The lowly dung beetle has been a popular term on blog for a bit..
I have no idea who introduced it to our conversation.
I can't imagine anyone calling another a dung beetle to his face,no matter how infuriated.
But I know the temptation.
I think indulging the fantasy of calling someone an unimaginably awful name is what keeps people civil most of the time.
Gossip is what keeps us at ease with one another.
The internet provides new opportunity.
For the most part harmless.
Chris Watts is known to coin particularly cutting comments.
Chris believes everyone should be up front and personal and that being anonymous is cowardly.
He pays a high price for the principle.
An anonymous person can write something that offends another.
The other can hurl a nasty epithet back.
But the hurler has no idea who he's hurling at. Nor does anyone else.
The only person who knows for sure , is the one being called a dung beetle.
But he doesn't lose face because no-one knows who he is. AND he can have back at his enemy with impunity.
Pretty soon the dung beetle epithet is replaced with something equally disgusting and on we go again entertaining ourselves with our own erudition.
Yes it's childish. So what's wrong with that. In our whole lives when did we have more fun ?
How good it feels to laugh until the tears come and you double over and roll around in helpless mirth and laugh and laugh until physically exhausted.
When was the last time ?
Friday 2 November 2012
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Ha Ha Ha.........
Dung Beetle
Snarky
Anonymoose
Anonymouse
Robert the Bruce
Guy Poppe
and so on......
Any others that I missed? Are they perhaps one in the same?
The snarky one can't be Poppe because the latter was at the hearing in Newmarket without a computer when it sent off a zinger.
The last time I laughed was earlier today, as I drove through the now calmed, previous traffic havoc stricken, area of the North East of town.
I laughed yesterday at Elizabeth Bishden's inexplicable support for the recent insulting letters Mr. Falk has had run in both the Banner and the Auroran.
How could one not?
Saturday I laughed when I witnessed the pumpkin carving contest at the Farmers Market. The vendor pumpkins were all great, but the one eating the burger put a smile on everyone's face.
Last Friday I laughed at Mr. Smith's childish rant that he found this blog offensive. Given this was the same Mr. Smith that falsely accused me on this blog of intimidation his latest claim is equally without merit and downright hilarious. Especially when it was complete with some sort of pissing contest that he's been here for 27 years, thus making him so much better than those who haven't.
Before that there were the Clowns who watch council and then tweet their little anonymous bird brains to an audience of less than 10.
There is much to laugh about in Aurora; from those that rallied for traffic calming because their neighbourhoods were better than others, those that chose illegal SLAPP action against citizens for being critical because their feelings were better than others, those that rally for an exclusive Jazz festival because their culture is better than others, those that champion a $500,000/year "Cultural" Centre that have no KPI's or accountability because why would you need to justify an organization to be sustainable or innovative, its not like that is the town's strategic plan or anything.
Aurora has its share of fuddyduddies, no doubt uptight because they lack the ability to laugh at themselves, at least without the cover of anonymous.
Life is too short to live it being hypersensitive, self-important and without humility.
Community is about sharing, connecting and laughing.
At others and yourself.
It feels great.
It's too bad that some have not only lost that ability, but want to deny others.
Clr. Buck may be correct in saying that my principle comes with a high price, but it pays dividends.
Anonymous comments don't carry the same weight, never will.
You can't get the same level of engagement with where you live if you do it hiding behind some clown paint, antlers, vulcan mask or dead diseased Scottish deadbeat.
But it sure is fun to watch the anonymous dung beetles here continually try to roll their crap uphill.
You & Christopher are perfect with what you do. My regret is that we lost Richard Johnson in that battle.
Someone can use their real name but still be a phoney.
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