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Sunday, June 23, 2002



From: HellaGoodAss@aol.com
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 17:17:00 EDT
Subject: Re: Pinched, Poked, and Jeweled

I would just like you to know that I DID BREAK DOWN MY STORY IN TO PARAGRAPHS, you're site wouldn't let me. I think that the people that visit your WEBSITE are total ASSHOLES. I don't care that you did not write the suggestions, but I've been in your chatrooms, and the people in there are really discusting, and some people tell others lies about piercings like: "I'm a piercer, and you should do this if it gets infeted", or "Don't clean your piercing because it will get infected." I think you should look at what this assholes are saying. In my story I said that the woman before me that was getting her clit pierced was a white trash drugy, I never said that she was a white trash drugy because she got her clit pierced!!!!!! I also want to let you know I will NEVER visit your site again, and other people I have talked to will not visit your site either because of the people that visit your website. The kind of people that visit your website are: rude, hate the government, hate America, are VERY rude to people that have their OWN OPINION!!! I am sick of going into your website and wanting to talk to other people about piercings and have a person insult ME for not having anything else done exept my NAVEL and ears done. So now I REALLY KNOW WHY I ALWAYS DID NOT LIKE DECKED-OUT PIERCED ALL OVER THE PLACE PEOPLE: Because they are the ones that make this society shitty!!!

Thank you for the ASSHOLES,

Red

From: HellaGoodAss@aol.com
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 17:42:52 EDT
Subject: Re: Pinched, Poked, and Jeweled

Note: The response below does not have paragraph breaks and is flawed with mispelled words; I hope that you can follow.

Do you all realize that your responses to "Pinched, Poked, Jeweled" are rather inflated and at worst preaching for everything that you seem to be opposed to. Look around you, genital mutilation is not the mainstream. Most see at is slovenly self destruction. She, the writer of "Pinched, Poked, and Jeweled," has every natural right to speak as she feels; that was her experience. You can simply choose not to include it in your website. Who are you to say how she should view and interpret what she sees? I was there with her and saw the women having her genitals pierced and let me tell, she looked like crystal freak. Is that not the norm? Additionally, before you, BMEZINE.COM, even validate these comments directed toward a TEENAGER please recognize the social disfuction that exists in your chatroom. Oh yeah, I find it funny that extreme piercers latch on to spelling and grammer mistakes. How many of them can even read beyond a fourth grade level anyhow? Oops, sorry to be judgemental, I thought that ad hominem arguments were the norm at BMEZINE.COM.

Rock on and keep on mutilating!!!

Concerned friend of "Pinched, Poked, and Jeweled"

I'll list all of the comments left, feel free to decide for youself if they were fair or not. It certainly doesn't seem unreasonable to me.

  • Break down the experience into paragraphs & resubmit.
  • You will need to use line breaks and paragraphs before this will get accepted.
  • poorly written, spelling mistakes and use paragraphs please.
  • Sorry. Try not to type your experience all in one paragraph.
  • Fist off denied for one paragraph I seriously suggest u proof read and edit before you resubmit.
  • Get some paragraphs. Also, spellcheck your experience. Capitalize the beginnings of sentences and all proper nouns. Also, don't fucking degrade someone else's piercings because you don't fucking agree with it. They are the reason sites like this exist.
  • You need to write your experience in paragraphs so it is easier to read and follow. Do this, a spell checker and try and re-submit
  • The fact that it's a single paragraph is automatic denial. You shouldn't judge someone else or their piercing either – there's nothing wrong with a genital piercing, open your mind doll.
  • before you submit your experience you need to proofread and make sure you separate it into paragraphs.
  • your layout is all screwey
  • *sigh*, please break the paragraph up, and try again
  • Please spellcheck this and give it paragraph breaks.
  • Addd some paragraph breaks and drop out the trash talking about the lady getting her “crutch” pierced and you might make it through. Of course I'm wondering why you pierced a (naval) orange and not your navel.
  • paragraphs
  • Correct the spelling, break it up into paragraphs, and don't insult the woman getting her clit pierced, you'd be surprised at how wonderful it is ;) It's a big world out there, kiddo, don't knock what you don't understand
  • It's naval, not navel.. please please please spell check, and yet again, separate into separate paragraphs.
  • we dont' accept “one paragraph” entries. they must be well written and have smaller, easier to digest paragraphs.
  • To start with, your experience is only in one paragraph. This is grounds for an automatic denial. You also have a few typos/misspellings to that need to be corrected. You may also want to leave out the…”So after the kinky, ugly, whitetrash lady was done gettin her cutchy pierced it was my Turn” I will never accept your experience unless you delete that part. Not only is it offensive, it is very close-minded. Just because someone is getting a piercing that isn't as mainstream as the navel, that gives you no right to use derogatory terms to describe them.
  • Over all poorly written, and all written in one paragraph
  • One word: paragraphs.
  • bad spelling, all one paragraph, no capitalizations…etc etc.
  • needs to be separated into paragraphs
  • I'd suggest you split your piece up into proper paragraphs, and take a look at the spelling – especially 'naval'. I'd also point out that it's likely to cause offence if you write in derogatory terms about other clients and their piercings.
  • Please separate this into paragraphs. You should also run this through a grammar check.
  • Thank you for sharing. I did enjoy your experience, but there are some layout and spelling issues to look at.

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So sue us.

Sunday, June 23, 2002

I just got this letter from an old friend (I've edited it for anonymity):

I'm a Red Cross volunteer. Because I'm pro-BME, i'm butting in where i don't belong. I learned in International Red Cross Class today that "misuse" of the Red Cross emblem is a criminal offense in the USA. I don't know what the charges are in Canada -- I just don't want to see you get screwed if another Red Cross member stumbles upon your site. They're really serious about this stuff. I think I'm supposed to immediately narc on you to National if i see a violation, but there's no way i could do that... you're part of HOME!!!

The url is here: https://www.redcross.org/emblem/history.html

Incidentally, I did ask in class (did not name iwascured), and learned that editing the emblem so that it's not the same does count as misuse. I swear, I'm not trying to be a bitch. I feel like crap, but would feel worse if I kept my fat mouth shut.

OK… the laws surrounding the Red Cross are two part. First there are the criminal laws which have to do with misrepresenting oneself as a member of the Red Cross. In the US, the law specifically states, “for the fraudulent purpose of inducing the belief that he is a member of or an agent for the American National Red Cross”. I don't think there's any doubt that iWasCured is a suspension group totally unaffiliated with the Red Cross… No one is confused about that, right?

The other part of the law is more vague; it bans the use of the Greek red cross on a white background. (A Greek cross is just a cross where the arms are perpendicular and the same length.) First of all, the variation of the Greek cross that iWasCured uses is quite different than the Red Cross one (which is built on a 3×3 matrix). In addition, the iWasCured cross usually appears on black backgrounds — the white background is not an element of their logo. Finally, the words “Red Cross” or “Geneva Cross” are never used, whereas we quite often overlay the word “Cured”.

There is certainly no fraud or misrepresentation going on, and I think we're quite clear on any potential trademark-esque violations. In looking over all the lawsuits I could find surrounding use of the Red Cross symbol, the only ones that were successful were ones that were obvious identity theft. So… I don't think you'll be seeing Phil et al in prison over this any time soon.

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"Tastes like a son of a bitch"

Friday, June 21, 2002

I've got some fun bonuses on the way for the BBQ. Expect a couple surprises and treats, including:

I'm also putting together a bunch of new stickers which will be given away at the BBQ. They might be BBQ only though, so the extras will be given away to other people hosting BBQs around the world to give out at theirs I think.

Now I've shot myself in the foot though; Rachel is up at the cottage and she has my bank card and I forgot to take out money. So other than beer, I think I'm starving today… I do have propane for the BBQ though, and a little bit of beer… Anyone want to bring over some food?

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Rock and roll, brother, rock and fucking roll!

Thursday, June 20, 2002

So Rachel took some pictures of my new hairdo (facedo really, my hair is the same still). I cut it as a joke, but I think I might actually leave it for a while… it seems to go well with the Vette so maybe it'll be my summer look for 2002?

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Now there's a comeback!

Wednesday, June 19, 2002

Heh… So Ted Turner (philanthropist and CNN founder) said yesterday that the root cause of Palestinian suicide bombing was poverty and desperation and that both sides were clearly terrorizing each other. Personally, I can't see how anyone couldn't see this to be true. It should be obvious to anyone watching!

I have to admit that I got a laugh from the official Israeli response (via Daniel Seaman) to his comments… It's pretty far removed from what you normally hear politicians say (and I think that the shallowness of the retort shows the poor logical validity of their objection):

My only advice to Ted Turner is if people assume you are stupid, it is just best to keep your mouth shut rather than open your mouth and confirm everyone in that view.

Remember that Mr. Turner (who in 1997 donated a full BILLION dollars to help fight world poverty) previously got himself in trouble for calling the September 11th hijackers “brave” (which obviously they were, even if, as any compassionate person would, you find their actions reprehensible)… Anyone want to enter Ted Turner in the Dead Pool? I'd say that by now the Mossad have assassination clearance on him!

PS. That was funny, this is scary.

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