Re: [Cult of Lauda] An historic peace: Rome’s treaty with Carthage
Quicksellout7 humilating himself in public
Alas, Quickseller, no good deed goes unpunished.
For my part, I found your apology to Lauda to be quite as dignified as such a thing can be, and presumptively sincere, in large part because it was not some apology-culture ritual self-humiliation to fulfill an implied condition of promised forgiveness.
Either that or he finally sold his accounts like nullius appears to have done.
LOL, you truthfully daring sockpuppet, you got me! I sold my account and my PGP private key to somebody who has exactly the same enigmatic personality, inimitable writing style, depth of ideas, and originality of thought as I have. It was as if I long slept, then awoke in a fantasy world: A world superior to this one, in which there are two of me! So, he sent me some big BTC in exchange for my credentials. I tossed in my longtime friendship with Lauda as a buy one, get one free sort of deal.
Signed, nullius twin
Are you now claiming that Laura is trustworthy and their account should be red trust free?
What lauda did was wrong, and was a display of poor judgement. With that being said, what happened, happened a long time ago, I have good reason to believe lauda is remorseful for what he did, and to my knowledge he has not made a similar mistake since. I have left the extortion thread unlocked, and it will remain that way provided no trolls bump it to stir up drama.In addition to being remorseful, Lauda was also punished with the severe consequences of being fired from a prestigious paid job that was probably quite important to her:
You got what you wanted. Lauda is no longer a staff member. You can lock this thread now.
Ouch.
But the admins of this forum must have their reasons for removing Lauda as a staff member, which (unfortunately) I think will never be made public.
You don't think it had something to do with the fact that lauda recently admitted to trying to extort someone?
Indeed, I think it had everything to do with it: Lauda did something wrong, was punished, and then rapidly regained peoples confidence by remorsefully accepting that, and continuing to otherwise contribute to the communityinstead of creating ten thousand whine threads as many of her haters do, Reeeeeee authoritarian boss theymos fired me from my jobso unfair!!
(By a comparison of apples and oranges about two very different wrongs, I think that you would have done well to have said,* Hey, tspacepilot, if I was going to get busted, at least it was by someone with rigorous forensics instead of reasonable suspicions inflated to compelling evidence through armchair guesswork, and taken whatever practical steps necessary to right wrongs.)
(* To overextend the topic titles allusion to a point nearing non sequitur, Hannibal and Scipio Africanus mutually agreed that if one of them had to be defeated, at least he would be defeated by the other. They respected each other with a noble attitude, as if each thought: If I must fall, let me fall at the hands of the best, who is my equal. Much though the Romans hated him, Hannibals defeat was an historic tragedy. Well, I think that I have now passed the point of tragically torturing a noble analogy until it no longer makes any sense. My apologies to Hannibal.)
WowThis will hurt the forum. Lauda was one of the most active staff members.
As a practical matter, the forums loss may be my gain. If I ever start a service dealing with the public, I intend to attempt persuading Lauda to accept the position of holding a large, shiny ban-hammer. Good help is hard to find, and I need somebody to protect the good people. Complaints > /dev/null.
I purposely left this thread un-moderated, despite suggestions and warnings from others, so that observers can observe the true nature of people.
Alas, Lauda, no good deed goes unpunished.
This peace is not related to any other disputes, nor did this peace happen in one singular day, nor can it happen unilateral (don't expect my forgiveness to those who (haven't stopped their activities or) run around behind my back and consistently speak ill of me - that is not changing our ways, that is not peace, that is not honesty in peace..).
QFT. For my part, I may shoot holes in some of the haters later. Busy now.