What happened to the moratorium on op-ed politics pieces?

November 1, 2002 7:55 AM

Despite this and this, today we have this.
posted by i_cola to Etiquette/Policy at 7:55 AM (29 comments total)

Possunt quia posse videntur.

Asinus asinum fricat.


posted by mr_crash_davis at 8:01 AM on November 1, 2002

What about them and that!?
posted by Dark Messiah at 8:04 AM on November 1, 2002

There's a lot of it about...
posted by i_cola at 8:04 AM on November 1, 2002

Unless you're asking for a change in the guidelines, pointing this out to Metatalkers when your intended audience are people who never read Metatalk is pretty much preaching to the choir. And we all know by now that even though we've debated every little thing here to death the guidelines probably won't change much.

I think your coughing fit in the thread was probably enough.
posted by Stan Chin at 8:10 AM on November 1, 2002

Old Nuclear Physicist's Saying:

The irresistible force often becomes an immovable object,
just as the constant is often a variable.
posted by Smart Dalek at 8:11 AM on November 1, 2002

Well, have some of this or some of this. (And don't anybody accuse me of this.)
posted by crunchland at 8:11 AM on November 1, 2002

abusus non tollit usum?

or maybe

cacoethes loquendi/carpendi

Stan Chin: I think you're right...maybe tha Latin thing could catch on tho'...
posted by i_cola at 8:12 AM on November 1, 2002

pointing this out to Metatalkers when your intended audience are people who never read Metatalk is pretty much preaching to the choir.

I'm not going back in there!
posted by mcwetboy at 8:25 AM on November 1, 2002

I suggest you curl up into the fetal position, puff out your lower lip, ball your hands up and pound on the floor.
posted by revbrian at 8:51 AM on November 1, 2002

Lucky you guys don't run anything more socially relevant than your keyboards.
posted by semmi at 8:51 AM on November 1, 2002

Special ones, outlandish ones, or provacative ones are fine - matt

That covers a whole helluva lot of ground, and considering that the author of the linked article is Salman Rushdie, 'even a blind man can see' that this one is special.

posted by mischief at 8:59 AM on November 1, 2002

i_cola, this, this & this seem to be the theme. What do I mean ? It seems of late a portion of FPP's are inspired by each other. I mention this to show you are an example even if your not heard in Meta-Talk.

Unfortunately the political ones can yell out like the Butcher, Snark.
posted by thomcatspike at 9:33 AM on November 1, 2002

Unless you're asking for a change in the guidelines, pointing this out to Metatalkers when your intended audience are people who never read Metatalk is pretty much preaching to the choir.

This meta post was pointed out in the thread. That draws the intended audience over here. This is as it should be.
posted by frykitty at 10:15 AM on November 1, 2002

Yell out like the Butcher?
posted by Tin Man at 10:19 AM on November 1, 2002

This meta post was pointed out in the thread. That draws the intended audience over here.

Dream on, kitty cat.

posted by mischief at 11:43 AM on November 1, 2002

Yell out like the Butcher?

Tin Man, It took me awhile to figure it out;
tcs' wit is a bit esoteric, but definately worth following.

Mind you, I prefer a good corn holler myself...
posted by Smart Dalek at 12:11 PM on November 1, 2002

I'm going to be Santa Clause for Halloween and a scarecrow elf at Xmas!

Oh, wait, it's all over and we're back to usual. -sigh-

Unfortunately the political ones can yell out like the Butcher, Snark.

ButcherSnark! That sounds like a fair compromise to me, Thomcat!

Tin Man, It took me awhile to figure it out;
tcs' wit is a bit esoteric, but definately worth following.

No, no--pay attention. It's the Snark, not the Snark. Snark!Snark!

posted by Shane at 12:25 PM on November 1, 2002

So by the time the people from the original thread are directed to this thread, it has dissolved into chatter?
posted by hyperizer at 12:45 PM on November 1, 2002

Quousque tandem abutere, NewsFilter, patientia nostra?
posted by languagehat at 12:57 PM on November 1, 2002

kiki azt beszeli amit tud, nem?
posted by semmi at 3:11 PM on November 1, 2002

Corpus Delicti...or,

What the crap are you all talking about?
When Thomcatspike is the only one in the thread making sense, I fear for the future of America.

Hong nam yoo tee nai?
posted by konolia at 4:11 PM on November 1, 2002

Metafilter: Snarking like a Butcher and Butchering the Snark

What? We are supposed to be making sense?
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 4:34 PM on November 1, 2002

MetaTalk: Stop making sense.
posted by timeistight at 4:40 PM on November 1, 2002

stan chin... um "preaching to the converted", "singing to the choir".

*ducks*
posted by silusGROK at 5:24 PM on November 1, 2002

That's what I get for not going to church. Oh, and that eternal damnation thing too.
posted by Stan Chin at 5:39 PM on November 1, 2002

"singing to the choir".

hopefully not the Choir Invisible.
posted by konolia at 6:08 PM on November 1, 2002

BTW it is also known as "preaching to the choir"
*ducks and covers*
posted by konolia at 6:11 PM on November 1, 2002

MetaTalk: (Ideally) Stop Making Sentences.
posted by y2karl at 9:34 PM on November 1, 2002

it has dissolved into chatter?

After I indicated that the FPP in question was allowable by Matt's own words (and exposed i_cola's contention as being misplaced), what else was left to do but chatter? ;-P

posted by mischief at 1:39 AM on November 2, 2002