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<blockquote data-quote="Blurt" data-source="post: 467731" data-attributes="member: 648">Aw, thanks.Geeky Sparkles, eh? I'll consider it.About ol' Blandy, I guess I take a different view, though. Unlike some folks here who, in the style of Mary Barnes, paint the walls with their shit and then grin triumphantly before shouting &quot;Art!&quot;, Bland is somewhat of a gadfly. And I mean that in the best sense of the word. People don't like gadflies. Gadflies irritate them. Like a pitbull with a rubber torus in its jaws, gadflies are relentless in their pursuit of never letting things go until they're satisfied some hint of the truth has been uncovered. Socrates was executed for being a gadfly. For a contemporary (and rather more pejorative) definition of a gadfly, we need look no further for an example than to Joe, whose endless critical posts have no constructive end in mind.Foxy, I'm sure Bland understands that all of us here have lives away from teh forumz but, also like everyone here, he has no qualms about letting his freak fly. Isn't this what boards such as these were created for in the first place? I surely think so.Can you please provide me a link to where this Poppy character is posting poetry? I'll confess to a certain curiosity.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blurt, post: 467731, member: 648"] Aw, thanks. Geeky Sparkles, eh? I'll consider it. About ol' Blandy, I guess I take a different view, though. Unlike some folks here who, in the style of Mary Barnes, paint the walls with their shit and then grin triumphantly before shouting "Art!", Bland is somewhat of a gadfly. And I mean that in the best sense of the word. People don't like gadflies. Gadflies irritate them. Like a pitbull with a rubber torus in its jaws, gadflies are relentless in their pursuit of never letting things go until they're satisfied some hint of the truth has been uncovered. Socrates was executed for being a gadfly. For a contemporary (and rather more pejorative) definition of a gadfly, we need look no further for an example than to Joe, whose endless critical posts have no constructive end in mind. Foxy, I'm sure Bland understands that all of us here have lives away from teh forumz but, also like everyone here, he has no qualms about letting his freak fly. Isn't this what boards such as these were created for in the first place? I surely think so. Can you please provide me a link to where this Poppy character is posting poetry? I'll confess to a certain curiosity. [/QUOTE]

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