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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:19 am Post subject: |
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Liza's pretty feisty today. |
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lizakova is shinying up her life. Kitty Guardian
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:32 am Post subject: |
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mchicken wrote: | Liza's pretty feisty today. |
We need that "grace is a bitch" emoticon back. |
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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:39 am Post subject: |
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lizakova wrote: | mchicken wrote: | Liza's pretty feisty today. |
We need that "grace is a bitch" emoticon back. |
Yeah. I sent a response but I believe I forgot to reply-all and just sent it to David Glasser. So I just filtered his email to the trash in case he replies. And of course the class of '07's default settings do not include saving sent messages, and also we can't change the preferences for that to save sent mail, so I can't send a copy to the whole list.
Basically I pointed out that the press reports the story it sets out to report, and that you should be free to use your judgment about commenting...so don't talk about sexual assault but do talk about cats.
I do think, however, that we all knew that the press were there to do the story of the assault, so that part of your argument was a bit flimsy. They probably get copies of those MIT police bulletins or whatever and stopped by. |
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lizakova is shinying up her life. Kitty Guardian
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:54 am Post subject: |
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mchicken wrote: | I do think, however, that we all knew that the press were there to do the story of the assault, so that part of your argument was a bit flimsy. They probably get copies of those MIT police bulletins or whatever and stopped by. |
That's the very heart of my argument, though. I didn't know that the press was there because of the assault story. I only read the first in the series of emails about the police bulletin, which said that some guy attempted to break into some people's rooms on Saturday night, but nothing about sexual assault per se. It's perfectly valid to caution Senior House residents against revealing details of an assault investigation to reporters. Such a message could have said something along the lines of, "The MIT police are currently conducting an investigation involving an assault that allegedly took place at Senior House recently, and there are currently reporters outside asking questions about the incident. If you do choose to talk to them, please be respectful of the privacy of the victim and the sensitive nature of the investigation." That's a reasonable request, since obviously someone who's just been assaulted has a right to privacy. The emails that were sent out, though, went something like this, "OMG REPORTERS!!! Run! They're evil, don't talk to them!!!!" That's exactly the kind attitude that doesn't help the assault victim. Senior House's stance should be that we acknowledge the presence of a serious situation but that it's a sensitive and private matter and thus should be discussed with discretion to reporters if at all, not that we deny anything happening at Senior House ever and don't you dare ask. |
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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:59 am Post subject: |
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I think you should have just sent that paragraph you just wrote instead of what you actually sent, then. Because this is better. |
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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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How could you possibly think that replying to a Senior House flame war would be a good idea? |
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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:25 pm Post subject: |
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kallie wrote: | How could you possibly think that replying to a Senior House flame war would be a good idea? |
Sometimes you're pushed to the edge and you have to jump off. |
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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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mchicken wrote: | kallie wrote: | How could you possibly think that replying to a Senior House flame war would be a good idea? |
Sometimes you're pushed to the edge and you have to jump off. |
And then...
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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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So...no. Do you need a rabbit section of the forums? |
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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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mchicken wrote: | So...no. Do you need a rabbit section of the forums? |
Yes please.
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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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Sigh.
I feel like the DOOMCom forums are better than this.
Should I just replace all of her rabbit picture posts with "Edit: [Rabbit Picture Removed]" ? |
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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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mchicken wrote: | Sigh.
I feel like the DOOMCom forums are better than this.
Should I just replace all of her rabbit picture posts with "Edit: [Rabbit Picture Removed]" ? |
That doesn't really feel like your style. |
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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah but neither are those pictures. I loathe all pictures of that type, and all non-words internet bullshit like that. |
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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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mchicken wrote: | Yeah but neither are those pictures. I loathe all pictures of that type, and all non-words internet bullshit like that. |
But they're so cute! You monster. |
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lugo is unable to remember his password. Such an Aries
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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mchicken wrote: | Sigh.
I feel like the DOOMCom forums are better than this.
Should I just replace all of her rabbit picture posts with "Edit: [Rabbit Picture Removed]" ? |
Yes.
Can you find that chair emoticon that used to be used by... was it Mr. Werbos? That chair was awesome. |
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