AN POME wot relates a bit to today's news...

[ewt]

NOTES ON CIVILIZATION

(How to stone)

You must not assume
that in stoning
a random, lucky missile
crushes the skull
early in the game.
The process is more deliberate.
After the pit is dug
and the sinner fastened there,
stones are hurled
fastidiously--
at the ankles, the knees
and up, up to the offending
thighs,
to the waist, breast
and shoulders. The neck
is encircled next.

Finally the pit full,
face and breath are obliterated.

--Mildred Rose

Comments

[ewtikins.livejournal.com]

Why?

[shoplift-or-die.livejournal.com]

Lol, why did you add me in the first place?

If you don't want to add me back there are polite ways of saying so, you don't have to be a bitch about it.

[ewtikins.livejournal.com]

I added you because you applied to join techipcom and I wanted to figure out who you actually are before approving your membership.

I thought quietly not saying anything the first time I was asked (http://www.livejournal.com/users/ewtikins/340062.html?thread=1416030#t1416030) was the tactful option.

[shoplift-or-die.livejournal.com]

I never applied to join that community, I've never even been to it.

I posted with my old account on a peak oil community and right after that post you added me. Are you sure it wasn't because of that?

When you didn't say anything I thought you might have not seen the comment. Even if it was clear you had seen it, that wouldn't be tactful either. People in general don't like to be ignored.

Since you randomly added me out of nowhere and I was nice enough to add you back, I think the least you could have done is acknowledge me when I left that comment and politely expressed that you didn't want to have me on your list anymore.