Well, things should be a least a *little* calmer here in the Gungeon...at least for a while!

[Johnny Rico]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by krispos42 (a host of the Gun Control & RKBA group).

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1240&pid=97558

[ManiacJoe]

1. That was bound to happen given her track record.

When I first joined DU, iverglas' posts in Guns were often worth reading. Unfortunately, that slowly degenerated.

[CokeMachine]

8. I agree --

when I first started reading DU 5-6 years ago she had something thoughtful (usually) to add to the discussion. When I joined late last year her posts seemed to have degenerated to the point that I quit reading them. I never responded to her as I didn't want to take the chance of being in her cross hairs. Sad to see a long time DUer PPR'd but I believe she's been intentionally working on it for quite some time.

TTFN

[gejohnston]

2. seems that she was not very popular there

so when's the wake?

[slackmaster]

3. They always find a way of coming back. Recently I was shocked to see an old-timer on LinkedIn.

LinkedIn has (or had) a new version of their "People you might know" feature. Several pages down I was surprised to see my old buddy MrBenchley.

[Spoonman]

15. No way slack!

Dude, I remember when you posted the MrBenchley sign!
That was some funny shit!
Boy did we have some fun lighting his ass up.

You and I have been around a long time.........

I for one am glad to the wicked wanna be lawyer witch of the north gone.

[Johnny Rico]

17. As the thread says in Meta-discussion: "Ding, Dong" indeed!

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[Meiko]

4. Too bad

She really had a talent for adding to a conversation as long as she kept her tongue in check. I see it as a loss.

[oneshooter]

5. She was rude and vulger, and I had no need of either from her.

[Clames]

6. All that...

...and her deliberate misrepresentation of posts she alerts on to get members banned. Karma paid its dividends as far as I'm concerned with her.

[CokeMachine]

10. All of that and more IMO

I hate to see long time members PPR'd whether it be karma or her own intentions. I wasn't fond of her ramblings and many were disgusting attacks (not just in the Gungeon).

TTFN

[Starboard Tack]

12. Me too. She definitely brought a certain liveliness to the debate.

She will be missed by many who appreciated her scathing wit and quite brilliant mind. Too bad she didn't know when to back off at times.

[gejohnston]

13. brilliant mind

often polluted by irrational rants.
Once in awhile, she did have a valid point. However her irrational rants about "misogynist gun militants" will not. Which reminds me of a study I found that said most gun control advocates

Many scholars have suggested that Americans' positions on gun control are the product of culture conflicts. This assertion has been largely based on associations of gun control opinion with membership in social groups believed to be hostile, or favorable, towards gun ownership, rather than with direct measures of the cultural traits thought to mediate the effects of group membership on gun control opinion. Data from a 2005 national telephone survey were analyzed to test competing theories of why people support handgun bans. Instrumental explanations, which stress belief in a policy's likely effectiveness, accounted for less than 25 percent of the variation in support. The results supported the culture conflict perspective. Those who endorsed negative stereotypes about gun owners, and who did not believe in the need to defend their own homes against crime (versus relying on the police) were more likely to support handgun bans.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047235209000932

I found it on a list of "Most Downloaded Journal of Criminal Justice Articles"
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-criminal-justice/most-read-articles/
Next month I'll pay the 20 bucks to read it.

[Xela]

7. No surprise...

This was years coming, and ultimately out of her own making.

Thanks for sharing the news.

Now, back to the Gungeon mud.

Xela

[Callisto32]

9. What can I say, I'm never a fan of the banhammer.

I kinda feel like I do about Osama bin Laden: I don't think he should have been treated quite that way, but I'm not exactly losing sleep over the loss.

Hell, it was she who brought me in here in the first place.

[ileus]

11. It'll be more civil for sure.

He / she loved baiting people then whining about any post the didn't jive with her most holy pov.

[jeepnstein]

14. You can take any bad act too far.

It's a shame. Oh well. Live and learn I guess.

[Spoonman]

16. Cry me a maple leaf river! - Slackmaster will get that one! n/t

[Callisto32]

18. Oh.....

....Canada....

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19. What a pantload.

Two peas in a pod.

Benchley was at least amusing and always good for a laugh or two... he was the kind of crazy you just can't make up.

I can't locate the post at the moment, but they had a get together/met-up in Canada some time ago.

The other one... was just a bitter spinster with a chip on her shoulder/ax to grind.

[krispos42]

20. Locking.

I was expecting this, actually, but it belongs in the magical land of Someplace Else.


Regards,
Krispos42, Gungeon Host.