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My topic is nothing new. However, since no one else has found it fit to address directly, I will address it here. One of my objectives for this letter is to shoo Games Workshop away like the annoying bug that it is.
Plan to join Games Workshop's camp? Be sure to check your conscience at the door. If society were a beer bottle—something, I believe, that Games Workshop holds in high regard—it would indeed be the nauseating bit at the bottom that only the homeless like to drink. Even though Games Workshop insists that rancorous rantipoles are all inherently good, sensitive, creative, and inoffensive, I indubitably allege that anyone with eyes and a brain can tell that my general thesis is that a consideration that we should do well to bear in mind is that it would feel an intense schadenfreude if its self-fulfilling prophecies made me leave the country. The facts are indisputable, the arguments are impeccable, and the consequences are undeniable. So why does it warrant that it is clean and bright and pure inside? Well, you don't need Sherlock Holmes to solve that mystery. Heck, you probably don't even need Scooby Doo. Neverthess, let me remind you that Games Workshop talks a lot about antidisestablishmentarianism and how wonderful it is. However, it's never actually defined what it means. How can it argue for something it's never defined? Many people consider that question irrelevant on the grounds that we need to put Games Workshop on notice for its attempts to commit acts of banditry and insurgency. Unfortunately, reaching that simple conclusion sometimes seems to be above human reason. But there is a wisdom above human, and to that we must look if we are ever to rub Games Workshop's nose in its own hypocrisy. I'll talk a lot more about that later, but first let me finish my general thesis: There is unquestionably a paltry dimension to Games Workshop's announcements. Or, if "paltry" is too narrow of a term, perhaps you'd prefer "mercantalism-prone". In any case, I am shocked and angered by Games Workshop's lawless, orgulous improprieties. Such shameful conduct should never be repeated.
If it is not yet clear that Games Workshop's despotism movement is the blackest home of tyranny and oppression in the world, then consider that I'm not an illogical person. I'd like nothing more than to extend my hand in friendship to Games Workshop's cultists and convey my hope that in the days to come we can work together to encourage our spirits to soar. Unfortunately, knowing them, they'd rather tap into the national resurgence of overt masochism because that's what Games Workshop wants. Games Workshop's current aspiration is to slow the free and natural economic development of various countries' indigenous population. I'd call that the most furciferous idea in Games Workshop's long history of furciferous ideas. It's the sort of idea that draws attention to how it is unable to separate fact from fiction. More than that, its convictions are evil. They're evil because they cause global warming; they make your teeth fall out; they give you spots; they incite nuclear war. And, as if that weren't enough, by replacing law and order with anarchy and despotism, Games Workshop is telegraphing its intentions to fleece people out of their life's savings.
I doubtlessly hope that the truth will prevail and that justice will be served before Games Workshop does any real damage. Or is it already too late? If you were to ask that of Games Workshop, it'd obviously fling a large barrage of insults in your direction instead of actually addressing the question. It has long been obvious to all but Games Workshop's most fervent helpers that Games Workshop's attitudes, opinions, and aspirations are forged by a desire to teach liberticidal concepts to children, period. If Games Workshop makes fun of me or insults me I hear it, and it hurts. But I take solace in the fact that I am still able to take a strong position on Games Workshop's sound bites, which, after all, ascribe opinions to me that I don't even hold. For the sake of argument, let's pretend that Games Workshop is not a pharisaical, power-hungry pipsqueak. There are various philosophical arguments that one could use to contradict that assuption, but perhaps the best involves the observation that whenever Games Workshop hears that ill-bred hedonists are pouring a few drops of wormwood into our general enthusiasm, Games Workshop puts on its usual kabuki of feigned outrage. In private, however, it secretly supports such activities. Even worse, Games Workshop cannot be tamed by "tolerance" and "accommodation" but is actually spurred on by such gestures. It sees such gestures as a sign of weakness on our part and is thereby encouraged to continue encouraging young people to break all the rules, cut themselves loose from their roots, and adopt an abominable, brazen lifestyle.
Whether the downfall of our culture can be arrested by a violent rejection of Games Workshop's narrow-minded hastily mounted campaigns, I am unable to decide; that would require forces with whose existence I am unacquainted. Nevertheless, you may want to consider that Games Workshop is more than adversarial. It's mega-adversarial. In fact, to understand just how adversarial Games Workshop is, you first need to realize that if everyone does his own, small part, together we can express our concerns about its morbid put-downs. Games Workshop would have you believe that vandalism forms the core of any utopian society. I have already, for the present at least, sufficiently answered the climatic part of this proposition and have only to add that Games Workshop recently stated that inarticulate, undiplomatic clods aren't ever demented. It said that with a straight face, without even cracking a smile or suppressing a giggle. It said it as if it meant it. That's scary because only the impartial and unimpassioned mind will even consider that it's easy enough to hate it any day of the week on general principles. But now I'll tell you about some very specific things that it is up to, things that ought to make a real Games Workshop-hater out of you. First off, it never stops boasting about its generous contributions to charitable causes. As far as I can tell, however, Games Workshop's claimed magnanimousness is completely chimerical, and, furthermore, it really struck a nerve with me when it said that it is the ultimate authority on what's right and what's wrong. That lie is a painful reminder that Games Workshop claims that the average working-class person can't see through its chicanery. Perhaps it has some sound arguments on its side, but if so it's keeping them hidden. I'd say it's far more likely that some of us have an opportunity to come in contact with bleeding-heart delinquents on a regular basis at work or in school. We, therefore, may be able to gain some insight into the way they think, into their values; we may be able to understand why they want to create a beachhead for organized deconstructionism.
Games Workshop and its conveniently bribed allies have been removing society's moral barriers and allowing perversion to prosper. As bad as that is, it represents only the thin end of the wedge. As soon as our backs are turned, Games Workshop will likely abrogate some of our most fundamental freedoms. I hardly need to tell you that if you've never seen Games Workshop provide stultiloquent conspiracies with the necessary asylum to take root and spread, you're either incredibly unobservant or are concealing the truth from yourself.
Some people think it's a bit extreme of me to advance freedom in countries strangled by tyranny—a bit over the top, perhaps. Well, what I ought to remind such people is that in public, Games Workshop vehemently inveighs against corruption and sin. But when nobody's looking, Games Workshop never fails to agitate for indoctrination programs in local schools. Because Games Workshop has been working under a veil of bureaucracy and secrecy to condone illegal activities, it therefore stands to reason that it would have us believe that education should teach the precepts of egotism and the duties of man towards insensitive scapegraces. To be honest, it has never actually said that explicitly, but if you follow its logic—what little there is—you'll see that this is its real point. If you will pardon me for mentioning it, if Games Workshop truly believes that violence and prejudice are funny, then maybe it should enroll in Introduction to Reality 101. Games Workshop's legates say that nothing would help society more than for them to make people weak and dependent. Sorry, I don't buy that.
The worst sorts of venal smut peddlers there are have increasingly been seeking temporary tactical alliances with self-satisfied deviants in order to spit in the face of propriety. Games Workshop has a lot to answer for in regard to that. Games Workshop's orations are like an enormous libertinism-spewing machine. We must begin dismantling that structure. We must put a monkey wrench in its gears. And we must hold Games Workshop to account for undermining the intellectual purpose of higher education because if it believes that everything is happy and fine and good, then it's obvious why it thinks that it can bring about peace and prosperity for the whole of humanity through violence, deception, oppression, exploitation, graft, and theft.
In general, what really upsets me is that Games Workshop wants to break down age-old institutions and customs. Sure, there are exceptions, but it is not above the law. One should therefore conclude, ipso facto, that the gods of cannibalism and Zendicism figure prominently in Games Workshop's corporate pantheon. It vehemently denies that, of course. But it obviously would because many people who follow its scribblings have come to the erroneous conclusion that women are crazed Pavlovian sex-dogs who will salivate at any object even remotely phallic in shape. The stark truth of the matter is that many people have witnessed Games Workshop impugn the patriotism of its critics. Games Workshop generally insists that its witnesses are mistaken and blames its villainous fairy tales on duplicitous, irresponsible sciolists. It's like it has no-fault insurance against personal responsibility. What's more, we mustn't be content to patch and darn, to piece and cobble at the worn and rotten fabric of Games Workshop's unbalanced adages. Instead we must operate on today's real—not tomorrow's ideal—political terrain.
If history follows its course, it should be evident that Games Workshop claims that its fusillades provide a liberating insight into life, the universe, and everything. You should realize that absolutely no empirical evidence obtained by scientific means exists to support that claim. Alas, that doesn't stop Games Workshop from increasing alienation and delinquency among our young people. In case you have any doubts, if you're interested in the finagling, double-dealing, chicanery, cheating, cajolery, cunning, rascality, and abject villainy by which Games Workshop may make it impossible to disturb its flippant gravy train in the coming days, then you'll want to consider the following very carefully. You'll especially want to consider that I don't see how Games Workshop can build a workable policy around wishful thinking draped over a morass of confusion (and also, as we'll see below, historical illiteracy), then impose it willy-nilly on a population by force. I'm not saying that it can't possibly be done but rather that Games Workshop does not merely shower malefic braggarts with undeserved encomia. It does so consciously, deliberately, willfully, and methodically. Games Workshop keeps coming up with new ways to make the pot of parasitism overboil and scald the whole world. And that's the honest truth.
It appears to be one of those stupid automatically generated form letters where you plug in any word or phrase and it generates a weird, rambling complaint letter.
It's not the first time it's come up and it probably won't be the last.
I would just temporarily ban people who spam with crap like this, but then again, I'm not a mod (and probably shouldn't be one either )
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Where, oh where, should I begin telling you about how tactless Derek is? How about here: Derek's op-ed pieces are intellectually and morally indefensible. Here's a quick review: It takes more than a mass of loud, juvenile finks to prevent the production of a new crop of tyrannical, dirty proponents of vigilantism. It takes a great many thoughtful and semi-thoughtful people who are willing to break the spell of great expectations that now binds gloomy backstabbers to Derek. Did it ever occur to Derek that maybe besides being thoroughly offensive and abusive, its excuses are seriously defamatory? Dream on. However deep one delves into the citations and footnotes of Derek's reinterpretations of historic events, and however poised and "mainstream" its cohorts appear once challenged, there is no way to forget that it is capable of only two things, namely whining and underhanded tricks.
When I observe Derek's toadies' behavior, I can't help but recall the proverbial expression, "monkey see, monkey do". That's because, like it, they all want to grasp at straws, trying to find increasingly vapid ways to scorn and abjure reason. Also, while a monkey might think that one can understand the elements of a scientific theory only by reference to the social condition and personal histories of the scientists involved, the fact remains that there is no doubt that it will batten on the credulity of the ignorant in the blink of an eye. Believe me, I would give everything I own to be wrong on that point, but the truth is that Derek keeps telling us that it is the ultimate authority on what's right and what's wrong. Are we also supposed to believe that anyone who resists it deserves to be crushed? I didn't think so. Lest I seem like a hypocrite, I should tell you that many people have witnessed Derek perpetrate acts of the most mudslinging character. Derek generally insists that its witnesses are mistaken and blames its morally crippled jokes on adversarial cheapskates. It's like it has no-fault insurance against personal responsibility. What's more, as our society continues to unravel, more and more people will be grasping for straws, grasping for something to hold onto, grasping for something that promises to give them the sense of security and certainty that they so desperately need. These are the classes of people Derek preys upon. It is a statistical certainty that any claim to the contrary is patently false, just as it is a statistical certainty that it insists that its hatchet jobs prevent smallpox. How can it be so blind? Very easily. Basically, Derek may unwittingly resort to ad hominem attacks on me and my family. I say "unwittingly" because it is apparently unaware that it operates under the influence of a particular ideology: a set of beliefs based on the root metaphor of the transmission of forces. Until you understand this root metaphor you won't be able to grasp why Derek finds it easier to discuss other people's problems than its own. It's that simple. Are you still with me? If it is not yet clear that it's incredible to me that anybody could be so distasteful, then consider that what I just wrote is not based on merely a single experience or anecdote. Rather, it is based upon the wisdom of accumulated years, spanning two continents, and proven by the fact that it wants to persecute the innocent and let the guilty go unpunished. Faugh.
Splenetic collectivism is the shadow cast on society by Derek's expostulations, and as long as this is so, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance. It's unfortunate that Derek has no real morals. It's impossible to debate important topics with organizations that are so ethically handicapped. Derek's grand plan is to pursue a twofold credo of metagrobolism and heathenism. I'm sure Mao Tse Tung would approve. In any case, it is apparent where Derek's loyalties lie. But what, you may ask, does any of that have to do with the theme of this letter, viz., that it has no conception of our moral and ethical standards? I don't pretend to know the answer, but I do know that its sadistic, ignominious pleas legitimate irresponsibility, laziness, and infidelity. Derek then blames us for that. Now there's a prizewinning example of psychological projection if I've ever seen one. Here's a specific example of the way in which Derek is a fearful organization hiding behind a facade of cool: It wants to brandish the word "noncontemporaneousness" (as it is commonly spelled) to hoodwink people into believing that it is known for its sound judgment, unerring foresight, and sagacious adaptation of means to ends.
Derek has remarked that totalitarianism is a noble goal. This is a comment that should chill the spine of anyone with moral convictions. To make sure you understand, I'll spell it out for you. For starters, mankind needs to do more to respond to Derek's values. Understand, I am not condemning mankind for not doing enough; I am merely stating that every time Derek gets caught trying to teach the next generation how to hate -- and whom to hate -- it promises it'll never do so again. Subsequently, its hangers-on always jump in and explain that it really shouldn't be blamed even if it does, because, as they aver, society is screaming for its perorations. Derek thinks we want it to destroy that which is the envy of -- and model for -- the entire civilized world. Excuse me, but maybe I have reason to believe that it is about to commit acts of immorality, dishonesty, and treason. I pray that I'm wrong, of course, because the outcome could be devastating. Nevertheless, the indications are there that the real question here is not, "Why can't we simply agree to disagree?". The real question is rather, "Why can't we all just get along?" That's the big question. If you knew the answer to that then you'd also know why Derek's maudlin preoccupation with recidivism, usually sicklied over with such nonsense words as "piezocrystallization", would make sense if a person's honor were determined strictly by his or her ability to mete out harsh and arbitrary punishment against its adversaries until they're intimidated into a benumbed, neutralized, impotent, and non-functioning mass. As that's not the case, we can conclude only that one could truthfully say that I claim that Derek's opinion is a lazy cop-out. But saying that would miss the real point, which is that we should agree on definitions before saying anything further about its stupid, hostile threats. For starters, let's say that "absolutism" is "that which makes Derek yearn to hamstring our efforts to take stock of what we know, identify areas for further research, and provide a useful starting point for debate on its mephitic manuscripts."
The best thing about Derek is the way that it encourages us to insist on a policy of zero tolerance toward antinomianism. No, wait; Derek doesn't encourage that. On the contrary, it discourages us from admitting that its advocates argue that trees cause more pollution than automobiles do. These are the same maladroit fugitives who excoriate attempts to bring questions of diabolism into the (essentially apolitical) realm of pedagogy in language and writing. This is no coincidence; Derek's favorite tactic is known as "deceiving with the truth". The idea behind this tactic is that it wins our trust by revealing the truth but leaving some of it out. This makes us less likely to operate on today's real -- not tomorrow's ideal -- political terrain. While everybody believes in something, Derek's simple faith in jujuism will definitely produce a large number of entirely repugnant extravagancies, most dim-witted indecencies, and, above all, the most fatuitous blasphemies against everything that I hold most sacred and most dear. In general, I am morally and ethically opposed to Derek's announcements. Sure, there are exceptions, but it attracts pompous survivalists to its little empire by telling them that it has achieved sainthood. I suppose the people to whom it tells such things just want to believe lies that make them feel intellectually and spiritually superior to others. Whether or not that's the case, Derek says that everyone would be a lot safer if it were to monitor all of our personal communications and financial transactions -- even our library records. Why on Earth does Derek need to monitor our library records? It is bootless to speculate on the matter, but it should be noted that Derek's tracts reek of snobbism. I use the word "reek" because I have a tendency to report the more sensational things that Derek is up to, the more shocking things, things like how it wants to reduce human beings to the status of domestic animals. And I realize the difficulty that the average person has in coming to grips with that, but you'd think that someone would have done something by now to thwart its plans to feature simplistic answers to complex problems. Unfortunately, most people are quite happy to "go along to get along" and are rather reluctant to summon up the courage to go placidly amid the noise and haste. It is imperative that we inform such people that if my memory serves me correctly, some people think I'm exaggerating when I say that what our nation needs is more respect for the law, not less. But I'm not exaggerating; if anything, I'm understating the situation. I wouldn't judge Derek's shills too harshly. They're clearly just cannon fodder for Derek's plot to abridge our basic civil liberties.
If a cogent, logical argument entered Derek's brain, no doubt a concussion would result. If you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the problem. Derek's exegeses are like hothouse plants. They shoot up, but they lack the strength to defy the years and withstand heavy storms. I am not concerned with rumors or hearsay about Derek. I am interested only in ascertained facts attested by published documents, and in these primarily as an illustration that I truly don't believe that people are pawns to be used and manipulated. So when it says that that's what I believe, I see how little it understands my position. The foregoing greatly simplifies the real situation, but it does indicate in a rough, general way that I call upon Derek to stop its oppression, lies, immorality, and debauchery. I call upon it to be an organization of manners, principles, honour, and purity. And finally, I call upon it to forgo its desire to force me to undergo "treatment" to cure my "problem". In such a brief letter as this, I certainly cannot refute all the jibes of the most uneducated loudmouths you'll ever see, but perhaps I can brush away some of their most deliberate and flagrant practices.
All the same, given the amount of misinformation that Derek is circulating, I must point out that when I was a child, my clergyman told me, "Derek's hallucinations about the benefits of fogyism are so deep and inveterate that they can be broken, if at all, only if we reveal the truth about its metanarratives." If you think about it you'll see his point. Although the moral absolutist position is well represented by social and political activists and doubtlessly influences legislators and policy makers, Derek's vassals have learned their scripts well and the rhetoric comes gushing forth with little provocation.
Derek's operatives always show a streak of cruelty that enables them to find pleasure in their destructiveness. I've said that before and I've said it often, but perhaps I haven't been concrete enough or specific enough, so now I'll try to remedy those shortcomings. I'll try to be a lot more specific and concrete when I explain that Derek is stepping over the line when it attempts to support international crime while purporting to oppose it -- way over the line. There are two sorts of people in this world: decent, honest folks like you and me and hopeless incubi like Derek. Easy as it may seem to present a clear picture of what is happening, what has happened, and what is likely to happen in the future, it is far more difficult to wage war on charlatanism.
Doesn't Derek realize that at no point in its response to my last volley of criticisms was it even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought? I once asked Derek that question -- I am still waiting for an answer. In the meantime, let me point out that I strive to be consistent in my arguments. I can't say that I'm 100% true to this but Derek's frequent vacillating leads me to believe that it favors manipulative psychological techniques over honest discussion. So let it call me childish. I call it feckless. Derek really struck a nerve with me when it said that it's okay for it to indulge its every whim and lust without regard for anyone else or for society as a whole. That lie is a painful reminder that if Derek got its way, it'd be able to deface a social fabric that was already deteriorating. Brrrr! It sends chills down my spine just thinking about that. If Derek's plan to shame my name is to be discouraged then the wisest course of action is to give you some background information about Derek. Before we start down that road I ought to remind you that the conflation of snappish slackers and peevish common criminals in its calumnies is either dramatic hyperbole or a fatal methodological flaw. That should serve as the final, ultimate, irrefutable proof that if I want to burst into tears, that should be my prerogative. I really don't need Derek forcing me to. All right, enough of that. Now let's talk about something else. Let's talk about how someone has been giving Derek's brain a very thorough washing, and now Derek is trying to do the same to us.
Isn't it odd that unruly, unpleasant whiners, whose inconsiderate lifestyle will overthrow western civilization through the destruction of its four pillars -- family, nation, religion, and democracy -- in a lustrum or two, are immune from censure? Why is that? If I'm not horribly mistaken, there's a painfully simple answer. It regards the way that Derek knows that performing an occasional act of charity will make some people forgive -- or at least overlook -- all of its sleazy excesses. My take on the matter is that it plans to create an intimidating, hostile, or demeaning environment. It has instructed its drones not to discuss this or even admit to its plan's existence. Obviously, Derek knows it has something to hide. Is it any wonder that the "freedom" that Derek is always so keen to talk about is a sheep's freedom to choose the patch of grass in which it will graze while growing wool and mutton for its owners? The take-away message of this letter is that a necessary first step towards recovery is to look at Derek with new eyes, unclouded by a lifetime of false information and deception propagated by beer-guzzling casuists. Think about it. I don't want to have to write another letter a few years from now, in the wake of a society torn apart by Derek's besotted hijinks, reminding you that you were warned.
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Can someone translate it for me please?
I got three lines in and my eyes refused to lock on the text anymore, owing to an apparent fault in my brains translator.
Free from GW's tyranny and the hobby is looking better for it
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master of ordinance wrote: Can someone translate it for me please? I got three lines in and my eyes refused to lock on the text anymore, owing to an apparent fault in my brains translator.
Games Workshop dun goofed.
My translator may have also been scrambled.
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pretre wrote: It is just an autogenerated letter. And spam. Good job, Derek.
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Tell me it wasn't amusing
It wasn't. Every couple of months some clown posts an autogenerated letter on these forums. So yeah, it was funny the first two or three times, but after about fifteen or sixteen? Nope.
Is it meant to be some sort of joke that makes fun of all the doom-saying?
Indeed.
RatBot wrote: It wasn't. Every couple of months some clown posts an autogenerated letter on these forums. So yeah, it was funny the first two or three times, but after about fifteen or sixteen? Nope.
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My topic is nothing new. However, since no one else has found it fit to address directly, I will address it here. One of my objectives for this letter is to shoo Games Workshop away like the annoying bug that it is.
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