[WikiEN-l] April Fool's Day proposal

[Michael Snow]

Sean Barrett wrote:

>The Cunctator stated for the record:
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>>On 3/7/06, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>On 3/7/06, The Cunctator <cunctator at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>It's much like a parent telling their rebellious teenager:
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>>>>"You think drugs and rock and roll are punk? What would be REALLY punk
>>>>would be to eat vegetables and do your homework and go to Sunday
>>>>School! That's how to REALLY break expectations!"
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>>>[[Straight edge]]
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>>Right. Straight edge is about self-empowerment -- being that way not
>>because of your parents, but because of self-determination.
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>>It's not so much the message, as the messenger.
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>That's the Cunctator approach in a single sentence.  Anything said by
>anyone with any positive reputation, or, God forbid, actual authority,
>is prima facia wrong, regardless of content.  If it were said by someone
>else, it might not be, but if Jimbo says it, it is to be dismissed out
>of hand.
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The solution is actually quite simple. The Cunctator needs to start 
advocating a serious and stuffy fake hoax for April Fool's Day. Then 
people will fall in line on Jimbo's say-so, but they'll get the joke 
because The Cunctator is fronting it.

Now the only thing left to really complete this picture is for the whole 
userbox fiasco to go away for a day, at least. Shock the world by having 
peace, love, and unity break out on Wikipedia for April 1st!

--Michael Snow