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2019-02-19 at 10:38 PM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years.
Originally posted by MORALLY SUPERIOR BEING V: A Cat-Girl/Boy Under Every Bed The universe is laid out in such a way that any sort of absolutism, even free speech absolutism, is bad. Life is full of judgements, decisions and hard choices.
Exactly.
I even explicitly mentioned that my support of finny's ban wasn't easy.
This shit gets complicated in the edge cases.
But all the same, I stand by my ultimately conclusion, and same with Lanny',s -
2019-02-19 at 10:32 PM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years.Okay, serious question time...
I brought this point up earlier in this thread, but it's worth repeating...
If I came to your house and starting yelling shit from the sidewalk... Are you honestly telling me you wouldn't become annoyed to the point that you'd eventually try to silence me?
There's free speech, and then there's spam.
There is a distinction.
And to whoever the fuck is behind infinityshock, congratulations, because you are officially the first person to force me to make such a distinction in such an edge case scenario. -
2019-02-19 at 10:26 PM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years.
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2019-02-19 at 10:25 PM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years.
Originally posted by Obbe Did his comments ever cause someone harm? Did his speech force itself to penetrate your brain?
That's a slipper slope to start sliding down… maybe the man will some day decide that your speech is to hateful to exist and they will exterminate you too.
Please don't get me into the whole slippery slope argument.
Man, I have spent WAY TOO MUCH time debating in my own mind (while waiting at a bus stop, or standing in line at the grocery store, etc) contemplating THAT EXACT ISSUE regarding all of this...
But finny, was, ultimately, BREAKING THE RULES.
There are so few rules here that it's kind of a special accomplishment to get yourself banned here.
I'm not trying to argue that banning finny is an easy thing to do. But we HAVE TO DRAW A LINE SOMEWHERE.
How can we prove quality of a post?
How can we prove spam?
How can we prove anything?
We can't.
So administrators have to make judgment calls.
And, no matter what anybody says, I stand by Lanny's call.
And not out of some kind of brownnosing BS. But because I know what it's like to host a website, and I know that I would have likely done THE EXACT SAME THING if I were in his position and I had my own infinityshock. -
2019-02-19 at 10:21 PM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years.
Originally posted by -SpectraL One thing I think we can all agree on is that Lanny is indeed the bag guy in all of this.
The thing is, I don't think I can (at least immediately) agree on that.
I mean, think about the fact that you (and SO MANY others here) are able to talk about how shitty an administrator Lanny is.
How do you know immediately see the hypocrisy of likening him to some kind of fascist dictator? -
2019-02-19 at 10:18 PM UTC in Cocaine Nitrate
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2019-02-19 at 10:14 PM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years.
Originally posted by -SpectraL Not liking someone is not justification for a ban. If that were fair, that would mean anyone else could ban YOU or have YOU banned just because they didn't like you and walk away happy.
It's not simply about not liking him.
I don't know how I can make this any clearer in just plain old words in a post here, but...
WellHung, at one point, seemed to absolutely loathe me. I couldn't figure out why, but you know what? I didn't try to get him banned. I just played back by dissing him. What else could I have done?
Phantasmagoria is like... the guy checks every fucking box on the "reasons to dislike someone" checklist, but I would NEVER stand for him being banned.
I 100% stand by the right for people to state any kind of opinion from among the following:
1. jedis are operating some kind of conspiracy.
2. Black people are genetically inferior.
3. Sex with young children should be legalized.
4. NUKE EVERTHING!
I just don't care about WHAT someone is saying... it's more about HOW OBNOXIOUSLY they're saying it.
Infinnityshock, AND ONLY infinityshock, has actually reached a point that that I found myself having to consider potential limitations on free speech. -
2019-02-19 at 10:07 PM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years.In OVER TWENTY YEARS... Finny is the first person to make me actually question if 'free speech' should be absolute or not.
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2019-02-19 at 10:06 PM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years....
I have definitely considered the potential scenario wherein I am that last person left who has:
1. The interest (and thus incentive/motivation) to keep the dream going.
2. The technological know-how.
3. The resources to pay the monthly server fees.
I may be stuck with the burden of creating Totse's FOURTH iteration (I'm not counting DFG's site, not out of a lack of respect to him, but because this one seems to have "won" against his for whatever reason).
And, when considering infinityshock (AND INTINITYSHOCK ALONE!), I have started to fear such a responsibility. -
2019-02-19 at 10:03 PM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years.
Originally posted by -SpectraL Infinityshock is a part of that heritage, too. He's been along for the entire ride, just like us. That alone deserves some respect.
Today I'm just gonna take your word for it. I don't want to spark another debate.
But at least respect my opinion, as a friend, I do not like finny's posts, and, more importantly, his CURRENT posting is not even on par with the shoe spammers.
I'm so trying to avoid another debate right now.
But, this whole Finny vs Lanny thing is... GOD DAMN it's just petty and unnecessary. SHIT I'm trying to get my buzz on and have a good time, but it's hard not to take an opinion in all of this.
It's LITERALLY dividing this site apart.
It might one day be the reason for its termination.
In fact... (continuing in a next post, because longer posts are less likely to be read, and what I'm about to say is kind of important). -
2019-02-19 at 9:57 PM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years.
Originally posted by -SpectraL Well, that's the picture that the divide & conquer tyrannical globalists have painted for everyone so vividly, so that's understandable. The good news is you're onto it. They're born/pushed into a life of poverty, so they have no choice but to survive somehow.
You know, I like you SpectraL.
I'm still not sure I believe you when you said you aren't infinityshock, but whatever the case, I like you.
Also, look around at how few people remain from the golden years.
We need to keep Totse alive. I feel like an old dummy stuck in the past when I talk about that kinda stuff, but I know that you're someone who gets it. -
2019-02-19 at 9:52 PM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years.
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2019-02-19 at 9:51 PM UTC in Our idiot presidentGod damn I hate politics.
You people need to take a lesson from the book of gadzooks...
Voting is for squares.
Keeping up to date on current events is for squares.
Caring about shit is for squares.
By the way, vote for Gadzooks, 2024. -
2019-02-19 at 9:47 PM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years.
Originally posted by -SpectraL You don't care for jungle women, I see.
I feel like such a prick because I IMMEDIATELY assumed you meant black women, and was about to be like... "Dude, my longest relationship was with a black chick."
But then I realized how wrong it was to jump from "jungle women" to black women.
Damn.
If by jungle chick you just mean feral and wild and possibly raised by wolves and all that... Sure, I'm won't discriminate. I might hit that.
But she would have to shave the pits, though.
I don't even care that much about V-hair. Arm pits, though... Gotta shave that shit. -
2019-02-19 at 9:43 PM UTC in Tax Season is Best Season
Originally posted by -SpectraL For sure they use security inks and fibers on the checks, and they do scan for that, but that number is also scannable and linked into the database. They know about every single bogus check, even if you use the same paper and the same inks.
Yeah definitely.
I even worked at a cheque cashing place after all of this, and there I learned even more.
They update their security procedures to keep up with all the latest scams. -
2019-02-19 at 9:40 PM UTC in Hottest 2004 cam girl
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2019-02-19 at 9:38 PM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years.Or Hanukkah card list...
Do they do cards?
I don't know if they do cards? -
2019-02-19 at 9:37 PM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years.Boner obliterated.
She's no longer on the Christmas card list, or on my late-night imagination-only-based jerk off sessions list for that matter. -
2019-02-19 at 9:36 PM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years.Is that even real? Please tell me it's photoshopped.
WTF?
Is this some kind of "True Feminist" badge of honor? -
2019-02-19 at 9:35 PM UTC in I've come to appreciate Finny over the years.
