First Blood Blogging
When I hear such tripe as “you must engage in conversations, not dominate them” I want to disgorge all the pennies I swallowed as a child. What’s the point of debate if no one wins and no one loses? It’s de-groined garbage, that chump attitude.
The fine art of brutal blogocombat is alive and well here, thank goodness for that. But I wonder how much theorizing we have under our belts? Do we have the proper conceptual underpinnings and sordid stylistics of this glorious act of blogger-bashing and MSM manhandling?
Herein is no lambaste, nor a maundering danderization, but rather, a salute.
Remember that Sylvester Stallone film, First Blood, the movie that introduces Rambo?
What did Rambo say to the military commander who trained him, in reference to the dumb ass cops who were hunting him?
“They drew first blood, not me.”
First Blood Blogging is a live and let live philosophy, with attitude.
You act cool to me, and I act cool to you. I aim to help. Or I aim at your head. It’s that simple. I chopped someone’s head off over at The Blog Herald, and it was a piece of cake, as usual. I say this to provoke charges of “arrogance”, “blusterer”, “name-dropper”, “bellicose sucka foo, “sadistic egomaniac”, and other terms of unabashed endearment.
You attack me, I destroy you fast as lightning.
I try to exemplify this noble and reader-approved style of blogocombat. I don’t pick fights with anyone…unless I’m paid to. You pay me to hate someone, and, since most people are chumps and schmucks, I’ll give it my best shot, which ain’t too shabby, according to objective outside observers, like Paul Woodhouse.
“All of the DJs surely take a lesson:
start talkin’ trash
and I’ll come with my Smith and Wesson”
—ragga junglist DJ Dimdoz “15 Pounds of Positive” mix
Putting the “fear” back into “blogosphere”...
I’m not a big Dimdoz fan. 16AJ, Bong Ra, Congo Natty, DJ K, taktik. Thats where its at.
Koray said this on February 18, 2006 4:17 pm
I know of Bong Ra, and have some downloaded mp3s by him or them or whatever. Thanks a lot for the tip. I will Google those names. Very nice of you to post that comment.
You must have gone to Death$ucker Records or ad noiseam net label sites, no?
Bambam Babylon Jasch, Unsane Virusez, DIS, Aaron Spectre, CTOPH, Sock Monster, Ambassador 21, Electroholic, Tester, A-Z Rotator, DJ Shit, Shitmat, Murderbot, Noize Punishment, Ripley, Monkey Steak, Enduser, Lapsed, Squarepusher, Mouse on Mars, Sickboy, Mothboy, Parasite…are in my burned CD collection…all free and legal dls.
Vaspers said this on February 18, 2006 6:08 pm
Maybe it is because I’m a wussy femalee, but I loathe flaming, blogcombat and all of that. I understand answering back when you are attacked, but, where does it end? Your an idiot. Oh yeah asshole… and on it goes. When I get crap comments they go where they belong, in the trash. Where have all of the adults gone?
CyberGal said this on February 18, 2006 10:23 pm
The adults are on a snooze cruise. I love debate. Men love to brag and fight. Women love to cuddle and coo. Generally speaking, of course.
I like to see strong opinions expressed in no uncertain terms. It’s what makes the blogosphere go round.
Tough turfin’ it in fits and starts….ss/vtg
Vaspers said this on February 18, 2006 11:43 pm
Squarepusher- I was a fan- then I was not. Then I was- and then not. I’ll always be a fan of that video he did with the little asian girl though. What a crazy video. Hmm- maybe it’s not the same squarepusher? I do not recognize any of those other names, at all, at all.
As for flaming/arguing- it might be important to remember whilst engaging in conversation and discourse that each one of us has our own ‘reality tunnel’ through which we interpret the world differently. I personally make a concerted effort to get away from the word “is” in all of it’s forms (more in my speech- I find it more difficult to do so in writing which is odd because it’s usally the other way around)- This is called “english prime” as I recall and can be very helpful in maintaining intelligent, informative, beneficial, and most importantly productive conversation/debate. Cheers.
Fortyone said this on February 18, 2006 11:54 pm
Err.. no. I’ve been a ragga jungle fan for ages. If you hit most any urban ragga jungle scene, they will know of who I listed. It wasn’t a pretentious comment. I wasn’t trying to say my music is better. Just.. sharing who I like.
Koray said this on February 19, 2006 12:00 am
So let’s see—you want MORE arguing over tiny details? Don’t we have enough of that? I want to KNOW, not believe, so I really could give a tear about an “opinion.” Opinions are useless, because they have to be “read” (i.e., interpreted). Give me facts. If the facts are wrong then we see the agenda of the factoid. If the facts are correct then why argue? Why waste energy? Go away, I’ve heard enough lies today. Lee Harvey Oswald DID shoot Kennedy and Jesus is NOT coming back.
breakit said this on February 19, 2006 1:32 am
Est-ce que je désolé, j’étais occupé à trier mon tiroir de chaussette,
que vous suis ai dit ?
Vaspers said this on February 19, 2006 1:33 am
perhaps, in general, women could be seen as the more docile, nurturing gender…
however, that is just a stereotype.
i am very much capable of rage—and women can be very mean, possibly more so than men.
i think people on the internet (and perhaps humans as a whole) are just too eager to wage war.
carrie said this on February 19, 2006 4:08 am
Dunno. To me you DO want to participate, not dominate. The same is true for real life debates. If you’re yelling, so is the other guy. Nobody’s really dominating, because nobody’s listening. And nobody’s actually debating, becuase nobody’s listening.
The BEST you can do in a “YELL YELL YELL” mentality is get the other person to shut up, which isn’t the same as debating, and it doesn’t actually mean you’ve won. If anything you’ve lost.
You only “win” if you actually get the other person convinced of your side. And you only do that if they listen. And they only listen if you do.
Jeremy Wright said this on February 19, 2006 11:47 am
facts are generally well agreed apon thoughts that we interpret through our own unique reality tunnels. Sometimes you are better served through vaguery- Sometimes putting away the knife and not attacking life, seeking to chop it up into smaller and smaller bits of fact and logic is the best course. You might argue with someone forever and never understand how they feel- Sometimes feeling is more useful than thinking.
Fortyone said this on February 19, 2006 4:07 pm
Throbbing Gristle has a song called Persuasion (Persuading People?) that states it is no use trying to persuade.
I am not a persuader, coaxer, or arguer.
I prefer to state my fact or opinion or opinion about a fact, discuss it a little until I’m bored, then move on.
Who “wins” or “loses” is totally irrelevant to me.
Even if you “win”, and really convince the other guy how stupidly wrong he is, and move him over to your side…
...he may do more damage than good to your position or cult or whatever.
So when people disagree ignorantly with my brilliant overwhelming wisdom, and storm off as an avowed eternal enemy, it’s as it should and must be.
The more enemies you make, the more thorns in the side, which spur you on to ever increasing greatness.
Dominate? No, never.
Culminate? Yes, by all means.
steven e. streight aka vaspers the grate, blog revolutionist said this on February 19, 2006 4:37 pm
P.S. My French Freedom Fries comment, in response to Breakit’s teleological-eschatological remark about Jesus, is translated by Mac Translator program as:
“I’m sorry, I was cleaning out my sock drawer, what did you say?”
I know somebody who’s a-gonna be…
LEFT BEHIND
!!
steven e. streight aka vaspers the grate, blog revolutionist said this on February 19, 2006 4:46 pm
“...and Jesus is NOT coming back”
If this is a fact, prove it.
steven e. streight aka vaspers the grate, blog revolutionist said this on February 19, 2006 4:48 pm
leave me all the behind you want.
Hopefuly it’ll be female and I’ll eat it up like candy and lick the prostate- er I mean plate. FEMALE remember. I’m not gay.
And no, I do not ‘get it’.
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Fortyone said this on February 19, 2006 9:58 pm
“plunderphonica” is a neologism of the highest order. You should hear Fortyone’s musical work. Loads of fun for everyone.
And “plunderphonics” is exactly what he does to childrens records, old 78s, etc.
Have I strayed significantly from the original topic? Is there a threadjacking going on here? Is it my rotten fault?
“Leave me all the behind you want”,,,now that’s a goood one.
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