Tenzhi

I'm certain there have been instances where I'm doing my job and people would apply that term or terms with a similar sentiment to me (I've actually been referred to as "Hitler" for refusing to haggle over rates). However, most of those people were - or likely were - trying to get away with something/get something for nothing. I've found that the sentimentality that is evoked in order to manipulate me in such an instance is only worth as much as the trust/respect that the person evoking it has earned - which, in most cases, is nil or less.

Were I in a position responsible for enforcing rules governing public health and safety, sentimentality would have even less place.

Judging from the mention of "code" in context, I was thinking a government inspector of some sort. Possibly involving health, safety, or building codes.

If it's not a fabrication, then I would take solace in the fact that such a person maintains a largely more constructive than destructive position in society.

If it is a fabrication, then it's just another mote of dust on the digital wind and not worth wasting any real emotion on.

Hence the qualifier "even in states where a case might be made".

Of course, the fact that it was allegedly not illegal doesn't change that it is debatably unethical - the latter, of course, being more important to some than to others.

Even in states where a case might be made, I imagine it would amount to criminal negligence.

In some few states, I believe you are legally required to at least notify the authorities/call 911 in such a situation.

Everyone makes mistakes. But there comes a point when it can no longer be considered a "mistake" and moves into the realm of "willful ignorance". I largely gave up on correcting people, as I've discovered that the sorts of people who actively choose to do things the wrong way generally cannot be dissuaded from such behaviour.

On a completely unrelated note, I find myself wondering when I last checked the Darwin Awards...

You can't think of the big picture without thinking about all the little elements that make up the big picture. If you let those elements disappear one-by-one because they seem unimportant, eventually that big picture is going to be rather empty.

Caring about one thing doesn't necessarily preclude caring about anything else.

No, I won't. I don't have enough money to give to charities that experience has shown me I cannot trust, and I no longer offer direct help for similar reasons.

While I've certainly felt as if I were being actively antagonized by you from time to time, I wouldn't say that I've ever come to "dislike" you. If anything, I would say you have increased my capacity for temperance.

Heck, I'd be hard pressed to come up with anyone around here who I wholly dislike. The two that have come closest were Golden Girl and that person that used to post around here particularly around the time of Champions' release who had a large-eyed puppy for an avatar. There was a time when I might've thought those two were one and the same, actually.

That sounds vaguely like a polite, businesslike threat to me. Nah, it's probably nothing...

I wish *I* could get paid for simply voicing a pragmatic outlook...

It seems to me that a real "plant" would be less overt, though. I'd imagine that the best way to be effective would be to actually join the efforts to save CoH and passive-aggressively destabilize them from within.

That was almost awesome. Alas that "ellipsis" doesn't work quite as well and "ellipse" seems unrelated. I must admit that I was amused, nonetheless.

Yes, that's pretty much what I did. Actually, it was something I should've done a long time ago. I had numerous characters I'd made (and not really played) on servers back when I ran out of space on Virtue that were just sitting around collecting virtual dust. And to be honest, there were several characters on Virtue that I'd never seriously play (or play again) but which I was alt-hoarding.

I'm not really a fan of the Beatles, but the 'number nine' thing made me think of a Simpsons reference that I'm pretty sure was parodying the Beatles, at least in part.

And I'm not a fan of rap, though I recognized the 'definition' thanks to the Chap-Hop stylings of Mister B and his History of Rap.

Are you a gorilla, or are you trained to fight gorillas, or perhaps trained to use gorillas to fight? And are gorillas effective against guerrillas?

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The one time I've logged in since the announcement was to delete nearly all of my characters. There were a few I just couldn't press the button on, though. I'll probably get those right at the end.

Do I hate it? I can't say for certain, because I've never seen it. I'm not a big fan of Will Ferrell, but he's occasionally made me laugh. It could be that Anchorman would surprise me.

There are a number of comedians that I *do* like: George Carlin, Sam Kinison, Lewis Black, Don Rickles, and Stephen Colbert to name a few. Hrm, there seems to be a disproportionate number of comedians there that direct comedic anger at the antics of stupid people - what an odd coincidence.

That's the same way I feel about Will Ferrell, and thus why I avoided that movie.

The Foxbat mission where you go into the news station to save the anchorman? I was told by someone else that it was a reference to the Anchorman movie, but I wouldn't've known it otherwise since I managed to avoid that movie. I always enjoy doing that mission, though.