Bill Casselman, new member, says goodbye!

Farmerman is on my list of ten people that I would like to get drunk with in a quiet Pub.

Who is Bill Casselman anyway, and why does he think he is exempt from following the rules? I don't think anyone is being mean. Just a little miffed maybe at the man for daring to insult our site and our mods.

Lord Ellpus wrote:

Farmerman is on my list of ten people that I would like to get drunk with in a quiet Pub.

So why do you want to destroy such beautiful English heritage?

If the American military is monitoring his stupid site, he'd probably never even realize it. Wouldn't they use proxies, in order to be covert?

But Tico, that does make a little more sense if you add the introduction to that piece:

Two days after I posted a satirical piece about Bush on my website my site began to be crawled 45 times a day (!!!) by what my site-visit software logged as "American military" metacrawlers.

It has continued to be crawled this often for one solid year. What secrets does the US Military hope to find on a site devoted to Canadian word study and a bit of satire?

I did not use to be anti-American. For 50 years of a my life I was an America booster. What happened? Born-again Republican yahoos happened and took over the governance of America.


I agree with Casselman that internet snooping is pretty screwy. I'm not applauding his tantrum as you quoted it, but ... 45 times a day?

Do you think it is possible that the American Military does not crawl around the 'net? Listen, I hope to god they do and I would be very surprised if they did not.

My wish is that they would be a little more choosy and act on real threats to the CITIZENS OF THE COUNTRY rather than perceived threats to the current administration.

Do you not care for satire, Tico? Weren't you the one with a Mark Twain saying under your name for a while?

I have noted that many Republicans do not care for the current brand of satire going 'round. Bill Casselman is a Canadian satirist, so what do you expect -- someone who's gonna fawn over the Bush administration?

Wikipedia wrote:

Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which exposes the follies of its subject (for example, individuals, organizations, or states) to ridicule, often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. ...

The main intent of satire is political, social, or moral and not comic. The humor of such a satire tends to be subtle, using irony and deadpan humor liberally.

Piffka wrote:

" lividly plunkered."


That is a fine expression. It means angry, I think...but can you explain how and why?

Mind you, I do find his satire lacks finesse, and I go for dryness, meself...but wot the hey!

As I said earlier, colossal egos can be great fun, and I am sorry he had such a tanty and left......he would have added some bite and debate here.

Look what he's done already! A discussion of satire!

Piffka wrote:

Do you not care for satire, Tico? Weren't you the one with a Mark Twain saying under your name for a while?

I have noted that many Republicans do not care for the current brand of satire going 'round. Bill Casselman is a Canadian satirist, so what do you expect -- someone who's gonna fawn over the Bush administration?

Wikipedia wrote:

Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which exposes the follies of its subject (for example, individuals, organizations, or states) to ridicule, often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. ...

The main intent of satire is political, social, or moral and not comic. The humor of such a satire tends to be subtle, using irony and deadpan humor liberally.

Well said, Piffka.


Mind you, I do find his satire lacks finesse, and I go for dryness, meself...but wot the hey!

As I said earlier, colossal egos can be great fun, and I am sorry he had such a tanty and left......he would have added some bite and debate here.

Look what he's done already! A discussion of satire!