Where can I start a discussion without actually linking to something?

August 31, 2005 4:44 AM

Where can I start a discussion without actually linking to something? I want to talk about Katrina ad my opinion on it, on a different slant -- but I don't really think it is good enough for the blue. But I still want to talk with other people from MeFi...
posted by andreaazure to Etiquette/Policy at 4:44 AM (22 comments total)

MetaChat.
posted by mek at 4:53 AM on August 31, 2005

An opinion on Katrina... on a different slant?
posted by Witty at 5:14 AM on August 31, 2005

Katrina makes me want to get my slant on, too.
posted by Plutor at 5:16 AM on August 31, 2005

Not here, try Metachat. Do it, bunny.
posted by OmieWise at 6:05 AM on August 31, 2005

The Baltimore meetup is this Saturday. Come on down, Andrea Azure, you're the next contestant on Drunken Slant Challenge.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:10 AM on August 31, 2005

Well, since you've posted this now, how about letting us know what your 'different slant' is right here? I'm intrigued. Well, a little bit.
posted by jack_mo at 6:28 AM on August 31, 2005

don't encourage him.
posted by crunchland at 6:43 AM on August 31, 2005

uh, her.
posted by crunchland at 6:43 AM on August 31, 2005

"I'm walking on sunshine, whoa-oh, and don't it feel good?!"
posted by mischief at 7:04 AM on August 31, 2005

Where can I start a discussion without actually linking to something?

Almost anywhere on the internet!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 7:08 AM on August 31, 2005

Um, is there something that keeps you from posting it in one of the many Katrina-related threads currently on the front page?
posted by languagehat at 7:55 AM on August 31, 2005

MeCha? IRC? Katrina thread? GYOB?
posted by Vidiot at 8:18 AM on August 31, 2005

Andrea, I see you have your own site. Why not put something up there and end the "under construction" hiatus?
posted by OmieWise at 8:20 AM on August 31, 2005

come to MetaChat and start a new post, definitely. We don't require links.
posted by amberglow at 9:51 AM on August 31, 2005

My site is probably going to end up as the "professional/personal" site, as opposed to the "Andrea is talking, discussing and ranting" site.

OK, MetaChat - duh. After almost a year, can I still be a n00b?

I wanted to post somewhere HERE because of the community HERE. I have a blog -- well, had one.

The slant: anger over the stubbornness of people who thought they could/should "ride it out." (Note: not those too poor/sick/elderly to leave... though I have commentary there as well.)
posted by andreaazure at 9:55 AM on August 31, 2005

I still don't get it.
posted by Witty at 10:01 AM on August 31, 2005

If we don't have a right to be angry at people who were too stupid to leave when they heard a Category 5 storm was approaching, then we have no right to be angry at anyone ever.
posted by kindall at 12:22 PM on August 31, 2005

"too stupid"
posted by sonofsamiam at 12:27 PM on August 31, 2005

It was their own choice, and they bare the responsibility... Wha makes you think that any of the ones who stayed were not to sick/poor/elderly to leave?
posted by delmoi at 12:33 PM on August 31, 2005

... or even still have an internet connection?
posted by mischief at 12:45 PM on August 31, 2005

The vast majority of those who stayed did so against their will. Only a few blowhards actually DECIDED to stay. The poor of New Orleans were abandoned to drown.
posted by brundlefly at 10:09 PM on August 31, 2005

So, tell me, just how do you bus New Orleans (pop. 484,674) somewhere, anywhere, with just a few days notice?
posted by mischief at 10:25 PM on August 31, 2005