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Monday, July 17, 2006

Just One Last Thing Before I Go......................

I know I said my presence here would be intermittent over the next few days and it will be, but I just couldn’t go without one final comment. It’s about The Buzzards; Regan and Lesley. Do they go on and on or what? Are all women permanently insane because of hormonal shortcomings or is it just those two? They seem to think that all male Ufologists hate women because they accuse them of hating men. No, men don’t hate all women – just you two.

This is how it works. A Ufologist asks them how they feel about something from a a women’s point of view. They get all huffy and reply that their gender is irrelevant. The Ufologist is taken aback by the ferocity of the reply and makes a negative comment. The Buzzards respond that as he has been so hurtful, he must hate women. The Ufologist sits there puzzled, scratching his balls and picking his nose, and wondering where he went wrong and concludes, not unreasonably, that in fact the two old Birds must in fact hate men. The Buzzards retreat to their cave where they squawk their indignation amongst themselves, thrilled they have notched another scalp. There, they feed upon the gizzards of the downed Ufologist like two screeching harpies, cackling and hissing as they stomp around their cauldron.

These gals are seriously over sensitive and are a menace to Ufologists everywhere. Why do they behave like this? Well, I understand one is menopausal which says everything that can possibly be said about the matter and the other is alleged to be a bit simple. Together, they make a fine pair. Or quartet actually.

Let’s face it; Ufology is for men and Buzzards shouldn’t be doing it. Here’s why. If they rounded a corner and came across a landed UFO and the door to the UFO required a spanner to be taken to it, these two would call out the AAA. And that says it all.

22 Comments:

  • At 10:07 AM, Blogger Alfred Lehmberg said…

    Silence is agreement...

    Maybe it's you that's just _another_ talentless curmudgeon pouring combustibles where there was little chance of real fire before, exacerbating real fire extant, or tapping the activation button for atomic issues decidedly Pyhrric in application... Or, why take such a senseless, obtuse, bigoted, and _inaccurate_ swipe at Lesley and Regan?

    Paul Kimball writes on another Web Log that you're performing a much needed ufological function as an enema bag... sweet, eh?

    It seems to me that anyone able to countenance your base contention without comment should themselves be flushed out with the aforementioned enema.

    Moreover, I suspect you should be trying to locate YOUR water-wings, nym-rod.

    Step off...

    alienview@adelphia.net
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  • At 11:00 AM, Blogger Old Gary said…

    This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

     
  • At 2:55 PM, Blogger LesleyinNM said…

    I challenge you to find one comment I have ever made about male ufologists hating women or them about my hating men. You really should make accusations that you can back up.

     
  • At 1:02 AM, Blogger LesleyinNM said…

    Funny how the two people who are anon are also the only two people making wild accusations that they have not a shred of evidence for. I wonder if that last anon comment is the same person who keeps stalking Regan as though he has a huge crush on her? No other reason for an obsession like that.

     
  • At 7:20 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Anonymous people simply do not have the guts for an identity and thus their words are more dust-like in the wind than others.

    Who are worse, people like Ben Franklin, that used pseudonyms, or the ancient anonymous writer?

    Sure, being anonymous helps the writer to vent hateful words without much fear of retribution (much like a terrorist!). But sometimes anonymity can allow those who fear to make any remarks to do so (whistle blowers, those not part of the 'group think').

    That said, as with most groups, there is a division of opinion. Thus, some anonymous men (and perhaps women too I suspect) think that UFOlogical women generally offer useful contributions to the field, perhaps much more than some UFOlogical men do, and are a net positive.

    Of course, it is clear that these perhaps pseudo-sexist folk just want to take a easy (and fun) jab at women due, likely, to wrongs that they perceived women did to (in) their lives (via either their inclusion or exclusion).

    But then, I am anonymous, and my opinion carries little weight.

     
  • At 9:27 AM, Blogger The Odd Emperor said…

    Women in UFOlogy do make useful contributions, who the heck says otherwise (other than Art who's making allegations without citation.) Women make useful contributions in all fields, anyone who thinks differently is probably stuck in some dismal 16th century trap (and there are a couple of religious organizations in just such a state.)

    Writing anonymously on the other hand has a long, time honored tradition. One needs to be circumspect in the approach to using this tool (unlike our friend "Art.") It’s not for simply spewing a bunch of recursive hateful sounding diatribe, it can be used to attach an unpopular opinion in such a way to protect *the reader* from having to reply to a real person. But one must be careful no matter how it's used; libel law covers both real and anonymous writers.

     
  • At 12:14 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Odd Emperor is wise beyond his years.

    Yes, I agree.

    Hate filled diatribe is useless and rarely achieves any meaningful purpose other than troublemaking.

    It is interesting that anonymous writing can free the writer of having to be judged by whatever he has been or is. It is the ultimate colorblindness and should innoculate against prejudice to a large degree. Rather than be judged by being black or Muslim or Walmart employee, you are judged solely on the writing you write at this time (not yesterday's or last year's). Your ideas, if crafted well, should be a pure tool then that can be used to influence opinion and make the world better.

    Too bad this tool is used poorly and destructively, but such is the way of all tools.

     
  • At 1:05 PM, Blogger LesleyinNM said…

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  • At 1:44 PM, Blogger LesleyinNM said…

    Anon - Your opinion carries no weight, not just because you are anon, but because you still have not produced a shred of evidence of any of your accusations against me.

     
  • At 4:36 PM, Blogger Paul Kimball said…

    An enema, as I used the term, referred to constructive, even pointed, even irreverent, criticism. It flushes the system, and in the case of a barium enema reveals things like cancer, etc. In short, it serves a useful purpose. Ufology could use one. I thought this blog might play its role in that regard.

    This post, however, isn't an enema - it's the equivalent of lacing someone's coffee with Ex-lax. It's mean-spirited, petty, and just plain dumb.

    I had hopes that this blog might offer something amusing, and useful (hence the comment Mr. Lehmberg refers to, although he fails to mention it preceded this vile post).

    A pox on your house, Arthur. I have deleted your blog from my "favourites". You're worse than the people you go after. You're part of the problem, not the solution.

    Paul Kimball

     
  • At 9:49 PM, Blogger The Odd Emperor said…

    In another space-time, anonymous-coward wrote…..
    "Odd Emperor is wise beyond his years."

    Yag! I think I’m going to be sick! Speak for yourself, oh yes, I see you are!

    The Odd Emperor

     
  • At 12:52 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    lesley squawked "I wonder if that last anon comment is the same person who keeps stalking Regan as though he has a huge crush on her? No other reason for an obsession like that."

    How offensive birdwoman! It is incumbant upon my good senses to be with a female [preferably human] in 3D, the real world; so I may see her, size her up, smell her, sniff her thoroughly[scent hormones play a key role in this],inspect her teeth, check the root color of her hair and ask her if she spits or swallows.

     
  • At 3:52 AM, Blogger The Odd Emperor said…

    ....Like I said!

     
  • At 9:42 PM, Blogger Robert D. Meek, Jr. said…

    This is beyond belief, that anyone would waste their time, effort, and energy lashing out at Lesley, or anyone else, in this manner.

    Small minds with too much time on their hands.

    But then, that reality extends to the REAL world, too, for I have seen it all too many times even at work.

     
  • At 4:06 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Hey Robert, go back to whining about your disability on your blog.

    Take Slow Lesley with you,since you didn't notice she posted to me first, ya dink.

     
  • At 9:01 PM, Blogger Old Gary said…

    Dink? Haven't heard that word since Viet Nam. It was used for the North V.N. regular soldiers, in contrast to the V.C. which were irregulars.

     
  • At 2:23 PM, Blogger LesleyinNM said…

    Anon - did you ever think of seeking help for your problem of craving negative attention? Maybe you were abused as a child?

     
  • At 9:13 PM, Blogger Robert D. Meek, Jr. said…

    Well, you can call it whatever you want, you hateful creature, and you truly are so, but being forced out of work after 24 years is not fun, and having only 3 months to adjust to it is not much, either. Whine? If that's what you want to call it so be it, but let's look at this...

    YOU posted your blog for ALL to see.

    YOU set it up for comments.

    YOU post nothing but HATE here.

    And YOU have the NERVE to OBJECT when people respond?

    How PITIFUL.

    The old adage, "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen," is as true today as ever.

    If you can't take it, you shouldn't dish it out.

    Quite frankly, you shouldn't dish it out, anyway.

    Have you ever considered what kind of Karma you're racking up?

    I wouldn't want to be in your SPITEFUL shoes if they paid me.

     
  • At 2:47 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Robert- Dude, I'm not the blogger. I post here anonymously.

    FYI, others are posting anonymously too, which may confuse the simple minded.

    And I don't believe in "Karma". Why buy into a concept from a religion -Hinduism- that worships cows and rats and burns women alive if their dowry isn't big enough.

     
  • At 6:02 AM, Blogger The Odd Emperor said…

    By posting anonymously you are identifying yourself with this "Art" character and implying that you agree with “him/her/whatever.”

    What you are not doing is giving an example of a bad skeptic (which seems to be the point of all this.) You are in fact giving us an impression of what you think skeptics look like in your own mind. You are allowing people like myself an unbridled look into some of your deepest thoughts and fantasies.

    By many of these posts, I’d say that you are obsessed with getting people to respect you. You find it difficult to understand how people could look at things differently from the truths you tell them. Some people scoff at your opinions and they are all horrible people to do that. Those scoffers need to be punished and you believe that you are the instrument of that punishment. You have gone into their newsgroups and demanded that they believe as you believe. But, they have gotten mean to you, made you lose your temper which only makes things worse. Isn’t their fault if they take offence after being told the truth? That they are all skeptic psychopaths?

    Are you comfortable with that description? Does that make you happy? I sincerely hope so because I’m certainly not the only one who sees this.

    Just saying!

     
  • At 5:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Hey, Odd Emperor, Two out of the Six anonymous posts in this thread are not mine. I've never posted to you or responded to you before, until now.[maybe that will give you an idea of who's posts are not mine]

    So I don't know where you're going with your long winded diatribe. I post anonymously on blogspots. I never assumed nor read that it meant I identified with any particular blogger. Where do you come up with that idea?

    Oh and when did I claim to be a "skeptic"?

    I'm simply a Ufology bystander and sometimes poster who's amused, astounded and gaffawing at some of the bizarre posts and posters[some of which are just plain dumb], along with the ego-driven infighting in Ufology. Don't like that? Don't read my posts.

     
  • At 6:02 PM, Blogger The Odd Emperor said…

    Fine by me, so how do I know which are your posts? Why don't you adopt a better pseudonym than "anonymous?"

     

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