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The Emperor of Ice-Cream
Call the roller of big cigars,
The muscular one, and bid him whip
In kitchen cups concupiscent curds.
Let the wenches dawdle in such dress
As they are used to wear, and let the boys
Bring flowers in last month's newspapers.
Let be be finale of seem.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.
Take from the dresser of deal,
Lacking the three glass knobs, that sheet
On which she embroidered fantails once
And spread it so as to cover her face.
If her horny feet protrude, they come
To show how cold she is, and dumb.
Let the lamp affix its beam.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.
--Wallace Stevens (1879-1955)
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> a waste of DNA
Reminds me of a new saying (to me at least) I picked up on a minesite this week....
[bold]"....nothing but an oxygen thief".[/bold]
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> ...and many others - Max, of troy, wwh, Wordwind, hev
Better add me to the list.
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Jackie,
You know that you were the first one to welcome me on the board and sustained me with your lovely words and very sincere personal concern. Although I have not met you and did not really carry on a regular communication but still I hope you know that I have come to love you as if you have been an old friend. So you know how very sad and devastated I am to read this, your bombshell. It is that to me, a real bombshell that I was surprised with because I had been lulled into thinking that all is well. I will be in touch with you, I hope you will let me. I have been feeling on top of the world lately but this event has surely brought me down with a thud.
That is how much you mean to me.
I am misty-eyed and I feel so forlorn.
I am trying hard to post to keep this place going because I believe it is too precious to lose and that includes you and all the good and brilliant people from whom I have gotten so much delight being wordcrazy as I am.
Jackie, words cannot express.....however hard I will try.
I love you!
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I decided a few weeks ago, for various reasons which I conveyed to Jackie privately, that I would not be having much to do with this site again. I simply looked in this afternoon in the hope of finding something that might perhaps change my mind.
Instead I found Jackie's bombshell, which I read along with a few other related threads, and I am appalled and very distressed at what has been going on here, especially in so far as it relates to Jackie herself.
I don't much care whether any of the "threats" I have read about were real or implied. It doesn't matter a lot to me precisely how or why or in what manner of words Jackie has been hurt by various postings and PMs. Clearly she has been hurt and distressed by these things, and when you hurt Jackie you hurt a whole lot of people on this board.
It is a great shame that what used to be a warm, friendly forum has been torn apart by this controversy. Sorry to rabbit on like this, but I felt I had to go public with my withdrawal from this place of pain and upset.
This is probably my longest posting ever (except for a certain 14 line offering back in the dear dead days beyond recall, eh, Jacqui?). And now, like quite a few others, I'm outa here, at least for the foreseeable future. To those who remain, good luck, and I hope things get better for you soon.
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Enjoy posting by yourself, Keiva.
I've no doubt you'll continue to wear the smug smile that can always be heard through the language of your posts, but you'll be smiling alone.
I'll look forward to continued conversation with the many wonderful people I've gotten to know here at AWAD.
Hyla
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What's all this about a lawsuit??
ARE THERE DEFENSES TO DEFAMATION?
Establishing the truth is the single most effective defense that can be offered. If the remark is truthful and it "hurts", is embarrassing, or subjects you to ridicule, there is little you can do. Unfortunately, unless the remark is false, you have no recourse.
snoot
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unless the remark is false, you have no recourse.
Are you sure it has to be false?
Isn't there a situation where if the truth is published with "malice" ... which of course would have to be proved ... then there is a case?
Just wonderin' !!
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