Undercurrent

<Cheezy British Accent> Brah-VO Holmes! Well done old boy. </Cheezy British Accent>

I must say, I've been stuck at home all day with a bit of a cold, and with all of the good TV shows preempted for Easter shit, this little bit of intrigue really lent some drama to a day that would otherwise be tragically dull. When I read that stanza, I actually, out loud, with no one else in the house, made that "oooooh" noise that people make when someone gets found out.

Thank you, Christian Forums, for brightening my day.

GySgt... in the ball room... with the lead pipe. LMAO.

(and I know it's shadenfreude, but damn, that's some good shadenfreude)

crazyfingers

I was told by The Bear in a PM not to mention that Outspoken/LB are the same.

Sauren was warned for it.

pz

If it's any consolation, he wasn't saying anything against god: just against women, minorities, and country western music.

I suspect it might be the last one that damns him worst among his fellow fundamentalists.

seebs

What the hell? I've talked about it repeatedly, and never been harassed. I got one PM politely warning me that I might be stepping in a rat's nest, but since I didn't accuse him of any sinister motives, just pointed out my charitable interpretation, Nothing Happened.

That's sort of suspicious. I will bring it up in the Complaints forum.

seebs

To many of us, statements against women and minorities are arguably statements against God.

Of course, there's always the "parody" defense, which I am obliged to use quite frequently. The fact that I haven't been struck down by lightning suggests that God accepts it, or that He's a poor shot.

(If you're reading this post, it worked again.)

p.s.: In an amusing twist of fate, I was unable to submit this post the first two times I tried, and unable to view the thread to see if it submitted correctly, because "the server is too busy". He's got a sense of humor, doesn't He!

Jobar

I suspect that if a mod here at II had tried a similar trick, they would rapidly lose their mod status. Wonder what'll happen to gunny? I'd like to read the conversation in the CF Admin's forum when this gets back to them!

pz

Why are you surprised? You are a christian. Different rules apply.

By the way, have you ever stopped to consider that perhaps "charitable interpretations" are not entirely appropriate when confronted with blatant hate and homophobia? Or is it just another case of special rules for christians?

Gurdur

It wasn't all that long ago a mod from here did try pulling off a similar trick.
It was not well received here, but he stayed a mod.

seebs

That does indeed surprise me. Different rules should not apply.

(edited twice for typos)

Hey, I still think it's entirely possible that Starboy is just playing with us. I try to assume the best about people until I know otherwise; I try exceptionally hard to do this with people I have trouble getting along with, because I know they are the people I am most likely to be biased against.

Admittedly, hate is one of the things that most strongly satisfies the general rule that evil taints; people who hate tend to become evil in other ways. However, I still try to avoid generalizing from such things; there are people who are basically decent, save for one nasty streak.

pz

Yes, he was rebuked by an admin and other users here. What he also did that has not been done by GnySgt was to admit to the inappropriateness of his actions and publicly apologize.

If he'd tried the stonewall and denial stunt we're seeing here, he wouldn't be a mod. It's arguable whether he'd be here at all today.