If you really wanted to allow smileys again, you could make the same type of allowances and put in the same types of restrictions that you decided to make with the posting of images.
Please don't feed us a line...."See, I was going to bring them back, but..."
Sorry...I call BS.
You're not going to bring back smileys because you don't like them. It's as simple as that.
And, as board owner, that is your right. Just own it.
Word
Parley P. Pratt wrote:We must lie to support brother Joseph, it is our duty to do so.
Roger wrote:One and all... I found an ancient papyrus while digging for gold in my backyard (what with the recession and all) written in reformed Dutch. Luckily, I have a BS degree in reformed Dutch. Although the manuscript was nearly completely eroded from the ravishes of time, I was able to translate the following. I find it eerily prophetic:
And it came to pass that Shadeantmr the Great did declare that, henceforth, all smilies were to be banished from the land. And, lo, his decree went forth from the land southward to the land northward and spread to the land eastward and to the land westward until there was not found one smilie in all the land. And it came to pass that the people mourned for, lo, they missed their smilies; even though some among them had abused their usefulness. And though there was weeping, gnashing of teeth and exceeding protest, Shadeantmr the Great did not relent and the land remained devoid of smilies. And it came to pass that as the people murmured against the unjust decree of Shadeantmr the Great that some of the leaders among them durst protest loudly, causing a great clamor. And behold, the protest grew louder until the murmuring of the people became exceeding great, wherefore, Shadeantmr could no longer tolerate the exceedingly great murmuring of the people. And, lo, and behold, it came to pass that after Shadeantmr did hear the great murmuring of his people, his heart was moved with a great compassion for them, knowing, as it were, how deeply they missed their smilies. And, behold, how exceeding great did those smilies miss the people! And it came to pass that after being moved with great compassion for his people and their smilies, Shadeantmr the Great did repeal his decree and did allow once again smilies in the land. And it came to pass that there was exceeding great joy among all the land northward, southward, eastward and westward. And a great feast was held in the city of Shadeantmr which is to this day called the feast of smilies.
I'm sure any resemblance to modern times is purely coincidental.
I am reminded of an ancient Celtic tradition that goes as follows:
"Shades giveth and Shades jerketh away"
:-D
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
Chinese Proverb
Jersey Girl wrote:Well, apparently he likes the word "****licker" because that's perfectly okay to post on this board.
What word are you referring to? The word-censor edits it out.
"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"
Jersey Girl wrote:"Shades giveth and Shades jerketh away"
Have you been peeking into my bedroom window again?
Jersey Girl wrote:It didn't when I reported it and no one edited it either.
The reason no one edited it is because it was tucked safely away in the Telestial Forum, where such things belong in the first place.
Your insistence on re-posting it here in the Terrestrial Forum is what forced me to add it to the word-censor.
(By the way, Roger: I loved the "Shadeantumr the Great" appellation! +1 for creativity.)
"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"
(By the way, Roger: I loved the "Shadeantumr the Great" appellation! +1 for creativity.)
What creativity? I'm just the translator. Nevertheless, I'm glad to hear it meets with your satisfaction, your majesty--er uh, Doc. If you should find yourself sufficiently pleased I'm sure you have the power to bestow selective use of smilies on those of us who have found favor in your sight--especially considering that it was prophesied and all.
"...a pious lie, you know, has a great deal more influence with an ignorant people than a profane one."
- Sidney Rigdon, as quoted in the Quincy Whig, June 8, 1839, vol 2 #6.
Fortunately, one of it's "variants" remains on the thread in question.
Gee, thanks for nothing, Jersey Girl. Please let us rest in peace down in the lower kingdom. I know it gets a little rough down there at times and perhaps you just can't handle it.