Today I'd normally be at work, but I had the day off due to the Dragon Boat Festival. There was a power cut in my neighborhood all afternoon, so I spent it laid back up in a tree at the park reading Conrad's "Heart Of Darkness" whilst the dogs slept below among the tree roots. I should do that more often.
Later... With no electricity and hence no internet, what was I missing? This, Iowahawk's hilarious satirization of the Weinergate nonsense in the style of a vaguely Raymond Chandler-esque pulp comic. Choice quote:
"My name is Rather. And I'm a dick."
Totally out of context, but I've become a "troll" as well, evidently. Just proves what I've been saying: one is worthy of some when and only when they agree, either silently or vocally. Once they have a dissenting opinion--and a pretty strong one at that--not the least bit of irony is to be tolerated.
ReplyDeleteIt appears you and I are now in the same boat when it comes to another Mike we both know. . . .
"...one is worthy of some when and only when they agree, either silently or vocally..."
ReplyDeleteI saw the exchange at Turton's place, but - I'm not entirely sure what you're saying here Nathan... have you been banned, or are you just commenting on the responses you got?
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ReplyDeleteYou got banned from Facebook, or a Facebook group?
ReplyDeleteI'm not aware of any group that Michael Turton hosts. I suspect Nathan is referring to Michael Turton's profile. It's absurd, because Turton publishes all sorts of nonsense and things in reply to what I say on my status updates/links. He apparently never subscribed to the theory that those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. But then, I wouldn't want to live in a glass house anyway. Still, I don't censor comments, unless they are really unnecessarily sensitive, in a more personal way. I know you don't feel the same way, Michael, because you once actually censored a comment when I was writing in defense. Not that you needed any defending, but that's beside the point.
ReplyDelete"I know you don't feel the same way, Michael, because you once actually censored a comment when I was writing in defense."
ReplyDeleteYes, and you know why I did that because I explained it to you at the time; that comment was deleted because it was way out of proportion - in my estimation, if not in yours.
But you're certainly not banned.
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ReplyDeleteNathan,
ReplyDeletePresumably you mean he (Turton, right?) blocked you from viewing his Facebook page.
I'm curious; what was so "nasty" about the email he sent you?
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ReplyDelete"Using his own information against him, ridiculing him at his own place..."
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong with any of that in my book.
"Oh, and something about hiding behind a progressive facade..."
Oh that's probably his prelude to calling you a member of the "neoliberal illuminati" or some other moonshine club.