tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post5085095231148704163..comments2023-12-10T17:20:11.228-06:00Comments on WISSUP = WISCONSIN SPEAKS UP: Fireside Books holds book signing Aug. 1 to promote gay book -West Bend Citizen Advocatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674336754911157020noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-57075135961860168652009-08-05T18:46:13.418-05:002009-08-05T18:46:13.418-05:00That would be critic without the "s."
C...That would be critic without the "s."<br /><br />CCWB is hardly silenced, as we all know.West Bend Citizen Advocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16674336754911157020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-83655867934678905802009-08-05T18:31:53.592-05:002009-08-05T18:31:53.592-05:00This is kind of ridiculous, eh? Arbitrary & c...This is kind of ridiculous, eh? Arbitrary & caprecious comes to mind...given Concerned Citizen really wasn't all that out of line, and seemed to just be looking for some logical explanation. <br /><br />Silencing ones critics is rarely a good moveWestBend451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-14811473827707003782009-08-05T17:37:52.260-05:002009-08-05T17:37:52.260-05:00This is not a court of law. I do not need to prov...This is not a court of law. I do not need to provide "evidence" of anything. Blogs are free. Anyone at any time can do as CCWB did....sound off to the world in your own kind of way by creating your own blog. Make your own kind of music, so to speak. Just don't come to my blog and expect me to follow "your" rules. Thank you to the rest of the commenters, though we may disagree. The majority or you have been posting fairly reasonable debate.West Bend Citizen Advocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16674336754911157020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-64562650148155988062009-08-05T10:49:15.704-05:002009-08-05T10:49:15.704-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Concerned West Bend Citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269774099507336969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-29547024526477641192009-08-04T17:23:42.780-05:002009-08-04T17:23:42.780-05:00As you will note, CCWB is no longer posting here. ...As you will note, CCWB is no longer posting here. This is because I feel the harassment CCWB has delivered on this blog has been an ongoing issue that I have been patient with for way too long. I feel CCWBs rhetoric hinders the intelligent conversations taking place, is used as a distraction, and that CCWB is trying to draw attention to himself. I gave one opportunistic warning, now poof!, gone.....<br /><br />We'll miss ya.West Bend Citizen Advocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16674336754911157020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-47607596191562666802009-08-04T11:29:57.077-05:002009-08-04T11:29:57.077-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Concerned West Bend Citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269774099507336969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-4551787737330103542009-08-04T11:00:40.511-05:002009-08-04T11:00:40.511-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Concerned West Bend Citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269774099507336969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-17552070752619326632009-08-04T10:49:52.568-05:002009-08-04T10:49:52.568-05:00ROLF: Poof!
CCWB: Poof!ROLF: Poof!<br /><br />CCWB: Poof!West Bend Citizen Advocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16674336754911157020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-11376265178095690632009-08-04T10:45:32.844-05:002009-08-04T10:45:32.844-05:00So glad to hear the book signing went off without ...So glad to hear the book signing went off without any protestors! LOL! Just thinking of that little group of people who went there to "fight." LOLOLOL!!!!!!West Bend Citizen Advocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16674336754911157020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-56243562416307672502009-08-04T03:24:41.201-05:002009-08-04T03:24:41.201-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Rolfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-40662110880059697782009-08-04T00:33:32.850-05:002009-08-04T00:33:32.850-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Concerned West Bend Citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269774099507336969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-83645192829453359032009-08-03T20:06:19.192-05:002009-08-03T20:06:19.192-05:00Maria:
No. The request was directed towards othe...Maria:<br /><br />No. The request was directed towards others, not you.West Bend Citizen Advocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16674336754911157020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-70873436247503512612009-08-03T19:26:21.673-05:002009-08-03T19:26:21.673-05:00Could I ask what comments from CWBC and Rolf you f...Could I ask what comments from CWBC and Rolf you felt were personal attacks?<br /><br />Concerning CWBC, their last comment was days ago, and you have posted other comments since. If CWBC personally attacked you to the point of using the language in your second last comment, why did you not bring this up sooner, like when the supposed attack was made? Thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13751723547912389162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-59852457072515407652009-08-02T19:40:56.903-05:002009-08-02T19:40:56.903-05:00Rolf: FYI, I do not censor commentary. However, ...Rolf: FYI, I do not censor commentary. However, I am sure you noted when you left your commentary that ask for appropriate language usage and reserve the right to remove commentary. You personal attacks are not appreciated nor welcome. The language and harassment on the commentaries for this blog have gone beyond reasonable. Yes, I may determine what reasonable is. I am sure someone will ask for my personal guidelines. I won't be lending any responses to foolish questions that waste my time. I will be pulling in the reigns on harassment and foul language. No apologies.West Bend Citizen Advocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16674336754911157020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-48314200633858889092009-08-02T19:34:47.375-05:002009-08-02T19:34:47.375-05:00CCWB: I'll say this as respectfully as I can....CCWB: I'll say this as respectfully as I can. I have allowed you to post time and again on my blog. I've tried to give you your say, yet your personal attacks come one right after the other...to the point of harassment. Therefore, this is simply a first request that you tame your commentary and stick to the content of the blog post. If you cannot do what I request, I will ask you not to post on WISSUP in the future. Thank you.West Bend Citizen Advocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16674336754911157020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-55933903906284863652009-08-02T00:27:12.665-05:002009-08-02T00:27:12.665-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Rolfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-40194597006024775802009-08-01T08:14:35.000-05:002009-08-01T08:14:35.000-05:00According to this post, I stated, "...therefo...According to this post, I stated, <i>"...therefore, our family chooses to boycott this business."<br /><br />Maria? Can you explain where I told others to do the same?<br /><br />You see, blogs are like online diaries or personal commentary.<br /><br />My blog, my personal commentary. MY FAMILY chooses to boycott this business means just that.</i><br /><br />I can read, and I understand what you wrote. But I can also read between the lines. You can pretend that you're merely using this blog as a personal diary. But when you discuss community issues like this and you have a large portion of the community following your blog, it is crystal clear that you are trying to influence others. You certainly didn't create a review at the insiderpages.com site to <b>encourage</b> people to frequent Fireside Books!<br /><br /><i>if you don't care for the personal commentaries and journaling, by all means do not feel like you are held hostage. Really!</i><br /><br />Much as I would like to stop following your blog, I feel compelled to read it and correct the misinformation I find and publicly speak out against your stance on the library issue. Since I'm not going away, I invite you to actually address my (valid) points and questions when I comment on your posts, instead of merely responding with statements along the lines of "it's my blog and I can say what I like" and "don't read it if you don't like it."<br /><br />I would love to see you answer questions about how your proposed changes (at the library) would work and who would oversee them. You continue to ignore requests for that, and you've gotten this request from many. Regarding the bookstore event issue, I'd love to hear a response to a question I asked several comments ago. <i>And what exactly would the opposing viewpoint to the Fireside Books event on Aug. 1 be? Raising two gay sons with malice and hatred? Rejecting your children? Encouraging hostility and repugnance in the community?</i>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13751723547912389162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-23561335532373806332009-08-01T07:45:28.728-05:002009-08-01T07:45:28.728-05:00Sorry, I must have missed something in today's...<i>Sorry, I must have missed something in today's paper. I did not see a "press release." I saw an article written about a controversial action taken on the part of a local bookstore within our community. Nothing more. Was there something else?</i><br /><br />Obviously, you do not understand how press releases work. Press releases are sent to newspapers and other media outlets. Sometimes they are printed verbatim, but usually the goal is for the paper to contact the organization that issued the press release to interview them about the story and publish a feature story that expands on the info in the press release. Press releases are also used to encourage the media to attend an event and cover the story in person by sending a reporter to witness the event, interview attendees and key players in the event, etc.<br /><br />So the Daily News either received the press release or heard about the potential of some of your supporters picketing at Fireside (chatter on the blogs) and decided to do an article. It's not complicated or unusual.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13751723547912389162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-90241165118374093032009-07-31T22:46:38.895-05:002009-07-31T22:46:38.895-05:00According to this post, I stated, "...therefo...According to this post, I stated, "...therefore, our family chooses to boycott this business."<br /><br />Maria? Can you explain where I told others to do the same? <br /><br />You see, blogs are like online diaries or personal commentary.<br /><br />My blog, my personal commentary. MY FAMILY chooses to boycott this business means just that. <br /><br />You may leave your comments here; however, if you don't care for the personal commentaries and journaling, by all means do not feel like you are held hostage. Really!WEST BEND CITIZENS FOR SAFE LIBRARIEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14307002029510778899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-81991216958172976572009-07-31T22:40:00.399-05:002009-07-31T22:40:00.399-05:00Sorry, I must have missed something in today's...Sorry, I must have missed something in today's paper. I did not see a "press release." I saw an article written about a controversial action taken on the part of a local bookstore within our community. Nothing more. Was there something else?WEST BEND CITIZENS FOR SAFE LIBRARIEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14307002029510778899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-7525915460227838342009-07-31T20:47:48.584-05:002009-07-31T20:47:48.584-05:00One of my children participates in a soccer progra...One of my children participates in a soccer program. One mother has a child that participates in this while his younger sibling watches from the sidelines. I've noticed that this child often bothers other parents (and their young children), asking to play with their toys, eat their snacks, etc. The kid also wanders off and sometimes does stupid things that could result in minor injury to himself or another child. This all goes on while his mom talks to another mom or uses her cell phone and pays little attention to the kid.<br /><br />By the logic presented here, it is not only my right to discipline this child, it is my RESPONSIBILITY? Please, Kelly, tell me you don't believe that's true.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13751723547912389162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-45542423081834571372009-07-31T19:53:36.546-05:002009-07-31T19:53:36.546-05:00"That's the problem...[protecting unatten..."That's the problem...[protecting unattended children] should be [the responsibility of Maria and her peeps]"<br /><br />So, we've finally come down to what you really want: morality police, determined, presumably, by a majority vote of the community.<br /><br />DOes that sum it up?Saudi Arabianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-27768177531892969862009-07-31T19:10:20.272-05:002009-07-31T19:10:20.272-05:00That's the problem...it should be.That's the problem...it should be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-75242991201639296602009-07-31T19:09:16.836-05:002009-07-31T19:09:16.836-05:00bla bla bla w/ebla bla bla w/eAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342364914875572105.post-42311864867102127152009-07-31T18:57:53.491-05:002009-07-31T18:57:53.491-05:00"I'm not keep rehashing the same arguemen..."I'm not keep rehashing the same arguements over and over again.<br /><br />You know what is a lot of work...filling out my tax forms, but I still have to do it."<br /><br />You are indeed rehashing since you made this argument in an earlier thread of comments on one of Ginny's posts. Again I say: there is no comparison to filling out YOUR OWN tax forms and trying to recategorize and reclassify a large number of books in the library's collection (since you'll also want to reclassify newly purchased items or books that you haven't discovered yet as obscene).<br /><br />"Let the community decide." What does that mean?! You keep saying this, but offer no examples as to how it would actually take place. I know that I and several others would be interested to know how "the community" would make this decision.<br /><br />Further, say you cordon off the "obscene" room of YA books--what if a child puts a hold on an item from another library in the consortium or through interlibrary loan? This is a service available to any patron and does not require parental permission.<br /><br />Finally, "The bottom line is this: Protecting unattended children is too much work for Maria and her peeps." No, the bottom line is that policing what unattended children read is not the responsibility of Maria or her "peeps."Paigealicious!https://www.blogger.com/profile/01572524540040765768noreply@blogger.com