Ash Wurthing <ashwurthing@gmail.com> wrote in
news:dfbd874b-4971-4755-962b-d2daee2d7db0n@googlegroups.com:

> On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 12:28:49 PM UTC-4, Cujo
> DeSockpuppet wrote:
>> Michael Pendragon <michaelmalef...@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:f9dc99a9-d78f-488c...@googlegroups.com:
>> > On Friday, September 8, 2023 at 8:37:48 PM UTC-4, Michael Pendr
> agon
>> > wrote:
>> >> On Friday, September 8, 2023 at 4:22:15 PM UTC-4, ME wrote:
>> >> > On Friday, 8 September 2023 at 09:17:34 UTC-4, Michael Pendragon
>> >> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> > > On Thursday, September 7, 2023 at 9:34:22 PM UTC-4, ME wro
> te:
>> >
>> >> > > > On Thursday, 7 September 2023 at 16:54:17 UTC-4, NancyGene
>> >> > > > wrote:
>> >
>> >> > > > > On Thursday, September 7, 2023 at 12:46:56 PM UTC, Mic
> hae
>> > l Pendragon wrote:
>> >> > > > > > On Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 11:43:33 PM UTC-4
> , M
>> > ichael Pendragon wrote:
>> >> > > > > > > On Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 3:44:59 PM UTC-
> 4,
>> > NancyGene wrote:
>> >> > > > > > > > On Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 4:19:03 PM UT
> C,
>> > Ash Wurthing wrote:
>> >> > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 11:29:37 AM
> UT
>> > C-4, Michael Pendragon wrote:
>> >> > > > > > > > > > As part of our ongoing effort to end the
>> >> > > > > > > > > > hostilities at
>> > AAPC, I have drawn up the following treaty, and am urging *all* of
>> > AAPC's members (from both "teams") to agree to it.
>> >> > > > > > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > > > > > Once agreed upon, the following rules will go
>> >> > > > > > > > > > into
>
>> >> > > > > > > > > > effe
>> > ct:
>> >> > > > > > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > > > > > 1) All posts greeting "Jordy" will stop.
>> >> > > > > > > > The posts greeting "Zod," and "Zod" greeting others
>> >> > > > > > > > need to
>> > stop also.
>> >> > > > > > > > > > 2) No "Necroposting" (bumping a "dead" thread by
>> >> > > > > > > > > > thanki
>> > ng someone, again, for a comment they'd made 10 years ago, etc.).
>> >> > > > > > > > "Thank yous" have become an art form of useless
>> >> > > > > > > > posts.
>
>> >> > > > > > > > > > 3) Everyone will limit themselves to a maximum
>> >> > > > > > > > > > of 25 po
>> > sts per day.
>> >> > > > > > > > If the thank yous and greetings were eliminated from
>> >> > > > > > > > certai
>> > n persons' postings, that would bring it down to the 25.
>> >> > > > > > > > > > 4) Will Dockery will be addressed and/or
>> >> > > > > > > > > > referred to on
>> > ly by his name ("Will," "Dockery," "Will Dockery").
>> >> > > > > > > > We already do that.
>> >> > > > > > > > > > 5) All attack posts directed against Will
>> >> > > > > > > > > > Dockery,
>
>> >> > > > > > > > > > his
>> > family and friends will stop.
>> >> > > > > > > > Aww, none of them even grandfathered in?
>> >> > > > > > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > > > > > If accepted, the treaty will go into effect at
>> >> > > > > > > > > > 12am
>
>> >> > > > > > > > > > EST
>> > , September 9, 2023.
>> >> > > > > > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > > > > > I would like everyone who is willing to
>> >> > > > > > > > > > participate
>
>> >> > > > > > > > > > to
>> > state their agreement in this thread.
>> >> > > > > > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > > > > > I shall be the first to accept these terms.
>> >> > > > > > > > > > Michael M. Pendragon
>> >> > > > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > > > > Team Ash will consider this impossibility, and as
>> >> > > > > > > > > a gestu
>> > re will temporarily cease its hell fire-- easy to do since Ash is
>> > focusing on previous commitments he set aside to come here. They
>> > hadn't replaced me, it's hard to find someone who does creativity
>> > and
>
>> > also manage it. Poor Will could had been in on it, it involves
>> > comics,
>
>> > a major Internet project with stocks share to boot.
>> >> > > > > > > > > Ash already doesn't say hello to Jordy (that's
>> >> > > > > > > > > Will's
>
>> >> > > > > > > > > doi
>> > ng using poor Jordy the dupe who will always respond to his hellos
>> > to
>
>> > keep a thread abumpin'), I never have attacked his family and
>> > friends
>
>> > (except that one fool would blasphemed Jesus' name to use against
>> > me).
>
>> >> > > > > > > > > But I will not stay my hand when Will, Zod and
>> >> > > > > > > > > Dance
>
>> >> > > > > > > > > atta
>> > ck me and keep bumping attack threads against me that they created
>> > while hypocritical saying they're not trolls and wouldn't do such.
>> >> > > > > > > > > And I can work on addressing Will and his friends
>> >> > > > > > > > > by
>
>> >> > > > > > > > > thei
>> > r proper names, the nicknames were actually saving their real names
>> > from showing up on Google searches. *shrug*
>> >> > > > > > > > NancyGene would accept if the above items were
>> >> > > > > > > > clarified.
>> >
>> >> > > > > > > I think that's within reason. I've modified item one
>> >> > > > > > > to inclu
>> > de all greetings regardless of the person being greeted. "Thank you
>> > posts" strike me as wasteful if one is limited to 25 posts per day.
>> > However, if someone wants to waste their 25 posts in that manner, I
>> > don't see why they shouldn't be allowed to do so.
>> >> > > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > > 1) All posts exchanging greetings will stop.
>> >> > > > > > > 2) No "Necroposting" (bumping a "dead" thread by
>> >> > > > > > > thanking
>
>> >> > > > > > > som
>> > eone, again, for a comment they'd made 10 years ago, etc.).
>> >> > > > > > > 3) Everyone will limit themselves to a maximum of 25
>> >> > > > > > > posts pe
>> > r day.
>> >> > > > > > > 4) Will Dockery will be addressed and/or referred to
>> >> > > > > > > only
>
>> >> > > > > > > by
>> > his name ("Will," "Dockery," "Will Dockery").
>> >> > > > > > > 5) All attack posts directed against Will Dockery, his
>> >> > > > > > > family
>> > and friends will stop.
>> >> > > > > > > If accepted, the treaty will go into effect at 12am
>> >> > > > > > > EST,
>
>> >> > > > > > > Sept
>> > ember 9, 2023.
>> >> > > > > > So far, NancyGene, Cujo, Ash, and I have agreed to the
>> >> > > > > > terms.
>> >
>> >> > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > We're still waiting to hear from ME, Alex, Will, Zod,
>> >> > > > > > and Georg
>> > e Dance.
>> >> > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > Since Jim only posts to the AYoS thread, he's already
>> >> > > > > > complying
>> > with the terms.
>> >> > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > Accepting the terms is optional, of course, but a "yes"
>> >> > > > > > or
>
>> >> > > > > > "no'
>> > would be greatly appreciated.
>> >> > > > > As an addendum, could we have a moratorium on threads
>> >> > > > > extolling D
>> > an Barfield and his 20 year old website? It would be different if
>> > he were a member of AAPC, but he is not. If he would like to join
>> > AAPC, he would be welcome.
>> >> > > > I, for one, would for Dan to join and participate in the
>> >> > > > group.
>
>> >> > > > I
>> > ’ve got lots of inquiries!!!
>> >> > > Today's the deadline.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Ash, NancyGene, Cuju, and I have agreed to the terms.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > George Dance has, tellingly, avoided the thread entirely.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > If Will and Zod agree, the treaty will go into effect at
>> >> > > midnight
>
>> >> > > tonight.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > If not, it's back to business as
>> >> > usual.
>> >> > Count ME in, Michael.
>> >> That makes five of us, Will.
>> >>
>> >> ME, NancyGene, Cujo, Ash, and myself.
>> >>
>> >> The deadline for accepting ends at 11:59 pm tonight.
>> >>
>> >> Are you in or out?
>> >
>> > Looks like it's business as usual.
>> >
>> > (I'll bet no one saw that coming.)
>> Not even a whimper...
>> I didn't have to bother polishing my crystal ball to see that.
>
> LoL
>
>> PS: Get a free newsreader and free account, then just use a killfile.
>
> Yep, the only way to deal with undesirable content-- killfile it! Oh,
> wait, would that one of those silly death fantasy that Will Dockery
> cries wolf about?

I don't fantasize about death, it wastes execution[1] time. Practice is
much more important. Practice both proves and shapes theory. Never
confuse proper preparation with fantasizing.

[1] See what I did there?
--
"I've been writing poetry for nearly fifty years, rest assured it's a
poem, Pendragon." - Will Dockery demonstrating why he's a douchebag.