John
What's truly remarkable if you think about it is just how innoculous this whole thing was. No contraverial t-shirt, no obscene gestures, no anything I could think of that would have caused a ruckus. In fact, I was so certain that it was innoculous that I didn't even think much of the situation. It wasn't until talking with
[18:59] black_rider23: Hey there
[18:59] black_rider23: I thought the whole thing over.
[19:00] black_rider23: Your right... it wouldnt violate any rules. And some may find it very funny...
[19:00] black_rider23: I would like to ask you personally to not do it though.
[19:00] black_rider23: I cant stop you really.
[19:01] black_rider23: But there are several things that I am afraid of. Including making sure your killer breakfast investment doesnt get damaged. (not that i think it would per say... but there is the potential anytime you cart that thing around)
In the last part of our conversation, he mentioned that he was worried there would be some violence as a result. The next time I saw him on, I of course inquired to clarify. I didn't think anyone could be stupid and insane enough to actually physically assault
To add to the sheer idiocy of the situation, in my conversations with BR23, I even floated the idea of maybe just having the cutout outside the stink room, thus avoiding any possible issues. After all, to my knowledge, I'm only barred from the event iself. Unless there's some provision I'm completely not aware of, I can be in the hallway before the event to meet and greet or whatever. Despite this, I was told that the cutout's presence might still be ruled as being a violation of policy even when my own isn't. How's that for batshit insane?
Anyway, I have no clue how any of this is going to pan out. The lessons to take away from this, however, are many and varied. 1) Never discount the influence of wankers, 2) Courteous gestures always end up biting you in the ass. The irony dosen't escape me that if I had just decided to not mention this to BR23, this whole thing probaly would have gone off without a hitch, without any problems. It's only now that it's had time to churn and percolate that the full shitstorm twister has formed.
Got access to email finally and pasted the relevant part in.