As anyone who has studied music notation will know, the letters "PPP" are a notation that directs the intsrumentalist to play at the minimum level of volume and harshness possible.
It has been registered that the new moon is a propitious time for the start of new things. In response to a request from the administrator (and it was truly a request and not a heavy-handed Staliniist demand as some other administrators might have delivered) Psycho Gizmo will stop frightening the villiagers like some horrible mad kibuki loose in the woods...
There have been several inquiries about my well being related to what has been perceived as an increased level of harsh invective in my posts. Suffice to say that things have occurred and been to a large degree resolved favorably, by personal hard work, deep thought, some good fortune, a lot of patience and above all faith in the Grace of God.
I have heard the horn of victory and termination of battle from the Heralds, and recevied the order to lay down arms from my Masters. I have put up my battle armor for now in my own sector. There are no more crisis looming on my screen. I have rested- for about 48 hours. The last shoe dropped, the large lady sang, the Cock Crowed three Times, the portents aligned, the jig was up, ax fell, the deal was done, the papers were signed and I slept for forty-eight hours.
Over the last few months, I am proud to have been in the vangard of posting on the web about the dangers of fundamentalist militant Islamists and Arabs with suitably intense descriptions. Even since the arrival and departure of Classic Woman and her Joan-of-Arc like revelations that the reality was indeed in some ways worse than our fears- the world has changed.
It is astounding to me just how far the world has come in awakening to the overt dangers of some types of theo-fanatical philosophies and of the recurring danger to humanity of fascism arising under some new pretense. Some other vile incarnation of blasphemy against the Human Spirit.
It seems that the voices of alarm are not going unheeded.
Giant protests (in the millions of demonstrators) in Turkey demanding that the Islamist government back off the People and leave them alone to do whatever they want (within reason) not whatever the government wants them to do. The Spirit of Freedom, like any living thing, is growing spontaneously in Turkey and the Middle East. Do we think that the Spirit of Liberation from tyranny perished from existence after our colonial anscestors fought and died horribly to bust out of the repressive, antiquated British Empire 231 years ago? It's reborn in other areas of the planet, and some of we who inherited the legacy of those Freedom Fighters who perished in war two and half cenuries ago, have shamefully come up with good reasons to abandon many of these same types of fighters in their time of greatest need...again.
But that is beside the point. The point is that in light of my plethora completed tasks,(about which I will be glad to render more detail in a PM on request) it has become possible to assent to the wishes of the administrator and declare that I Psycho Gizmo, shall be posting only on PPP-designated topics unless invited to do otherwise. This will eliminate any possibility that anyone who posts anything with which I disagree, will become the focus of any post from me whatsoever unless specific, direct questions are delivered to me by title.
Just to refresh, the PPP designation at the Grove is a device that I came up with to give those with a less-confrontational and more-circumspect nature, to apply "pitbull repellant" so-to-speak. I once played the trumpet and the French horn (or simply "horn" as we classical musicians say) in the orchestra, so I know how to play pianismo.
The idea for the Grove was to give people a chance to teach and learn things that they might not elsewhere. If there are those who reconsidered posting their own thoughts because of fear of having their sensibilities mauled by a flame-post from me( highly unlikely!), they need fear it no longer.
Those who know me, know that I am a man of my word - usually. That was a joke. That was a jest. That was my own brand of dry humor. Enjoy it.
Take care friends, that we respect the "P". If anyone confronts me on something with harsh invective, the Administrator tells me that their post will be dragged out into the General Arena area where the pit-bull muzzle may well come off.
At least until I develop a personality like John Wayne or Robert Duvall.
So if you folks want to talk about politics, or religion or whatever, please feel free to do so without fear of being "mugged".
"Nobody never goddit from Severian what didn't have it commin' to um!" - Some Wise Guy
Last night, I got a magical message from legitimate radio-guru Roy Masters, of whom I am a fan. "Sostonuto ma non trappo." he said.
Please remember Roy, on a PPP post everyone must keep it pianisimo, agreed? Fine. The Dragon sleeps. Marduke is appeased. The villagers enjoy the Great Good Fortune of a season of peace and harmony without battles or rumors of battles.
I the great Psycho, have spoke !!! (sic) Got a letter form the "action man" ;
Today I was speaking with my brother. I love my brother very much because he is very smart. My brother knows everything. I told my brother that when I marry a good socialist comrade I want many children to raise for love of Dear Leader because I love Dear Leader more than everything.
My brother who is very smart praised me with a hug ^_^ but he made warning to me that in US people are so poor that they can't have children of their own and they drown all the new babies all the time T_T I ask my brother who know everything what heppen when people still want to not drown their baby and he reveal to me that Bush send CIA spy steal the people's babies against their will and they put them on a big white US boat to sell them to Jews in Palestine country. TT_TT I hate Bush.
That's why my brother say US is country without love or caring, unlike DPRK where all the comrades live for the love of Dear Leader who is the father of all Koreans.
Then I ask my brother who is very patient as well as smart how can US keep population if all babies are drown or selled away to Jews by Bush. Brother say that Bush send US GI inside Mexico country to steal all the babies there and make them into US without international knowing it which is why they are called illegal immigrants so Bush can exploit them for slave labor in his secret salt mines on his ranch in Texas and that also Bush kidnap Korean girls to make sex slave in White House. This scare me much and I can't sleep for fear of nightmare of Bush.
I hate Bush who drown and steal all the world babies for personal profit and make me have nightmares. >.<
I hold my picture of Dear Leader to my heart for comforting and I love Dear Leader very much. I also love my brother who is very smart because he know everything *hug brother*
But I hate Bush.
Hi Pelosi, we know that's you.
____________________ Pecca fortiter, sed fortius fide et gaude in Christo!
Galactic Signature: Blue Self-Existing Monkey
Out of 30,000 gun related deaths a year, a little over a half are suicides (cant help these people, - they are going to kill themselves anyway), out the difference some are accidents, the rest are gun related murders. Now considered that only 2% of these gun related murders / violence are caused by legally obtained firearms and you see that the right to bear arms has nothing to do with fueling violent crime.
____________________ Pecca fortiter, sed fortius fide et gaude in Christo!
Galactic Signature: Blue Self-Existing Monkey
"You work for me and I'll work for you"
"Its just over the hill"
"It's just round the corner"
"You're in your own time now!"
"I've got all night, I've got a salad in the fridge and my wife is ugly"
"Private your webbing is rattling like a skeleton wanking in a biscuit tin."
"Unfuck my Shit!"
"You have till the count of ten to unfuck yourself. One, two, ten. TOO LATE!!!"
"I see dead people!"
"What flavor were the fucking windows? I'll bet you were a fuckin' window licker, weren't you?"
"SGT, make note: today will be a very long day."
"You look like a fucking abortion!"
"You people move like old people fuck - Slowly, sloppily, or not at all!"
"You couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with an A-Bomb."
"You knuckleheads aren't even soup...you're more like a thin watery broth."
"Move out smartly, Private. Or in your case, just move out."
"Do push ups 'till your elbows explode!"
"I can't make you do anything. But I can make you fuckin' wish you had."
"This whole platoon is one big, steaming pile of gay."
"You act like you've got two brain cells and they're in an argument and not talking to each other."
"If there was EVER a reason for sterilizing people at birth, you people are it."
"Private, you occupy a much needed void in my platoon."
"Keep pushing until I'm tired"
"I have more games than Milton Bradley!"
"You look like a monkey fucking a football!"
"That makes about as much sense as a football bat."
"You should have been a hand job."
"When did you first realize you were a stupid motherfucker?"
"Go ask Drill Sgt. Smith why you are so fucked up."
"Roger what? Dickhead? Cocksucker? Fishing buddy?"
"If you can't plug your cockholsters I will plug it for you."
"Sarge? Did you know that a sarge is a shit sucking fish? Oh you didn't know so you are just a ignorant asshole."
"You are not graded on technique, only results."
"You are pissing on the wheels of human progress!"
"It's mind over matter boy. I don't mind because it don't matter."
"You have about a heartbeat to get off of my bus."
"Beat your fuckin face."
"Monkey-fuckers, GO!"
"Your momma left the best part of you on the floor."
"Why are you in *my* Army Private?"
"You are living proof that a fetus can dodge a coat hanger for 9 months"
"What the fuck did you shave with, a dildo?"
"Beat your face."
"If you're America's best and brightest, the country's in a whole lotta trouble."
"Don't thank me, thank your recruiter."
"If you look at me again, I'll rip your eyeballs out and skull fuck you."
"Did your mom have any kids that lived?"
"I want you to push this earth out of orbit maggots!"
"We're just waiting on you darling, take your time sweetheart!"
"Ewe, did you just call me a female sheep?"
"Lock it up!"
"Oh boy we're just having a party here are we? Well let me join, I like to laugh. What's so Fuckin' Funny?"
"I'm gonna make you sweat so much it rains in here!"
"You must be the poster child for the pro abortion movement."
"You're a waste of human flesh."
"You must be a fucking genius. How else could you have so totally fucked this up?"
"That uniform looks like a sack of shit, and the problem is NOT the uniform."
(said slightly aside when picking up new recruits) "I must have done something to piss off God."
"As we train, always remember; Try and stay close to me! Not for your survival's sake, but so I don't have to crawl so far under fire for your gear..."
"I will scuff you like a brillo on a skillet"
"I wish your dad had 3 night jobs so he wouldn't have the energy to spend with your momma."
"HEY! If you would have done the right thing the FIRST time, we wouldn't be having this conversation!"
"You couldn't poor piss out of a boot with the instructions on the heel."
"Were you born this stupid or are you just trying to perfect it?"
"With the speed of a gang-banged orangutang... GO!!"
"Don't call me sir, I fucking work for a living!"
"You really are a mental leopard!"
"Daddy should have just jerked off in the kleenex and flushed u down the toilet."
"Use tools you goddamn yard apes. Tools are the mark of advanced creatures. Monkeys use them for gods sake, and you people still can't figure it out!"
"That man and his beret need to come to some sort of an understanding."
"This smells like a shithouse on a tuna boat"
"You may not be involved in Afghanistan. Do not worry; another shithole shall appear for you."
"Try to picture under what circumstances I would give you live ammunition. I don't care if there are wolverines out there, I will not even give you a sharp stick!"
"Marker! Get your marker vest! Without it, we are not safe! A crazed lion or lioness could attack us! And they are attracted to shiny things, so you must wear the vest so that they maul you instead of us!"
"Come here HERO"
"Are you a fucking oxygen thief or what?"
"You are fucked up like polio"
"If a lion attacks you, pull out your bayonet and point it at your back so that when the lion pounces, you will be a quadriplegic. You will then not feel the lion mauling you."
" The army is like a tree full of monkeys. The monkey on top sees all smiling faces and all the one on the bottom sees is assholes."
Said in a tone of honest inquiry... "Son... Tell me, were your parents actually *breeding* for stupidity, or were you just a happy accident?"
"As the say in the Russian Marines no shitski."
*Smack* "Wipe that blood off your nose." *Smack* "I didn't say wipe it on your uniform."
"What do YOU think this IS? THE HOLIDAY INN?? You had BETTER wake your young ass UP!"
"I will stick my boot so far up your ass that your breath will smell like Kiwi."
"If you are not here in five seconds, you are WRONG."
"Are you trying to piss me off?"
"Get your feet on the ready line, now now now!"
"Private, you're all ate up, and I haven't even gotten to you yet."
"Portholes now! Take a good look... Eyeballs now! (prolonged pause) Now, if any of you have sisters and girlfriends show up on visitors Thursday as fucking ugly as that, I will fucking kill them..."
"Boy I'm gonna punch you smoooooooth the fuck out."
"DAMNIT PRIVATE! Congradu-FUCKING-lations! You have succeeded in pissing me the fuck off! Let your mother fucking bodies hit the floor!"
"Private Snuffy, call your mother and in your best Boston accent that you came by plane, your going home by bus!"
"You eyeballin' me boy? Don't turn away, your ass is already grass."
"Stop smokin' and jokin'"
"Is it just me or did it just get stupider in here?"
"Front leaning rest position now! Push ups are medicine for what ails ME."
"Asses and elbows people; it's time to get up!"
____________________ Pecca fortiter, sed fortius fide et gaude in Christo!
Galactic Signature: Blue Self-Existing Monkey
Then quit,you slimy fucking walrus-looking piece of shit. Get the fuck off of my obstacle. Get the fuck down off of my obstacle. Now. Move it. I’m going to rip your balls off, so you cannot contaminate the rest of the world. I will motivate you, Private Pyle, if it short-dicks every cannibal on the Congo.
The Gunny needs to clear some things up, so you slimy fucks don't go causing any further stress for our beloved commander-in-chief, Mother FIC.
I AM NOT MOTHER!!! I'M YOUR WORST FUCKING NIGHTMARE!! I DON'T KNOW WHO STARTED THIS PILE OF HORSE SHIT MAKING MY MAGNIFICENT PICTURES SMALLER!! MAYBE THE FAIRY FUCKING GODMOTHER DID IT!! I DON'T GIVE A GOOD GODDAMN, CAUSE I'LL SLAY EVERY ONE OF YOU NASTY PUKES UNTIL YOU CRY ME ALIGATOR FUCKING TEARS, BEGGING FOR YOUR MOMMA TO SAVE YOU!! WELL SHE WON'T!! IT'S MOTHER'S DAY, YOU FUCKING SCUMBAGS!!! SHE'S FAR TOO BUSY CRYING IN THE BATHROOM, REGRETTING HAVING BROUGHT SUCH A MONGOLOID PIECE OF ASS-WASTE ONTO THIS PLANET!! SHE'S SORRY YOU'RE STEALING PERFECTLY GOOD AIR FROM DECENT FUCKING HUMAN BEINGS!!
Now, the Gunny is a busy man!! I don't have time to waste trying to straighten out a COCK BENT LOT LIKE YOURSELVES, YOU NASTY PETER PUMPERS!!!
Case in fucking point...I WILL FIND THE COCK SMOKING MAGGOTS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR RESIZING MY PICTURES, AND I WILL FUCK THEIR WORLD UP!!
I hope this makes things PERFECTLY FUCKING CLEAR, MAGGOTS!!
Semper Fi. Carry on.
____________________ Pecca fortiter, sed fortius fide et gaude in Christo!
Galactic Signature: Blue Self-Existing Monkey
Roy wrote: Phil, that was me who changed the size. Just too big for my screen. That last one is just a bit oversized.
Now, explain me something.
I use Photobucket and used it to store an image of Dali's Virgin and that "violates the terms of the agreement about use"??!!
Let's see.
Ah, forgive me for the over-the-top post, it was exaggerated for jest but there is power in words so I choose now again this time Heaven for you and all of us here.
I see two legal issues and an ethical issue with posting in image: Terms of Use and the Fair Use Doctrine. then bandwidth theft. You can easily saticefy all conditions with just a little fore thought and consideration.
Imbeding pictures directly from a website puts the bandwidth burden on that website. It is rude and costly to the person who pays for that site's bandwidth. Some people configure their server to block hot linking images to protect their bandwidth and possibly the advertising revenue they collect by people visiting their web page to see the images. Now sites such imageshack or photobucket on the other hand offer the service of hosting images and imageshack even provides the link to use explicitly for imbeding the pic into a post.
In general you are not allowed to copy Copyright material without permission and so it is reasonable to expect a host to prohibit that in their "Terms of Use". But the Law says you can copy some or all of a work for the purpose such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. This is the Fair Use Doctrine. Factors to consider are
the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
the nature of the copyrighted work;
amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
Your use of Dali's Virgin in this forum is quite legitimate under Fair Use Doctrine, but hot linking the image from a site showing the image may violate their host's terms of use because they pay for hosting the image for their own purpose and not to provide you with that service. Imageshack specifically provides image hosting service so using them is ok and they even provide many different image resizing options so the image can be of the necessary resolution to, for example, read the text (that I can not read in your tiny photobucket version) and fit within the intended display area.
____________________ Pecca fortiter, sed fortius fide et gaude in Christo!
Galactic Signature: Blue Self-Existing Monkey
