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Re: Off-site discussion of BetterMost posts
« Reply #220 on: August 02, 2009, 12:44:18 am »
Good point, Bailey.  If they're having such a glorious time over at the Retereat, why come over here?  I'm not trying to chase people away, I'm just trying to understand.

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Re: Off-site discussion of BetterMost posts
« Reply #221 on: August 02, 2009, 01:07:58 am »
Hey crayons, :)  ... is your avatar a painting?  From the teeny weeny picture I can see, it looks really good  :D... did you paint it?

Thank you, Susie!  :)  My avatar is a picture of mountains -- drawn in crayons! I didn't draw it, though. I found it on the web.


but that isn't really the issue, the issue is the effects on the discussion forum when posts are deleted or modified because someone, somewhere found the post irksome or offensive or annoying. what this type of "censorship" does is to trivialize the discussions, and create an impression of unfairness and one-sidedness.

Eye of the beholder, brokeplex. Lots of people thought that it was the irksome, offensive and annoying posts themselves that trivialized the discussions and created an atmosphere of hostility and unpleasantness.

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and censoring or modifying posts on a personal blog is a different kettle of fish than doing the same thing on the public forum. it did not pass notice that some of the members on Bettemost made an attempt to hijack some of the private blogs. in fact that happened on Wally and Beve's Room, and HK stopped that quickly. I might not have deleted as extensively as he did, but I agreed with his actions.

The incidents that I referred to in which my posts were deleted from a blog (not W&B's Room) were not attempts to hijack the blog, but simply a post or two I made attempting to set the record straight when my own posts, on other threads, were misquoted and misrepresented. Apparently accuracy was not a primary concern when it's more fun to ridicule and mock. But that's all water under the bridge. It barely mattered then, and not at all now.

Like I said, everybody's happy now, and it's all good.


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Re: Off-site discussion of BetterMost posts
« Reply #222 on: August 02, 2009, 03:02:48 am »
why come over here? 

Because some of the people here are actually reasonable adults with something valuable to offer. Some of the others are a pain in my ass.
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Re: Off-site discussion of BetterMost posts
« Reply #223 on: August 02, 2009, 05:57:55 am »
I've modified Milo's early morning post. Thanks to those who complied with my request not to react to the taunts.

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Re: Off-site discussion of BetterMost posts
« Reply #224 on: August 02, 2009, 06:30:05 am »
I responded to Milo's post above and then I read on to get to Roland's mod post.

I am altering my post accordingly -for now.

However, if the post is left as is, it's only fair that people are allowed to respond, IMO.

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Re: Off-site discussion of BetterMost posts
« Reply #225 on: August 02, 2009, 10:12:00 am »

I like it  :D


I like it too. I'd love to see the drawing full-size.  :D
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Re: Off-site discussion of BetterMost posts
« Reply #226 on: August 02, 2009, 10:29:33 am »
Thank you, Susie and Kerry!  :-* :-* Here it is. Reminded me a little of BBM.






I used to draw in crayons, myself. I mean, seriously (LOL), when I was in my early 20s. I remember doing a picture in blues of a nude couple standing in water, and then another one of Adam from the Sistine chapel ceiling that I handed in to my college drawing class when we were assigned to make our own version of a famous Renaissance painting. I figured, mine won't be the best picture (most of the other students were real artists, whereas I was sort of a moderately talented amateur), but damn it, mine will be the only one done in crayons.





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Re: Off-site discussion of BetterMost posts
« Reply #227 on: August 02, 2009, 10:40:59 am »
Thank you, Susie and Kerry!  :-* :-* Here it is. Reminded me a little of BBM.


I used to draw in crayons, myself. I mean, seriously (LOL), when I was in my early 20s. I remember doing a picture in blues of a nude couple standing in water, and then another one of Adam from the Sistine chapel ceiling that I handed in to my college drawing class when we were assigned to make our own version of a famous Renaissance painting. I figured, mine won't be the best picture (most of the other students were real artists, whereas I was sort of a moderately talented amateur), but damn it, mine will be the only one done in crayons.


It's beautiful, Katherine. I love the use of colour. And yes, it is very reminiscent of ole Brokeback.  :D
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Re: Off-site discussion of BetterMost posts
« Reply #228 on: August 02, 2009, 12:37:40 pm »

 I love it .... and if you look at it differently, it could also be a view of a very choppy the sea looking down through one of the coves in Cornwall  :) ... I'll have to get my talented daughter to try her hand at crayons ...I'm sure she'd do wonders with them  :D

Definitely. They're great -- cheap, easily accessible, easy to control, lots of lovely colors.

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Do you still draw Katherine?

No. I used to draw constantly as a kid, mostly pencil. In my teens, I did oil and acrylics, in my 20s, watercolor. But that was all BK (before kids). I haven't done anything like that in years on years, but now that they're getting old enough to amuse themselves (most of the time, anyway) I should get back to it!




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Re: Off-site discussion of BetterMost posts
« Reply #229 on: August 02, 2009, 12:45:42 pm »
You should get back to it Katherine.

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