
Lenny Lowcut
Ultrapolite Socialites GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2007.06.01 04:55:00 -
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Edited by: Lenny Lowcut on 01/06/2007 04:54:31 Ele,
I must say that I am a little disappointed in you. Jesus always stood by the sick and never turned his back on them. He stood with them through thick and thin. You're Judas side has just shown itself. Why? You sang your song for us!
I suppose now is the time to actually reveal to you the humor of goonswarm. True, it is uncouth. True, it is rowdy. It is, quite frankly, not very polite. But there is an underbelly to the beast as well. Lenny Bruce sums it up quite nicely by saying, "If you can take the hot lead enema, then you can cast the first stone." I think that means that you shouldn't dish out what you can't take. So bare with me.
Goonswarm was a revelation of sorts when we first joined. And make no mistake about it. We joined them to get access to the best level four agents in the game. We were playas and we still are. But something clicked...
It was a forum post where everybody was posting pictures of themselves and the rest of the alliance were making mostly snide comments about whatnots. One of the pictures posted happened to be of a black gentleman. No big deal, except that the post immediately after that just so happened to be an animated .gif of a man walking up to a secured door and in flashing neon glow above it were the words "Ni**er Alert!" and the guy proceeds to freak out about it. Now, without thinking or rationalizing or doing any of the above, I started laughing my ass off. In no lesser terms, that shyt was funny.
But why ele? Why was that funny? Was it funny because I don't like black people and that put them in their place? Or was it funny because it addressed a very real life issue in which people tend to be fearful of black people? Granted the use of the word ni**er is usually reserved for either racists or black people themselves, but here I was facing a white guy (presumably) calling a black fellow a ni**er. It is a sensitive subject and one that cannot be breached, usually, unless very serious and formal subconscious processes take place. But here it is, open for all to see, making fun of the word itself. Making fun of the word ******. And that's what it is Ele, making fun of the word itself. If there were a true racist in Goonswarm he would be kicked immediately. I'm sorry you never caught on and that you didn't realize that for yourself. The same goes for the Jewish references and the homosexual references.
We are all God's people Ele. Goonswarm simply makes fun of the public's perception of the differences among us. I have left your posting and reading rights open on the goonswarm forums. I do know you well enough to know that you are of strong enough character to have a rational discourse concerning your issues on our forums. I look forward to your posts.
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