Re: Time for Pagination?
- Posted by euphoric (admin) Sep 29, 2009
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Fortunately, there was nothing hurtful or libelous in what I said... so in this case, it was okay to do it.
I strongly disagree.
So if what I wrote originally was this:
The only one I know who runs bots and hates Euphoria is DerekP.
To me, it's silly because it's obviously not true. That's called sarcasm. Or... irony? I'm not sure. Or what if I said it about RobCraig? Is is obviously NOT true about either of those, and neither, to me, was it obviously true about the original target. And the only reason I chose the original target is because said original target has lots of experience programming bots. I don't know of anybody else who does. Not one.
Now, I suspect it's only because of who the original target was that there is a problem. Anybody else and it would've been silly (Matt, Jeremy, myself, etc.)
The only person who I might think it would not be silly for is Critic, because he seems to have an obsession with Euphoria such that he might carry out such an act. But I thought that even unlikely, because that would take some extreme psychosis, and he didn't seem the extreme psychotic to me. 
In public, one cannot write things that bring bring disrepute upon people when you cannot not prove your assertions - in jest or not. It is far better for everyone concerned that one simply does not do it.
Yes. That has gotten The Onion in trouble at times. Here they are making fun of the President of the US of A, making him out to be a buffoon. But they're equal opportunity: Bush gets it too. And while this is extremely funny, it's completely untrue. Somewhat. 
Next time I'll just slander myself. 
