GRRRRR- this crap pisses me off

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I have a better idea. Move the long-standing Prop 8 thread from the Parking Lot into the Daily Grind.

It's been nearly 6 months since there was any inappropriate communications in that thread. Keeping it in the Parking Lot makes it seem as if gay rights discussions are too controversial by their very nature and/or should not be read by non-members lest anyone get the wrong impression of the LoT.

That kinda reeks of mousepad-think. I'm sure that's not the motivation for keeping in there on the LoT ... rather, I'm pretty sure it's just that no one's bothered to move it back where it belongs because no one's really thought about it.

Well, now I'm asking that be considered.

Thanks.

In which case I petition for access to both- because I want to scream and yell about this.

[Alex]

Edited to remove origional.


Never mind. Me has undeveloped reading comprehension skills.

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by Alex

Edited to remove origional.


Never mind. Me has undeveloped reading comprehension skills.

I referred to the Parking Lot only due to the fact that I was not discussing political aspects- I was just yelling about it at this point.

I am all for this moving to the Daily Grind-but I want to be able to access it.

[Strangler Lewis]

Funny story about how out-of-control heterosexuality killed my uncle during World War II. The set-up is how, like my father, he escaped Germany as a refugee, coming over here by himself on a ship as part of the American equivalent of the kindertransport program. When the war started, he was drafted and served in the Pacific. He survived that and was stationed in the Pacific as part of the army of occupation. One night, two drunken American servicemen set fire to a geisha house to drive out a couple of girls they had a beef with. They started shooting into the gathering crowd. One of the bullets hit my uncle and killed him.

Okay, maybe that's not so funny. The funny part is how the story evolved as it was told to me as I grew up:

"Your uncle died in the war."
"Your uncle was killed in a USO station."
"Your uncle was killed in a USO station by drunken American soldiers."
Then the current version.

The events were somewhat notable because the two soldiers were sentenced to hang but President Truman commuted their sentences to life in prison, an event that merited a paragraph in the New York Times. I'm not sure, but I think Truman did this because the two soldiers were black, and he didn't want the memory of a recent hanging over a poor Jewish refugee to gum up his plans to integrate the army.

One of these days, I've got to research that assumption at the Truman library. I would hope I'd learn that the rest of the story was that my uncle was actually running out of the geisha house. From what I understand, it would not have been out of character.

[Alex]

No, no. Everything was perfectly clear. I just had a brain fart and wrote something that made no sense at all.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Whether or not it's been months since anything inappropriate was posted in the Prop. 8 thread doesn't enter into it. By moving the thread, a casual visitor to this site, looking up, say, references to a favorite product, can then access postings that should remain in-family. To someone reading them for the first time, all posts are current.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

Whether or not it's been months since anything inappropriate was posted in the Prop. 8 thread doesn't enter into it. By moving the thread, a casual visitor to this site, looking up, say, references to a favorite product, can then access postings that should remain inTo someone reading them for the first time, all posts are current.

But if wendy's right, and that isn't the thread that got nasty, then there's no harm in moving it where it's more appropriate.


Doesn't much matter. Prop 8 blowback is pretty old news. I'll just start a general gay rights thread in the Daily Grind and see if it sticks.

Neph's thread just reminded me how quasi-insulting I find it having to post any gay rights thoughts in the Parking Lot.

[Snowflake]

I thought The Parking Lot was to keep spiders and such from trolling stuff, as well as keeping the non-swank discussions our of the swank threads.

[Alex]

You're saying MousePad when you mean MiceChat. MousePad does not have any forums that require membership to view.

[Nephythys]

Micechat-

-but I did not start this to diss other sites. I also only posted it in the Lounge because some years back I was less inclined to play nice in those forums-so I do not have access to them. Lately I have been wanting to discuss these issues- and have not been able to.

This one popped my cork though-

If it stays here- great- let's talk about it. If not, I want to still be able to access and add to it.