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Originally Posted by tracilicious
That doesn't change the fact that he said some pretty acidic things about Kevy and ML. If he didn't mean those things, he should post and say so. If he did, he should back up what he said. That's pretty uncool.
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Yeah, well, the thing is I did mean those things. Those are things I would not have said in polite company had I not been punk'd like I fell off the turnip truck just yesterday.
I will be glad if GD's jaw is feeling better today, but I will also admit my immaturity in relishing his pain for a while yesterday.
Once I found out it was a joke, I was monumentally pissed ... for all of five minutes. Then I laughed and laughed and laughed, and could not help but admire the diabolical genius of the plot.
It turned out, though, that the plot was not as genius-inspired as I was at first led to believe, and that far too many consequences were unintended and negligently unanticipated.
By hacking the boards themselves, putting out a phoney story that Scott and Kevy had been banned, and then letting the two of them post maniacally all day - the plotters in effect fingered the two saps for hacking the boards. This was, imo, not a cool thing to do to any of our members.
Especially if you're not going to let one particularly hot-tempered moderator in on the "joke."
I love mischief and I live for humour, but I've seen way too many pranks in my day go too far or have unintended bad results. In this case, in defense of the message board that I have a duty to moderate, I went off on two members who had been set up to take the fall -- and I said things that are true in my heart, but that I would
never have said to either of them had I not perceived an attack on this message board and on the friends who would have to toil to fix any real hack. Needless to say, I feel a bit betrayed by those who would have to toil to fix any real hack. I appreciate the joke, but it's the last time I will come to the defense of any above-and-beyond work they have to do around here.
And yeah, now it's out in the open that I really don't like Kevin, and that I think Scott is a little too mentally unbalanced for my tastes. I find it completely believable that Scott would freak out about SacTown and go on a madness binge, and that Kevy would be an asshole of the 9th degree. I could have gone on indefinitely being tactful and civil to them in the social circles we all share, but that's over now. Feelings have been hurt, and I take real offense at the April Fool's plot that, funny as it was, went way too far (imo).