| I'm so Abstruse! |
[28 May 2004|03:52am] |
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| Bad Parent Wank and Elvish Clam Bakes |
[28 May 2004|07:14pm] |
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Well, I posted my first wank over in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif) otf_wank. Originally, it had drawn my attention because there was a lot of "aww poor baby" type ego stroking going on for the OP. She did something dumb. She left her child unsupervised with the cat when she was fully aware of the fact that the child tortured the cat. Then she says she doesn't care of the child was sitting on the cat and tearing its hair out, it wasn't supposed to attack the child? Excuse me, but if someone were sitting on my and tearing my hair out, I would certainly attack and I am a human adult fully capable of being logical and reasonable. The cat is not, so it really shouldn't be held to the same standards. I hold to my opinion that if the mother had been responsible with both her child and her pet, the whole situation could have been avoided. She didn't and it's very unfortunate, but the child got hurt. It's not the cat's fault and it's not the child's fault. The blame lies squarely on the shoulders of the parent and there is no squirming out of it.
The whole post seems to have drawn the attention of the OP and her supporters. The OP locked her posts and the supporters have trickled over attempting to defend her. As I said, there is no wriggling out of the blame. Had she kept them seperated or monitored the encounter or any number of other things, everybody could still be happily coexisting, but she didn't. That's the wanky part. She was dumb and went looking for sympathy. The fact that she's some sort of big name fan means she has minions of her own who are all too willing to stroke her ego and assure her that she's a good mom and pet owner, when the simple fact remains that she is neither. It is wank and it is fun to read for those of us with enough common sense to see the irony in the situation. Of course the sockpuppets are raising a stink now and it has inevitably descended into cussing. As I told one of my trolls, cursing is for those who do not have an adequate vocabulary to express themselves. There's a difference between cursing in the heat of the moment and simply running out of anything intellegent to say. It's obvious to me that the sockpuppets can't think of any reasonable response to the accusations, so they just cuss everyone out. All that earns you is even more pointing and laughing from everyone else who was able to keep their cool and respond in a calm and intelligent manner.
Enough about wank, I have this terrible image of elves at a clam bake in my head due to a little discussion taking place in the comments of this post. I see Glorfindel running around in a hula skirt with a can of beer clutched in each hand, leading the congo line around the shore. Elrond quietly sits by the fire nibbling on his food until said drunk elf catches him and whirls him off into some crazy dizzy hip-grinding dance that ends up with them sprawled out at the water's edge rolling around through the seafoam, attached at the mouth. Glorfindel's hula skirt gets washed out at sea, but none of them care as they become much more interested in certain other activities. I'm going to stop before that winds out of control. It's a fun little scene though.
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