… by the two B4B sites. I went into self-righteous liberal-left overdrive when I first saw the stuff there, and didn’t take a second look.
Ultimately, though, I think that it’s better to be taken in. Look at it from a utilitarian point of view. The options are a), they are real – in which case, we were right to argue against them seriously, or b), they are spoofs – in which case, we provide them with lulz, reinforce their spoof, and still probably hit some genuine scary folk anyway. There’s my feeble self-justification, that’s all.
This might also be tied into Linus’ recent ‘outing’ of them – shutting down any chances he has of doing that wouldn’t be what I would consider, in their shoes, but is an option.
If they are parodies, though, what next? Whither do we go? Shall we find some other scary blog to troll?
Thoughts, please.
July 11, 2007 at 10:09 pm |
True, true… that was part of my subconscious rationale…
July 13, 2007 at 4:07 am |
I think you should work further on the B4B page on RationalWiki. I have done some edits for you and gave some suggestions for improvements on your talk page. If you’re going to go after us, at least make it readable.
Personally, I don’t mind you lampooning our website, as it can only give us more exposure and get Senator Brownback that much closer to the Presidency.
Past insults are rescinded, except where warranted. Let’s work together to make this a better world. All I ask is that you spell our names right and give credit where credit is due. Produce a good enough attack and I may well link to it and spank you for it in public on B4B. It worked for 3Bulls.
July 21, 2007 at 6:43 am |
Chickens.
July 25, 2007 at 8:43 pm |
I say keep on trollin’ B4B. I know I will. It’s terribly entertaining.
August 1, 2007 at 11:14 pm |
you weren’t really “fooled”. you’re sick with obcession.
i mean, this is a blog set up as a companion to a wiki which you set up to attack a website run by a gradeschool teacher and which gets maybe 100 hits a month. you’re a pathetic servant to narrow and obscure passions. you’re beyond needing to get a life. someone needs to send a dogsled team out to deliver you a map to the nearest train which can bring you to the edge of gettiing a life. then you need to catch a connecting flight.
so you weren’t “fooled”. was the guy who went into the bathroom with the lady with muscly calevs and a five o’clock shadow “fooled”?
August 2, 2007 at 5:21 pm |
Maybe some of you noticed that the B4B comment posting machine turns “parody” into “psrodt”, and then Mrs Gaines-Crockett will say it’s to filter an “unChristian word” which pretty much shows it’s a parody site. But, why do they go to all that trouble? It reminds me of the crop circle makers, why do all that work to make that stuff, and not really get money or ordinary credit for it?