen someone say this. What's wrong with the
origin? It looks normal to me.

When the poster damn near freaked out on someone for posting political stuff ends their message with #VoteBlue, they continued the politics themselves. A pot meet kettle, kind of thing.

They didn't "end their message" with #VoteBlue, it was part of the
origin line not a statement anyone was making.

As you well know, the origin line is configured to whatever you want it
to be. It's just as much a part of the message as ... the message. You
know all of this, and choose to argue about it anyway.



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Dmxrob wrote to Accession <=-

* Origin: Off the Wall - St. Peters, Missouri - #VoteBlue (21:4/142)

While I was reading your message, I was actually in the process of
agreeing with you.

Then I read your Origin line, and the credibility of your message went right out the window. :(

Oh yes, let's equate calling people names with common hashtags. That
way you can feel better about normalizing hate speech.

Who was calling anyone names?

* Origin: Off the Wall - St. Peters, Missouri - LGBTQ+You (21:4/142)

So, you change it, but *STILL* can't help but put some controversial
(indeed political) words in there, can you?

Come on, quit trying to fan the flames with your passive-agressive
tactics. If you can't do that, please go away.



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poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Al <=-

They didn't "end their message" with #VoteBlue, it was part of the origin line not a statement anyone was making.

The sysop certainly was making it, on a decidedly apolitical message network.

Absolutely correct.



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poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Dmxrob <=-

Re: Re: Hiring Practices
By: Dmxrob to Accession on Sun Jan 04 2026 05:13 pm

Oh yes, let's equate calling people names with common hashtags. That way yo can feel better about normalizing hate speech.

Wow. Just, wow. From what I recall, there was no name calling. To make
the jump to hate speech seems unmerited.

Agreed. This guy (?) is really something.



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They didn't "end their message" with #VoteBlue, it was part of the
origin line not a statement anyone was making.

As you well know, the origin line is configured to whatever you want it
to be.

Of course. And someone included the #VoteBlue hashtag in theirs. So what?

It's just as much a part of the message as ... the message. You
know all of this, and choose to argue about it anyway.

It's not been discussed by anyone. It's not been thrown at anyone.

You are offended by it and I am not. Oh well.

Feel free to netmail me if you want to hear my further comments but I am happy to drop it.

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Al wrote to Gamgee <=-

They didn't "end their message" with #VoteBlue, it was part of the
origin line not a statement anyone was making.

As you well know, the origin line is configured to whatever you want it
to be.

Of course. And someone included the #VoteBlue hashtag in theirs. So
what?

So, it's a political statement, which isn't allowed here. Stop
pretending you don't realize that.

It's just as much a part of the message as ... the message. You
know all of this, and choose to argue about it anyway.

It's not been discussed by anyone. It's not been thrown at anyone.

There've been several messages in here about it. Stop pretending you
don't see them.

You are offended by it and I am not. Oh well.

Offended isn't the correct word, but whatever.

Feel free to netmail me if you want to hear my further comments but I
am happy to drop it.

No point in that, as you're dug in and won't listen anyway. No need to
reply, as I'm done with this. You and your "pal" both reflect a common
trait of those who #VoteBlue - "Rules for Thee, but not for Me".



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Of course. And someone included the #VoteBlue hashtag in theirs. So
what?

So, it's a political statement, which isn't allowed here. Stop
pretending you don't realize that.

Life is full of politics and political things. No one is discussing politics here.

It's not been discussed by anyone. It's not been thrown at anyone.

There've been several messages in here about it. Stop pretending you
don't see them.

Just the ones you keep posting. Even today, no one is discussing politics.

You are offended by it and I am not. Oh well.

Offended isn't the correct word, but whatever.

Well then what is it?

Feel free to netmail me if you want to hear my further comments but I
am happy to drop it.

No point in that, as you're dug in and won't listen anyway.

I am listening. I am not bending to your will.

No need to reply, as I'm done with this.

I hope so.

You and your "pal" both reflect a common trait of those who #VoteBlue - "Rules for Thee, but not for Me".

Just so you know I don't have much of a concept of "#VoteBlue" or "#VoteRed" or any other color. I have not put any rules on you.

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week. I've done 30-day NANOWRIMOs before, with the intention of getting
a practical first rough draft, this challenge aims to have a complete
book in 90 days.

My resolution this year is to write consistently, get published (or self-published) and see if I can make some income writing.

Nice!

I did a single NaNoWriMo, but as a two-person writing thing to make it less intimidating.

And it was neat to get the story written, though I never got past a few chapters in when trying to edit it afterward. I occasionally think about doing more with it.

But your goals seem reasonable enough, and more importantly, the system you're aiming for seems good.

I have no idea on the money-making side of things, but it seems like you'll accomplish a lot regardless of whether or not you make a cent.

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As you well know, the origin line is configured to whatever you want it
to be. It's just as much a part of the message as ... the message. You know all of this, and choose to argue about it anyway.

And he continues to do so after claiming he is letting it go.

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Who was calling anyone names?

To be fair, I believe the initial instigator, Dr What, may have called
some folks names. Most of us have not been, though.

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Feel free to netmail me if you want to hear my further comments but I am happ to drop it.

You claimed you were doing so several days ago and, yet, here you still
are.

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Feel free to netmail me if you want to hear my further comments but I am happ >> to drop it.

You claimed you were doing so several days ago and, yet, here you still
are.

Gamgee posted to me and I answered. Just like now, you posted to me and I am replying to you.

I will drop this thread now regardless of who is posting to who. If you want to discuss it futher netmail works.

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MIKE POWELL wrote to GAMGEE <=-

As you well know, the origin line is configured to whatever you want it
to be. It's just as much a part of the message as ... the message. You know all of this, and choose to argue about it anyway.

And he continues to do so after claiming he is letting it go.

Yep. I'm done with the troll now, he resides in the twit filter.

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Hahaha! #WeWantGreenland


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Re: Re: Hiring Practices
By: Gamgee to Al on Sun Jan 11 2026 10:21:09

It's just as much a part of the message as ... the message.

Only in that it's attached to the message, just like tag lines are. They have no connection to the message body.
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Re: Re: Hiring Practices
By: Gamgee to Dmxrob on Sun Jan 11 2026 10:21:09

Come on, quit trying to fan the flames with your passive-agressive
tactics. If you can't do that, please go away.

... Ignorance can be cured. Stupid is forever.

Funny that tag line should show up with your post.
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Mortar M. wrote to Gamgee <=-

Re: Re: Hiring Practices
By: Gamgee to Al on Sun Jan 11 2026 10:21:09

It's just as much a part of the message as ... the message.

Only in that it's attached to the message, just like tag lines are.
They have no connection to the message body.

In the full context of this "conversation", which was the protesting of something deemed "political" - for the poster to have that "hashtag" in
his origin line, was a very political statement. Thus it was part of
the message/conversation. It's quite obvious, really.




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Mortar M. wrote to Gamgee <=-

Re: Re: Hiring Practices
By: Gamgee to Dmxrob on Sun Jan 11 2026 10:21:09

Come on, quit trying to fan the flames with your passive-agressive
tactics. If you can't do that, please go away.

... Ignorance can be cured. Stupid is forever.

Funny that tag line should show up with your post.

Glad you liked it.

Funny that you feel the need to keep changing the subject line, too.




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