That's what I'm talking about! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote : Interestingly, the moderation approach Doug has chosen, which Barry has vehemently denounced--in which offending posts are deleted "secretly" behind the scenes with no explanation--will actually protect transgressors from being shamed by anybody (crazed or otherwise). I guess the Game of Thrones parallel Barry has attempted to draw is not so apt after all.
My free time is up, so this is my last post for this visit. I may or may not show up again at some point. Doug, it looks like your gig is off to a good start. You're a brave man; best of luck to you. Illegitimi non carborundum!* *Yes, Xeno, I know. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <anartaxius@...> wrote : As always. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote : This is a fun rap to write in a way, because the audience that understands it will be almost by definition be limited to a small, self-selecting number of people on this forum. The others won't really get it, and I think we all know they won't do the "homework" necessary for them to *ever* get it, because they won't watch the TV show. Basically, this is the rap: My suggestion for the best example I've found in fiction to represent what the mindset driving this recent push for "moderation" on Fairfield Life really is, what the emotions and motivations are that drive it, and what it hopes to accomplish, are the moments between 40:40 and 52:50 in the season finale of Game Of Thrones titled "Mother's Mercy." In that segment, a representative of the fanatical religious cult who calls himself the High Sparrow gets to force someone he hates to undergo his idea of "atonement," walking naked through a crowd of people who jeer at the High Sparrow's victim and throw shit and and garbage at them, while his female sycophant walks along behind the victim, ringing a bell and chanting "Shame! Shame! Shame! Shame!" And all of this is viewed as not only necessary but the vindication of spirituality and religion -- what is needed to "set things right" and return society to its proper balance. For those who have been watching Game Of Thrones, I allow you to choose who on FFL plays the role of the High Sparrow, and who plays the part of the Crazed Nun chanting "Shame! Shame! Shame! Shame!" with a look of ecstasy on her face, as if finally being able to do this *and* get praised for it is the highest moment in her life.
