On 9/13/07, Armed Blowfish <diodontida.armata(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
Hell, what happened to Mr. D. Bra ndt? He
complained, and his article got worse.
Article?
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Lovely.
And then Wikipaedia comes up with
justifications such as 'banned users
are assholes - they deserve it'. At
least Encyclopaedia Dramatica doesn't
tell you that you deserve it, they just
say 'but it's made of lulz!' or something.
I realize I'm not (technically) banned [1] but if I get a wild hair
and attempt to engage anyone in a serious discussion about Daniel
Brandt, I'm pretty sure that my "good standing" would take a steep
nose dive.
On the other hand I could give a fuck less about Encyclopedia
Dramatica [2] or whatever they might publish about me. If it's stupid
I'll ignore it. If it's entertaining I might read it a time or two.
But in neither case would I lose any sleep over it.
—C.W.
[1] RFAR/CW: "The [Arbitration] Committee notes that CharlotteWebb
remains a user in good standing, and is welcome to return to editing
at any time."
[2] (except that our article about said site was, much like Brandt's,
deleted for inappropriate and wholly political reasons)