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Contest Prize: A print of

The other day I accidentally uploaded an image into a wrong folder in one of the Groups I watch. The group is [link] where such a thing is a crime! Unfortunately, the folder was also entitled ‘I am Dumb’.

This is the folder they reserved for aesthetes like me who are too preoccupied with matters of high art to pay full attention to the important affairs of the world (like where to correctly upload your nude photos) and for others who really are, in fact, just plain dumb.

OK, so it was a mistake, and I asked politely for my image to be removed. My polite request, together with his first reply are now 'hidden'. But one thing I’m not is ‘dumb’ and so when my request was denied, I didn’t have much more time for their argumentative Administrator who poked fun and belittled me. Now you’d think it might have been just as easy for the Administrator to pass over my transgression. It was, after all, my first ‘offence’. No apparently, it wasn’t easy for him to do that. It wasn’t easy at all.

Anyway, testosterone raised, and slightly irked at myself (and him), we then exchanged a few artistic pleasantries and you can follow the rest of our delightful little exchange here [link] you can see it’s ended badly for me. My reputation is now in tatters and all I can do now is seek revenge by holding the little contest mentioned below.

You see, there’s more I want to add to our conversation, but for some reason he’s blocked me from adding any more of my usually erudite comments in furtherance of the cause of Art onto any of his Groups pages.

And thus he’s now doubly insulted me by denying me the last word in our little spat. This is a serious mistake on his part. Because we Irish weren’t held as slaves by the English for 800 years without learning a thing or two about guerrilla warfare, satire, and revenge. And this is where the contest comes in.

I’m asking you all to leave a comment there on my behalf, to leave a comment like a wounded Irishman would. I’m asking you to speak up for the silenced and the oppressed, lend your voice to the other 51 members in the Group who are still terrorised by its ruling dictatorship, strike a blow for justice and freedom, and leave your comment now.

Think carefully before you leave your comment ‘graffiti’. This is a serious competition: Remember, the person who leaves the funniest, wittiest, and best put-down will receive a print of

Leave a link here to your reply and I’ll award the prize at the end of the week
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CONTEST UPDATE: VICTORY HAS BEEN WON!

See this below, written by our gracious in defeat friend -

"The infamous "I Am Dumb" folder has been renamed" and "I also removed the comments module from it"
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Thanks to everyone who participated in the fun with kind words of advice on his Group's comment page, happily now also gone the way of the infamous folder, deleted and gone forever. Now that he's gracefully surrendered his offensive page back into the ether, the Contest has now come to an end and I will announce the winner later.

Happy days and kind regards to all,
Mike.
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Sometimes the difference between "hate propaganda" and "freedom of speech" gets a bit lost I feel...If anyone is blocked from leaving comments, it seems pretty clear to me which is which, but just to make sure, could I have a clear definition? Thank you...
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Arkandia, you are a model that's truly as intelligent as you are beautiful ... swoons x

And thank you also for posing such a good question. However, I think I'll let our friend reply; he seems to be the judge jury and executioner of everything to do with this trivial little matter. If it was left to me I'd bring back the guillotine!

Au revoir for the time being.
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*somargraphics Jul 26, 2010  Professional Digital Artist
Oh and by the way, as I stated before, I was polite enough with others to communicate my concerns with their public attacks on they journals privately, and wait for their response. Your journal is a clear violation of DA's policy , FAQ #34: Are there any rules for the journals? please revise your stance on this and accept that you're wrong before you have to be in more trouble for encouraging others to harass me just because you did not get a last word in your trolling argument. Please leave it be and stop being a victim here. You disregarded my instructions and lost membership to my group, is it really that important to prove otherwise..?
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Mais c'est un concours pour te laisser de gentils mots pas pour te harasser, il faut être bon joueur mon grand
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Ah Emyll, hi, there you are again. You're cropping up a lot lately. The rule you're referring to states "you may not post hate propaganda or libelous or defamatory information in your journal" but I can't see anything in what I've written that violates the Rule. Can you point it out for me please? Oh, by the way, am I still blocked from leaving comments in your Group? Your good friend, Mike.
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Mood: Frustrated *somargraphics Jul 26, 2010  Professional Digital Artist
My group has a folder "I Am Dumb" where people can only post their work intentionally or by mistake. Regardless of which, it is caused by not paying attention. I am not getting into the details of my reasoning for this folder, but if you've been a member of the group for long, you understand perfectly how I run things there.

Just so people get a clear idea of what happened originally:

You joined the group, which asks to please read its FAQ before you join. When your request was accepted, along with it a welcome message that read "Welcome to Art, Not Porn. I kindly ask that before enjoying what the group has to offer you take a look at its FAQ section, thanks." was sent. Later I receive this comment from you "Please remove my image from your group." So I replied "Why the change of heart, you posted it in the first place, right? You know you are able to take it off the group yourself? I will let you figure that out, since you didn't have the courtesy of READING and following the instructions given." If you have read the FAQ as I asked twice perhaps you and many others would understand why my response wasn't the most polite, though I believe that given the circumstances IT WAS pretty polite.
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Very glad you're paying attention now. And great we're back on speaking terms again too. Keep watching this space. Kind regards, Mike.
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CONTEST UPDATE:

1) Things are hotting up. The beautiful Arkandia [link] entered the Contest silently and left a savage mark. Scroll down to the bottom of the following link to see her withering comments in broad daylight: [link]

2) The campaign to rid DA of unnecessary rudeness is hotting up and the battle has now been joined by the beautiful AlexB [link] and a host of her supporters. She's also managed to draw out the enemy from under cover and he's now out in the open trying to justify his attitude. Check out all the latest news from the battlefront that is Alex's Journal entry on the subject here: [link]
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