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» God
I can laugh about it now.
A few years ago, I used to host/administer a Forum for general chatting.
Some of my members came across a Religious Forum and infiltrated it, posing as God Fearing/Loving members who had lost their way and needed guidance.
Some of the advice given was hilarious and responses were always linked to on my Forum giving us all a great laugh.
One day the Admin of the Religious Forum started getting suspicious and discovered that some of his new members were actually mocking his genuine members and he set out to find out from whence they had come.
Which obviously led him to my Forum. Well, he managed to find some posts that my members had written, ridiculing God, the Religious Forum and in some cases we were joking about blowing up van's etc ........ as you do.
The next day, my forum had disappeared. I contacted my host and they forwarded on an email they had received.
The email was from the Admin of the Religious Forum, it had been forwarded to Police, FBI and both parties Hosting Companies.
It claimed that I was a terrorist and that if they read my forum they would see we were making plans to blow up buildings using vans and had plans to take down all religious groups.
I had been put on a terrorist watch list, while it was being investigated! My forum had been closed and access to it removed for everyone except the police and FBI.
Thankfully it only took a day to convince them that I wasn't a terrorist and that it was just forum members having a laugh and they restored my forum.
I have not been told if I have been removed from the Watch List yet or not, but am always very nervous when I try to leave the country and the Passport Control Moles look at me strangely.
Didn't help that before I shaved off my beard, I was told I looked like the "Shoe Bomber". *sighs*
(Fri 20th Mar 2009, 8:54, More)
I can laugh about it now.
A few years ago, I used to host/administer a Forum for general chatting.
Some of my members came across a Religious Forum and infiltrated it, posing as God Fearing/Loving members who had lost their way and needed guidance.
Some of the advice given was hilarious and responses were always linked to on my Forum giving us all a great laugh.
One day the Admin of the Religious Forum started getting suspicious and discovered that some of his new members were actually mocking his genuine members and he set out to find out from whence they had come.
Which obviously led him to my Forum. Well, he managed to find some posts that my members had written, ridiculing God, the Religious Forum and in some cases we were joking about blowing up van's etc ........ as you do.
The next day, my forum had disappeared. I contacted my host and they forwarded on an email they had received.
The email was from the Admin of the Religious Forum, it had been forwarded to Police, FBI and both parties Hosting Companies.
It claimed that I was a terrorist and that if they read my forum they would see we were making plans to blow up buildings using vans and had plans to take down all religious groups.
I had been put on a terrorist watch list, while it was being investigated! My forum had been closed and access to it removed for everyone except the police and FBI.
Thankfully it only took a day to convince them that I wasn't a terrorist and that it was just forum members having a laugh and they restored my forum.
I have not been told if I have been removed from the Watch List yet or not, but am always very nervous when I try to leave the country and the Passport Control Moles look at me strangely.
Didn't help that before I shaved off my beard, I was told I looked like the "Shoe Bomber". *sighs*
(Fri 20th Mar 2009, 8:54, More)
» Political Correctness Gone Mad
Book Club
Not sure this story is completely on track but...
As a well behaved student of my Secondary School, I was asked to help out in a pilot scheme where those of us who were considered to be of a slightly higher intellect were requested to help those students who had trouble with their studies.
The scheme involved the "thick kids" reading a book to us and we'd have to help them when they got stuck. I think the idea was that the more they read, the more intelligent they would become.
As I was the only member of the "Slightly More Intellectual" that had a foreign name (I'm half Italian if anyone cares) I was paired with a young Indian boy with an equally tough name to pronounce.
On the second day of the scheme my Indian friend was struggling with his reading quite considerably and I had to correct him on a number of occasions, other than that I was feeling like the scheme was going to be a success.
The next day I was asked not to return to the scheme as I would no longer be needed. I was then called to the Headmasters office who explained that the young Indian boy had complained to his father about me, who had in turn complained to the school. The complaint was something along the lines of me unnecessarily correcting his son and only doing so because I was racist. But I didn't. I only corrected him cos he was Stupid! I knew the head quite well as I was one of the school goodie-goodie's (a prefect to boot) and explained that I would never do such a thing and I certainly wasn't Racist. The Head agreed but told me that even though he knew I wouldn't do such a thing, he had to remove me from the Scheme to prove to the Indian Father that the school doesn't mess around when it comes to Racism and Bullying and to prove they can deal with any situation.
I missed out on 10 Merits because of that, but at least I got my Lunch breaks back!
(Fri 23rd Nov 2007, 10:38, More)
Book Club
Not sure this story is completely on track but...
As a well behaved student of my Secondary School, I was asked to help out in a pilot scheme where those of us who were considered to be of a slightly higher intellect were requested to help those students who had trouble with their studies.
The scheme involved the "thick kids" reading a book to us and we'd have to help them when they got stuck. I think the idea was that the more they read, the more intelligent they would become.
As I was the only member of the "Slightly More Intellectual" that had a foreign name (I'm half Italian if anyone cares) I was paired with a young Indian boy with an equally tough name to pronounce.
On the second day of the scheme my Indian friend was struggling with his reading quite considerably and I had to correct him on a number of occasions, other than that I was feeling like the scheme was going to be a success.
The next day I was asked not to return to the scheme as I would no longer be needed. I was then called to the Headmasters office who explained that the young Indian boy had complained to his father about me, who had in turn complained to the school. The complaint was something along the lines of me unnecessarily correcting his son and only doing so because I was racist. But I didn't. I only corrected him cos he was Stupid! I knew the head quite well as I was one of the school goodie-goodie's (a prefect to boot) and explained that I would never do such a thing and I certainly wasn't Racist. The Head agreed but told me that even though he knew I wouldn't do such a thing, he had to remove me from the Scheme to prove to the Indian Father that the school doesn't mess around when it comes to Racism and Bullying and to prove they can deal with any situation.
I missed out on 10 Merits because of that, but at least I got my Lunch breaks back!
(Fri 23rd Nov 2007, 10:38, More)
» Insults
Pinging an Email
After too many phrases like "Ping me an Email" and "Can I borrow your sticky-thing" (referring to a USB Memory Stick) we decided to ask our Boss about his inability to use the proper technical terms. As we develop computer software, it always pains us when colleagues fail to understand technology or how to talk technically.
He claimed that we'd all speak like him one day, to which one of my friends replied "Not before a Lobotomy I wont!". That shut him up well and proper.
(Fri 5th Oct 2007, 12:50, More)
Pinging an Email
After too many phrases like "Ping me an Email" and "Can I borrow your sticky-thing" (referring to a USB Memory Stick) we decided to ask our Boss about his inability to use the proper technical terms. As we develop computer software, it always pains us when colleagues fail to understand technology or how to talk technically.
He claimed that we'd all speak like him one day, to which one of my friends replied "Not before a Lobotomy I wont!". That shut him up well and proper.
(Fri 5th Oct 2007, 12:50, More)