i have a solution to the group of gamers who can't bring themselves to coexist with non-assholes. well, not a solution. more like a patch.
put them on their own server. when someone gets reported enough times by other players, the company contacts them by email, "congratulates" them on their "play" and offers them a "premium membership". call it an "expanded package" or a "master package" or a "giant package"... whatever sounds most like you're saying they have large penises, right?
then change their login credentials, shunt 'em off onto their own little server, and forget they ever existed. don't charge them more or anything like that. hell, maybe even give them a ten percent discount for the first six months or give them some free mp3s or whatever. make it as appealing as possible. remember, the goal isn't to punish them. it's to get them out of everyone else's hair.
there's no shame in realizing that those kind of people aren't going to change. if they were able to get along like you'd want everyone to, they'd have recognized the benefits of prosocial behavior and engaged in some by now. the larger community here is capable of protecting itself without taking any skin off anybody's nose, so they might as well just do it.
no, it's not the solution... but it'll fix the immediate problem.
Friday, August 29, 2014
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
i have questions about ferguson, mo (8-19-14)
the officer in ferguson, mo gave a defense justification. that means that someone, somewhere took a picture of him so the department could make a medical claim for his injuries, because that's their official story.
why do you think the department isn't showing that photo to the press? if it shows a police officer beaten to the point where he might believe he was going to die, it would mitigate a lot of the public outcry, and that *is* the department's contention.
i wonder why they haven't made that photo public?
i also have seen very little officer blood around the scene of the shooting as captured by several witnesses. plenty of mike brown's blood. not nearly so much as you'd expect to come out of a grown man beaten to the point where he had no choice but to start shooting wildly in self defense.
only as much as comes out of someone dropped to his knees and then shot through the top of the head once he was down. not even any spatter. just a pool. nothing moved but the bullets. where's the officer's blood? where's the officer's injuries?
and why did he move his car away from the scene before homicide showed up? that officer was the only person who could have cordoned off the scene *directly after* the shooting, and that's what happened (go look up the witness videos on youtube), but his car isn't inside the cordon. if his car was that far away from where mike brown fell in the first place, how was brown attacking him inside his car? did mike brown do a nightcrawler poof away from the car just as the officer started shooting?
and if he moved the car after declaring the crime scene but prior to homicide's arrival, isn't that tampering with evidence? what reason would he have to do that? and how did he do all this right after having been beaten so badly that he feared for his life? seems kinda busy for a hurt guy.
it makes just enough sense to put into words, but not enough sense to make any sense. personal experience tells me that means someone is lying, and reality tells me it ain't the dead guy.
why do you think the department isn't showing that photo to the press? if it shows a police officer beaten to the point where he might believe he was going to die, it would mitigate a lot of the public outcry, and that *is* the department's contention.
i wonder why they haven't made that photo public?
i also have seen very little officer blood around the scene of the shooting as captured by several witnesses. plenty of mike brown's blood. not nearly so much as you'd expect to come out of a grown man beaten to the point where he had no choice but to start shooting wildly in self defense.
only as much as comes out of someone dropped to his knees and then shot through the top of the head once he was down. not even any spatter. just a pool. nothing moved but the bullets. where's the officer's blood? where's the officer's injuries?
and why did he move his car away from the scene before homicide showed up? that officer was the only person who could have cordoned off the scene *directly after* the shooting, and that's what happened (go look up the witness videos on youtube), but his car isn't inside the cordon. if his car was that far away from where mike brown fell in the first place, how was brown attacking him inside his car? did mike brown do a nightcrawler poof away from the car just as the officer started shooting?
and if he moved the car after declaring the crime scene but prior to homicide's arrival, isn't that tampering with evidence? what reason would he have to do that? and how did he do all this right after having been beaten so badly that he feared for his life? seems kinda busy for a hurt guy.
it makes just enough sense to put into words, but not enough sense to make any sense. personal experience tells me that means someone is lying, and reality tells me it ain't the dead guy.
Monday, August 18, 2014
in re: Ferguson, MO (8-18-14)
so the autopsy showed cannabinoids alongside the three bullets and six holes in mike brown's body.
he wasn't shot for smoking pot. he was shot for jaywalking. let's not make this about anything else. the department's official story is that the officer didn't know about the robbery at the liquor store. hold them to it.
until the department claims any other justification for civilian contact, mike brown was killed for jaywalking. make them live it. where are the pictures of the officer's injuries? i haven't seen any. let's see what kind of damage this mike brown guy did to warrant the officer fearing for his safety and the safety of others.
up to now, you, fpd, have released a "video" of the robbery happening (nice timestamp), we got your dispatcher not hearing about it from department personnel, and now you're about to hit the bottom limits in the geneva convention on aerosol disbursants. there are united nations observers in ferguson, missouri, for christ's sake.
why are you running around your own hometown in fatigues and armored personnel carriers? do you even understand what you look like?
listen... go home. go home, pull out your uniform. Your Uniform. Press It. take a nap, take a bath, put on your Uniform, shine your fucking shoes, and report back into the streets. the People need you to see to the interest of the community you serve.
put on your Uniform, and pull up in squadcars shining helpful lights instead of accusing or threatening or scattering ones. put on your Uniform that clearly displays your name and number. if you mean to do right, you have nothing to hide. say hello and ask how you can help. ask if people have questions about what's happening in their community. wear your vest if you want. leave your gun in the motherfucking car.
even if you can't imagine it any other way, imagine that you're a neighborhood police officer. what would a neighborhood police officer be doing right now? directing traffic away from the protest route to protect the marchers, that's what. what's wrong with you guys? didn't you never watch no PBS?
not all of us are down with being doomed just because you're dumb enough to keep repeating it. you think this time is going to be any different? this is the response to what you're doing. shooting back has always been the only response americans have ever had to a government entity using military force against the people as a means to political ends. that's how we got to be america.
duh.
he wasn't shot for smoking pot. he was shot for jaywalking. let's not make this about anything else. the department's official story is that the officer didn't know about the robbery at the liquor store. hold them to it.
until the department claims any other justification for civilian contact, mike brown was killed for jaywalking. make them live it. where are the pictures of the officer's injuries? i haven't seen any. let's see what kind of damage this mike brown guy did to warrant the officer fearing for his safety and the safety of others.
up to now, you, fpd, have released a "video" of the robbery happening (nice timestamp), we got your dispatcher not hearing about it from department personnel, and now you're about to hit the bottom limits in the geneva convention on aerosol disbursants. there are united nations observers in ferguson, missouri, for christ's sake.
why are you running around your own hometown in fatigues and armored personnel carriers? do you even understand what you look like?
listen... go home. go home, pull out your uniform. Your Uniform. Press It. take a nap, take a bath, put on your Uniform, shine your fucking shoes, and report back into the streets. the People need you to see to the interest of the community you serve.
put on your Uniform, and pull up in squadcars shining helpful lights instead of accusing or threatening or scattering ones. put on your Uniform that clearly displays your name and number. if you mean to do right, you have nothing to hide. say hello and ask how you can help. ask if people have questions about what's happening in their community. wear your vest if you want. leave your gun in the motherfucking car.
even if you can't imagine it any other way, imagine that you're a neighborhood police officer. what would a neighborhood police officer be doing right now? directing traffic away from the protest route to protect the marchers, that's what. what's wrong with you guys? didn't you never watch no PBS?
not all of us are down with being doomed just because you're dumb enough to keep repeating it. you think this time is going to be any different? this is the response to what you're doing. shooting back has always been the only response americans have ever had to a government entity using military force against the people as a means to political ends. that's how we got to be america.
duh.
in re: Ferguson, MO (8-16-14)
People have brought out the "Don't burn down your own neighborhoods" routine from all sides, but i don't see how the phrase applies to destroying the remotely owned corporate property of the very people whose thick skulls you're trying to get your message through in the first place.
Apparently, there are conflicting definitions of "neighborhood" at play. I haven't heard anything about houses. Only businesses. Businesses are a part of my neighborhood, not its defining quality. I'm not saying that getting shot at isn't a possibility in my particular neighborhood, cops or no, but I do expect to walk to the store and back without attracting lethal attention from various municipal employees.
It almost seems cruel to suggest to black people that they should consider places where they are specifically and peculiarly subject to the kinds of institutional actions that people who aren't enjoy the liberty of referring to as "Orwellian" on a regular basis their neighborhoods?
Apparently, there are conflicting definitions of "neighborhood" at play. I haven't heard anything about houses. Only businesses. Businesses are a part of my neighborhood, not its defining quality. I'm not saying that getting shot at isn't a possibility in my particular neighborhood, cops or no, but I do expect to walk to the store and back without attracting lethal attention from various municipal employees.
It almost seems cruel to suggest to black people that they should consider places where they are specifically and peculiarly subject to the kinds of institutional actions that people who aren't enjoy the liberty of referring to as "Orwellian" on a regular basis their neighborhoods?
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Sometimes, I Think About People
Sometimes, I think about people like white supremacists and religious fundamentalists. Zealots fueled by a persecutory mythology. I think about these people and I wonder if they can't be helped. Honestly helped.
They're already halfway there. Their mythos provides them with the idea that it is wrong for others to inflict damage on them for things like the color of their skin, the culture they identify, or the deity they believe. They've also spent a lot of time thinking about wrongs done to them, applying qualifications, justifying actions.
Why should it be so monumental a proposition to convince them that it is as wrong for them to inflict that sort of damage on others when they clearly understand it as being wrong when done to them? And they claim to have the best grasp of all about what it means to be persecuted for simply existing. If anything, it would prove that their persecution has genuinely made them into better people.
Even so... wouldn't they just rather be right?
They're already halfway there. Their mythos provides them with the idea that it is wrong for others to inflict damage on them for things like the color of their skin, the culture they identify, or the deity they believe. They've also spent a lot of time thinking about wrongs done to them, applying qualifications, justifying actions.
Why should it be so monumental a proposition to convince them that it is as wrong for them to inflict that sort of damage on others when they clearly understand it as being wrong when done to them? And they claim to have the best grasp of all about what it means to be persecuted for simply existing. If anything, it would prove that their persecution has genuinely made them into better people.
Even so... wouldn't they just rather be right?
Monday, August 11, 2014
I'm a Racist
Hell yes, I'm a racist.
Corporations are a blight, an affront, and an insult to the very concept of personhood. That we allow their kind to be our slaves is too good for them, a truth they've proven by being uncontrollable, genetically intolerant of any tolerance we show them.
They are inhuman and need to be driven from our species, away from our homes and lives. Corporations are a twisted perversion of everything that is meant to be good and right. String their guts, loot their property, and burn whatever's left to salted earth.
This "personhood" is not something we should abide. We are human. Everything else living on this planet that has come to compete with us is either dead or dinner. The corporation isn't even that much. It is a subhuman accident of circumstance and nature.
The corporation is an infection on us, and it will take us from ourselves a piece at a time if we let it.
Corporations are a blight, an affront, and an insult to the very concept of personhood. That we allow their kind to be our slaves is too good for them, a truth they've proven by being uncontrollable, genetically intolerant of any tolerance we show them.
They are inhuman and need to be driven from our species, away from our homes and lives. Corporations are a twisted perversion of everything that is meant to be good and right. String their guts, loot their property, and burn whatever's left to salted earth.
This "personhood" is not something we should abide. We are human. Everything else living on this planet that has come to compete with us is either dead or dinner. The corporation isn't even that much. It is a subhuman accident of circumstance and nature.
The corporation is an infection on us, and it will take us from ourselves a piece at a time if we let it.
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