Dave,
Using the roll sheet to make your political views known is going to create a very large problem. Using this site as a place to indicate that you want someone (anyone) do die is beyond not acceptable, it is abhorrent. When that person is the president, and you are flippant about suggesting his assassination, I believe that you should be removed from this site permanently.
You owe the entire group an apology for your actions.
If you clicked this link looking for an apology then let me apologize for what follows. I do not feel an apology is in order, so take this however you like.
Just like in chat, we hate when two people go and hide in private chat. I have only received two private messages, but why not put them on the table? First I will "apologize" to the sheep quoted above. I apologize for leading you into believing I was talking about our president. Please correct me if I am wrong but I don't believe I once said anything about the "President." That is an assumption. My statement cannot truly have been that bad if you were thinking the same thing. Anywho, I apologize for my poor choice of words. I did not mean to fool you into thinking something else.
I don't want this to seem unfair so here is my reply to the above private message:
And using the roll sheet for making celebrity views is ok? Or changing any part of the roll call thread? Muff Divers? Naked sky diving? Im sorry to see that you are yet another of that bastards mindless pawns. Unaware to think for yourself and gullible to believe everything he tells you. I have a freedom of speech and I am going to exercise that right as much as I damn well please. How dare you demand an apology? Last time I checked you were not my god. No one said they were offended by it so maybe YOU are the one with the problem. You sir, need to WAKE UP to the world around you. Good day.
I apologize for making it sound as though I am speaking of the aforementioned "President." From now on, any statement I make that has the slightest possibility of being misconstrued as anything but what I intend, will include a disclaimer.
Oh, that's right. I forgot who I was talking to. You are the one that likes to throw names around instead of actually making a real point or addressing anything specifically. I could play the name game but I won't drop to your level.
1. There are complaints about using our area to address you political views. How did you miss them?
2. Changing the name to Muff Divers was one of the other months way to play a joke on us. (not my idea but I thought it was funny) No harm done. Changing the name of the spreadsheet to Naked Skydiving video and Beiber getting punched was an attempt to get some less active members to notice it and maybe see it for the first time. Again, no harm done, and no one was offended.
3. I agree that you are allowed to have your political views. This is not a public forum, therefore we do have a right to have guidelines of what is acceptable in here and what is not. There is a section in the Wild Card area that is for politics. Do you think that your statements will HELP anyones quit? No? I don't either. Keep them off our roll posts.
4. What you did could very easily be considered illegal and if so, you have exposed the entire site to possible legal action. What you did was stupid. As I tell people I know about what you said, every single person says almost the exact same thing. "What was he thinking". The interesting part is that most of them share your disdain for his actions. They still think you are crazy. You can (in the proper setting) disagree with any and all actions or words he says. That wouldn't really bother me but when you make comments that seem so completely threatening, that just shows how much you have broken from reality. What do you think statements like that will do? Absolutely nothing but piss off those around you and get the attention of the authorities (as it should). Those statements don't bring any positive attention to your point of view. They make you look like a nut that needs careful watching.
5. I do not have to be a god to deserve an apology. I'm fairly certain that being a god is not a requirement for deserving an apology. Your unnecessary comments did nothing to help me, or anyone here. If anything, they are distracting to the focus of what this site is for. THAT is what I'm expecting an apology for. I now know I won't get it. That's fine. It just shows me exactly the type of person you are. You expect everyone else to bend to your will. You can think that way all you want. It's a free country. Just don't express your political views on our roll call again. They aren't welcome.
BTW, did you really compare YOUR statements to me changing the spreadsheet name to "Naked Sky Diving Video"? Are you really unable to see the complete difference between the two? If not, I hope you are being watched. You deserve it.
Good Day
Numero Uno (disclaimer: I do not condone nor suggest using two languages in a single post, due to the fact that someone may or may not become confused by said language.) I apologize for not looking hard enough for these so called "complaints."
I found this one:
There's a politics thread, you know. Let me know if you have any trouble finding it. It's in "wildcard." Lots of stuff in there to distract you from quitting the nic.
And this one:
My two favorite groups to stay out of.
Religion Vs. The World
And the ever popular
Politics
Enter both or either at your own risk, but keep them out of your sanctuary.
And then there is within roll call:
BudMan Day 43 - "King Obama.s Assasinatipn", has this become a political site?
detpack - Day 32 - I promise I won't use nicotine today. You have my word. I agree with BudMan, too. Can we please keep religion/politics off this thing - at least off the fucking spreadsheet?
Hell, I'll even give you this one: (even though it could be interpreted as anything or nothing)
Winter Green - 30 - whaaaaat???
Number two. (disclaimer: The stuff a particular variety of bean is full of.)(disclaimer disclaimer: Any names or likeness to persons real or imagined is purely coincidence.) Before I apologize for my seemingly endless list of mistakes, might I bring the attention to this sentence:
(not my idea but I thought it was funny)
So you thought this was funny. And you "think" what I put was offensive. You cannot accuse me of all this purely on opinion. If this is suddenly OK, then in my "OPINION," you should be apologizing to this entire group for starting shit. Oh, I know in your "opinion," you're not "starting shit," but actually doing what all the people who were offended by this failed to do. While we are on that, I apologize to all the people who were openly offended by my statement. For instance:
Maybe I am misinterpreting the recent naming of the spreadsheet, but it's not meant to be political, religious, or offensive; it's supposed to catch your eye so you are thinking about checking the spreadsheet. Budman and Detpack, I'm not calling you guys out at all, in fact, it's the opposite. It's great that you guys noticed that, because judging by the amount of people that still post a different day than the spreadsheet for roll, a lot of quitters don't even pay attention to anything going on on the roll call.
If the intent solely was to get quitter's to click on the link because of the inflammatory nature of the title of the link, then the approach was successful. Having said that, my mother told me at a very early age to refrain from discussing religion and politics in a public area-- a semi open forum as it relates here.
The intention was good--to get quitters to check the spreadsheet so that we all are posting the correct quit day. This is really easy to do, and should take up hardly any time at all. Also, I don't mind the link being named something provocative in order to catch quitters' eyes, as long as it has nothing to do with Justin Bieber. Justin is a golden god sent from heaven to bring his sweet music to the world to help foster unity and peace. Do NOT mess with "The Biebs." I will shut you down if you do so.
jrme1212 and PaddyMac02, I especially apologize to the both of you for any offense you may have taken. I assure you, I did not mean to offend. dabean22, you owe this group and apology for messing with The Biebs.
Three. I apologize for bringing attention to the spreadsheet. From now on I will leave that duty solely to the Supreme Overlord of the Spreadsheet. Let thyself bow down and grovel at thou feet. Let thy poor lips kiss thou mighty toes of pure greatness and let thou eternally torment thy living soul.
Four. I apologize for not going into further detail here, but there is so much venom in this one statement that I would be going on for hours. Again this whole statement summarizes your "opinion," if we both know opinions dont matter. Here or the real world. You can take my words and twist them however you like, but the only person convinced is yourself. And if others do start agreeing with your line of thought, then you have successfully succeeded in doing that which you chastise me for. There was nothing threatening about what was written. If anything was taken as threatening, it was a notion conceived purely within the bowels or your own mind. On another note, have you noticed how just about everything we do is illegal? Ill stop there, because frankly I would rather have this conversation with someone both willing and smart enough to listen and understand what I say. (disclaimer: the previous was in no way intended to suggest that one may be stupid.)
Five. Do I really need to repeat myself yet again? Fine. I apologize for having an opinion. I was unaware that I did not have that privilege nor that right. Aye Aye Captain, won't ever happen again.
And yes I did compare your opinion to my own. What was that saying? Something about building a bridge? Hmmm.... Anyway, in my
opinion, you should
think before you speak. I hope I was able to more specifically apologize to you personally. In my opinion, thats what you really wanted from the beginning. You don't care about the group. You are a special butterfly and choose to hide behind the group to make up for your own insecurities about something someone said that you didnt like.
Exempli Gratia: (disclaimer: see first disclaimer. Its hot and I'm tired.)
for the record, I re-named the spreadsheet to look like a naked skydiving video and one of Justin Bieber getting punched just to bring a little extra attention to the spreadsheet. Those 2 names are the only substitute names that I created. I do not use this area to speak to my political beliefs -dabean22
Are you seriously that concerned that someone might think you changed it yesterday?
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If you had left my promise the fuck alone you wouldnt have that insecurity now would you?.
Am I close? Who cares, its my opinion. It means absolutely nothing unless you make it mean something.
By the way, totally fine that you took the initiative to change the spreadsheet name, but don't you EVER edit my roll call for the day. EVER. No matter how offensive YOU find it. Irregardless of what the spreadsheet said, my promise for the day was so vague it could have been interpreted as anything. I want you to take a break from all that hard work demanding others to apologize 24/7, and demand that you yourself apologize to me for fucking with my promise. @dabean22, while we are on this subject, I want you to scroll up a little bit and highlight in between the two periods. Feeling real good about yourself right now arent you?
if someone were to purposely remove your post and anyone else's there would hell to pay!!
roll call is sacred - !!!
I would like to think that this applies to deleting a portion of my promise as well. I may be wrong. Just my OPINION on the topic. (Sorry, I know I said I was going to stop having opinions.)
In all truth, the assasination statement is a bad thing to do. I am asking you as an individual to not make anymore such statements on this site, and I am telling you as a mod not to.
It is true, things like that could cause us a problem.
David.
Message received. I apologize for the "assassination statement." Thanks for keeping it short and to the point. It already seems like im writing an apology book.
To everyone else who may have been offended by my opinion, I apologize. I should focus my opinions instead on the proven quit methods. Ahem, method. For there is only one way that works. No free thinking in here. Ha. I apologize for that. i'll wrap this up before I offend anyone else. A special apology to: PaddyMac02, jrme1212, gmann, Mjollnir,
dabean22, BudMan, detpack, CBird65, Winter Green and The Biebs for being used in this massive apology without direct consent. Please don't sue me, I am poor white man. Also, MJ, to answer your first message, you can just assume yes as an answer, as the cretin has been redacted from the special thanks list.
Ya, I know, it's counter-productive to keep :deadhorse: but if you insist on constantly wasting my time whining about how your own views are clearly superior to anyone elses, I'm going to get a little bit ornery. 'worship'
I hope I was able to satisfy everything more specifically than just the few names I through out. I'm sure someone
(dabean22) will demand more from me, but honestly, this whole thing is two hours of my life I will never get back.
Just like the seven years I spent enslaved to the bitch that I will never see again. Sorry, no refunds. Woo. Im done apologizing to you sorry excuses for quitters. Quit reading this and get posted! Im quit with anyone who accepts this for what it is: An opinion of an opinion based on an opinion of someone elses opinion.
Quit Like Fuck Every Damn Day!
