the whole abramoff scandal is about as far reaching & complicated as

[sundog]

lounge drama

that was my deep thought in the early light of morning over coffee & rye

[MissMillie]

1. Don't tell me there's been lounge drama....

again.

Well, it's nice to know that as far-reaching as this drama is, I somehow managed to avoid it.

[Hugin]

3. Drama is the engine of the Lounge.

(There, I've done my deep thinking for today... Back to beer and babes!)

[terrya]

2. So, you're saying then...

that the Abramoff scandal is trivial and inconsequential? :-)

[sundog]

4. no, i was just reading a washington post article

it was like 5 pages looooong & i was thinking "you know, if someone wrote the lounge drama story, it would be this long"

[terrya]

5. Ah.

I misunderstood.

Yeah, you've got it right. :thumbsup:

[sundog]

10. well, i for one

place the importance of lounge drama right up there the abramoff scandal :P

[merh]

6. There would be no drama of folks would just get on with

their lives and leave other folks alone.

There would be no drama if the stupid little avant gard threads of disdain weren't begun and used to mock all caring folks of DU.

There would be no drama if folks would stop worrying about their popularity and just post and get on with it.

Of course, this is just my opinion and having reached out in an effort to see this all stop and finding my posts and my pleading ignored and my comments mocked, I doubt it will mean much.

You accepting pmails these days from others than just the authors of your version of the drama?

[Texasgal]

7. Agreed Merh...

EVERYONE should just mind their own business.

[Misunderestimator]

9. I agree as well.

To clarify... I agree with this: "EVERYONE should just mind their own business." :thumbsup:

[sundog]

11. me too!

:D

[Misunderestimator]

12. No...

That's you THREE! :D

[sundog]

13. no, no... me more than you

:D

[Misunderestimator]

14. Sorry but...

The order is TexasGal, then me, THEN you :P

[sundog]

16. i'm always last

[Misunderestimator]

18. You know...

I think it's time for sadfuck smilie to be the official lounge smilie again. It's been toooooo long.

[jonnyblitz]

20. I am glad you all think it's a big fucking joke..

;puke:

[Misunderestimator]

22. I sincerely do NOT think it's a joke.

I would sincerely appreciate people minding their own business and not accepting gossip and slander unquestioned. :shrug:

[jonnyblitz]

37. right. well....apparently some feel exempt from that.

as i continue reading the threads that mock or continue to bring the shit up (like this thread).

[Misunderestimator]

39. I take responsibility for my actions.

Not the actions of others. I certainly understand though how people have grown tired of all this subterfuge and drama. I certainly have.

[Texasgal]

25. Johnny-

For whatever it's worth, I have never thought of this as being a joke. I am dead serious.

I am sorry if my post appeared in jest.

[merh]

21. See post 19

[merh]

19. DIdn't say that

I said folks should get on with their lives. When my friends are attacked and blamed for the crimes of others, I will be the first one to call bullshit.

When the projection of pathetic ones who are more concerned about their popularity than the truth hurts good people, I will be there to try to stop the efforts to harm.

When I see an injustice and when I hear the lies and see how both the lies and the hate harm others, I'm going to step up. It then becomes my business - I abhor lies and injustice. You would want me to do the same for you if it were happening to you.

Those involved in the drama should stop writing fiction and stop sending it to all who will listen to their pathetic distortions. They should recognize that maybe folks are just tired of the silliness and maybe, just maybe, their posts are dull as dish water and that is why no one posts in them. It happens, it is not a conspiracy, it just is what it is.

Friends and lovers were betrayed. That is the truth. It cannot be altered, the betrayers should just be happy they have what they wanted and shut the hell up. Stop rubbing others noses in it and stop denying culpability.

[Misunderestimator]

23. It is no one's business to intrude on the private lives of people

they have never even met.

[merh]

27. If they keep bringing the drama here

and telling lies about others, blaming them for the "unpopular" feelings they are getting, then it is made the business of others.

This is a public message board. If you want privacy, don't post of your love of others publicly, dancing from the roof tops or the DU forums and professing a love of the ages that suddenly whithered and died in a mater of weeks.

If folks want privacy, stop sharing their intimate details on DU and stop sharing only their version of the truth with others.

Those that make the most noise about this only know one side. As was pointed out to sundog yesterday, you don't have to met a DUer to love them. Didn't you discover that just recently? How many times have you MET the ones you are fondest of?

[Misunderestimator]

29. You seem to be the one thriving on the drama.

I have stayed distant from it... but since it is my own private life being judged by you, it has become rather ridiculous to me.

Please stop judging others. There have been many relationships begun and ended here, just as in life.

You are the one making the noise, and you are the one spreading lies. Not me. Ask anyone.

[merh]

31. I have spread no lies.

I have called you on yours. You are responsible for the publication of your life. You post on DU about it.

Tell the others to contact me, I will gladly tell them another side of the truth, a side you apparently don't like to face and surely don't share.

[Misunderestimator]

32. I do not lie. I am only guilty of loving someone and the relationship

ending. How on earth do you think it's any of your business? What others are you talking about? I do not gossip. That's your department. Your side of the "truth" is all some people seem to know, based on what I've seen here for the past few months.

[DS1]

36. This works for me

[Misunderestimator]

38. Yeah... you're right.

I needed to wash my hands though... my fingers have been in my ears for almost three months. :)

[Name removed]

40. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Texasgal]

28. Agreed MissU!

What in the FUCK is wrong with people?

This is a message board! Fer cryin' out loud!

What makes people assume they can just intrude on ones PRIVATE LIFE?

Makes me wanna :puke:

[StopTheMorans]

33. .

:thumbsup: just because you can read someone's posts on the internet doesn't mean that you know them, nor does it mean that what they post is always the final and undisputed truth, and at other times, it doesn't even mean that they are a real person (remember CubanLiberal and Paddy), and people here should fucking remember that.

[Texasgal]

24. Okay... maybe you didn't say that...

But I did... EVERYONE should mind their own business, regardless of what they have heard or seen.

That's all I am saying.

[sundog]

26. texgal

:thumbsup:

[merh]

30. If lies are being told about me and/or my friends.

It becomes my business.

Others have been wrongly accused of taking part in the drama or causing the drama. They are attacked without being here. Pot shots by the petty.

Again, if it were happening to you, you would want someone to stand with you.

[Name removed]

34. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Texasgal]

35. On an annoymous message board?

Do you really think this trumps "real" live friendships and relationships?

May I ask what business do you have at stake here? Is it because of your "online" friends?

[Hugin]

8. .

"There would be no drama if folks would stop worrying about their popularity and just post and get on with it."

Very true...

:thumbsup:

[DS1]

15. With one exception

Lounge drama is absolute trivial bullshit in the name of occupying those with nothing better to do

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

17. There must have been a window of opportunity to post this

[The empressof all]

41. Locking

I'm locking this at the request of the OP.

Personally, I wish you all the best but repeated discussing this outwardly or covertly is not a benefit to the DU community.