Monday, August 10, 2009

Another no-no word on the Journal Times site

Testicles.

I used it in a comment and the comment was moderated for being "vulgar."

What's the acceptable term? Oysters, balls, eggs, bollocks, cojones, what?

My doctor says testicles. Is he vulgar, too?

Some guy on their site developed a fetish for me and kept calling me names. I get so tired of the trolls. I offered to meet with him to discuss the issues. Like all the cowards before him, he backed down from meeting face to face. So I suggested that if his testicles ever drop in the future, he should contact me and we could discuss things then. That was deleted.

Calling people communists, fascists, and Hitler is OK. Mentioning a part of the human anatomy is not. Ain't that a shot to the nuts?

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking."
~John Maynard Keynes~

kkdither said...

I'm offended, how dare you! ;>

Love the Whitman Classic! lol

Toad said...

Orb's: Funny you should bring up testicles. Just yesterday I was trying to think of how to spell KANIKAS (phonetic) for a post on the JT but, gave up.

Anyhow, WHEN did this moderator thing begin on the JT? It takes FOREVER for a comment to show up.

Is that a REAL book about DOG TESTICLES? I need that one to go with my "Walter the farting dog"

Huck Finn said...

There are no communist Fascists! Jesus Christ! A Fascist is a Far Right ideology. Totalitarian Conservative.

I swear the Right needs to pay more attention when in school.

Anonymous said...

Maybe you should try "nads" next time.

Anonymous said...

Ah huck, look at the posting again. There is a coma between communist and Fascists

OrbsCorbs said...

Thank God I didn't say pansy.

No, that can't be a real book. I just grabbed that off the net.

The Journal Times' online policy is, I think, that of whomever is in charge at the moment. I really don't care. They're very gracious to me over there. I mean, the editor(s) or moderators or whoever is running the show. The people posting comments are the usual gang. Sometimes I lock horns with one just for the hell of it.

I think the guy dogging me was from the left. Whatever. Everything is so dramatically polarized that it's almost impossible to have a coherent discussion about anything. Say yay or nay on any controversial subject and you instantly inherit all the sins of everyone who ever uttered the same,

you commie fascist Hitler-loving anarchistic libertarian socialist skinhead Satanist fear-mongerers!

Ooo. Nads. I shoulda thought of that.

Huck Finn said...

LOL sorry. New meds and docs want to cut me again. I've had several days now where I've gotten up on the wrong side.

SER said...

Well that's just nuts

Unknown said...

Here's a quick question..........why the hell do you still go on that site? I haven't been on it in about a year!

kkdither said...

That site is bad, bad, bad for my blood pressure. I stay away as much as possible. You should consider that, huck!

Anonymous said...

I wonder if they would have got you for just saying "a pair"? A pair of what? It's very nondescript of many anatomical parts and can be applied to both sexes. You know, how would they know you were talking about, "that pair"?

RWWackoStu said...

Orbs,

That guy was a jerk and a troll. He didnt want to debate in any serious discussion so I refused to play his game. Missed the Nads discussion. They sure have their testicles in a bunch over there on fourth street!

OrbsCorbs said...

"Pair" probably would've been a better choice of words.

I still go "over there" to comment on the news. We're not a news source and usually don't post stories unless there is a general interest. So I make my wise-ass news comments there and my wise-ass blogging comments here.

hale-bopp said...

Obrs, I am concerned that you compartmentalize you wise-ass comments so!

The sad thing is that there are people over there that think they are engaging in a high level of discourse.