tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post2267995790539699556..comments2023-10-08T05:13:18.117-07:00Comments on wikifray: Is blogging like baseball?WikiFrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07420433870074751645noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-58202796785922339462007-03-19T12:09:00.000-07:002007-03-19T12:09:00.000-07:00TK: As lord of this thread, I hereby declare you e...TK: As lord of this thread, I hereby declare you exonerated (as if my replying to your original comment wasn't exoneration enough).Claude Scaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13183579833702456213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-85539308923898958542007-03-19T09:45:00.000-07:002007-03-19T09:45:00.000-07:00{Gasp!}I have to plead Threadslaughter, your honor...{Gasp!}<BR/>I have to plead Threadslaughter, your honor - I was just reaching for an (awkward) analogy! I never meant any harm to the thread, honest!TenaciousKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329335294478431462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-25043965182226788112007-03-19T09:35:00.000-07:002007-03-19T09:35:00.000-07:00Well, for this discussion, I think it would be hel...Well, for this discussion, I think it would be helpful if we stipulate that threadjacking is an offense on roughly the same moral plane as murder, since each post is a piece of someone's life, and you are essentailly nullifying it. <BR/><BR/>"Threadjacking" is probably therefore too mild a term, since it brings to mind lesser crimes like hijacking and carjackings, as well as innocuous activites such as jacking up a car to change a tire. Perhaps "threadicide" would be more appropriate.<BR/><BR/>That being the case, I think your guilt became apparent with the mentioning of LaRouche and Obama, since there is no public arcrimony between them, and could not help but lead the discussion toward whether LaRouche in fact does hate Obama, and how we would know if he did.JohnMcGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476537916134121570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-38075276930752353112007-03-19T09:11:00.000-07:002007-03-19T09:11:00.000-07:00Uhm, I'm fine with that, John. Going in that vein...Uhm, I'm fine with that, John. Going in that vein, my questions are - at what point did I threadjack (it certainly seems as though we've crossed that line now, but at what point did we cross it?), is this a bad thing, and do I demonstrate poor blogging etiquette?<BR/><BR/>I guess I always figured responses - whether marginally relevant, misguided, contrary, or whatever - are a good thing. I mean, I wasn't trying to undermine what Claude was saying.<BR/><BR/>Did I?TenaciousKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329335294478431462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-68007264249751976602007-03-19T08:53:00.000-07:002007-03-19T08:53:00.000-07:00Just for argument's sake, let's condier the possib...Just for argument's sake, let's condier the possibility that TK <I>did</I> jack this thread....JohnMcGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476537916134121570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-3912041148326715182007-03-19T08:02:00.000-07:002007-03-19T08:02:00.000-07:00Oh Topazz, I wasn't offended or anything - just cu...Oh Topazz, I wasn't offended or anything - just curious about whether I was violating blogger etiquette (if there is such a thing). I'd want to know, you know [where's Schad when you need him?].TenaciousKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329335294478431462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-89437485951290418922007-03-19T02:53:00.000-07:002007-03-19T02:53:00.000-07:00TK, No, no, no! Never meant you (or Claude) - I a...TK, <BR/><BR/>No, no, no! Never meant you (or Claude) - I apologize if thats how it sounded. I was making (a rather bad) analogy to that Cubs fan who intercepted the baseball a few years back, much to the ire of the whole city of Chicago, I was likening it to a threadjack. And as for the Onion reference, when someone is being bad - are they actually "hateful" - or just being an asshole?<BR/><BR/>Ah, nevermind. I guess Baseball <I>isn't</I> like blogging - there's no question as to the meaning in baseball. It's right there for you to see.topazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379903935323340176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-55081308969982889342007-03-19T01:22:00.000-07:002007-03-19T01:22:00.000-07:00Hmmm, I'm experiencing a moment of concern. Did I...Hmmm, I'm experiencing a moment of concern. Did I jack this thread? If so, that wasn't my intent.<BR/><BR/>Though I am curious, Topazz - what constitutes threadjacking?<BR/><BR/>TK [wondering for a moment if he's been walking around with his fly down...]TenaciousKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329335294478431462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-22343604212747338222007-03-18T20:51:00.000-07:002007-03-18T20:51:00.000-07:00this is the second time this week I've been able t...this is the second time this week I've been able to use <A HREF="http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/man_who_plays_devils" REL="nofollow">this link</A> in a reply. Most all the disagreements I read on the fray there is usually one side deliberately grandstanding for sheer effect.<BR/><BR/>To answer your question claude; Blogging is not always but <I>sometimes</I> like baseball. <BR/><BR/>People secretly like it when the ball hits someone in the stands and knocks them out cold, but they hate it when it looks like you've posted a home run and some idiot goes and intercepts it with a threadjacking reply.topazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379903935323340176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-21050033946313332582007-03-18T19:58:00.000-07:002007-03-18T19:58:00.000-07:00I don't know if LaRouche really hates Obama - I'm ...I don't know if LaRouche really hates Obama - I'm guessing. A guess with some basis, however, though I can't stand to attend to him. My grandmother once gave me one of his books ("The Ugly Truth About the ADL"), which was revelatory in all kinds of ways - mostly about LaRouche, and my grandmother, who donated money to that despicable man.<BR/><BR/>Tattoos and bling aren't going to cut it. Posing on your harley while wearing a wedding dress, however - that might come a little closer to being the kind of offensive we all love to be offended by.TenaciousKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329335294478431462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-5555627778162947932007-03-18T19:27:00.000-07:002007-03-18T19:27:00.000-07:00So I should start considering hair coloring, tatto...So I should start considering hair coloring, tattoos and bling? Sounds like a plan.<BR/><BR/>LaRouche hates Obama? Hadn't heard that, but can't say I'm surprised. I suppose he thinks Obama's splitting heroin profits with Hamid Karzai and Queen Elizabeth.<BR/><BR/>iclxm: I crave lox, Mom.Claude Scaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13183579833702456213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-51831047121910687062007-03-18T19:01:00.000-07:002007-03-18T19:01:00.000-07:00Hate you enough to never miss a day, showing up wi...Hate you enough to never miss a day, showing up without fail to hate you as reliably as Lyndon Larouche hates Barak Obama. Hate you enough to spend hours thinking every day about how much I hate you, and scheme up little ways that I can express my hatred, scrutinizing your every hated word for a fracture in your logic, in which I can insert the wedge of my hatred.<BR/><BR/>Yup - with enough people hating you like that, you could make a career out of being hated. People will pay to hate you - to be graced with even tiny little expositions of yourself, upon which they can vent their spleen, and gnash their teeth in righteous rage.<BR/><BR/>Welcome to the Brave New World of commercialized media. Leave your inhibitions at the door and throw yourself headlong into the stream of sensationalized bile people titillate themselves with. Take a page from Dennis Rodman, or Mike Tyson, and become the anti-hero we crave, so we can make ourselves feel righteous for a little while. Set yourself up, m'boy, and let the games begin!<BR/><BR/>Has OJ started a blog yet?TenaciousKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329335294478431462noreply@blogger.com