Writers blocking

Baby Ricochet has been pissed a few people off on Writerscafe. Really? No!

    Ricochet's blocked by writers

         Two I know about

    One I know his reasons why

        The other I do not

 

One writer wrote a spiteful poem

   cursing the uniform I wore

Said it brought joy to his heart

When Marines were killed in war

 

Artistic expression is a good thing

    That much I do agree

 Smear the uniform of the corps

 You're gonna hear from me

 

I wasn't looking to start a flame war

That wasn't my strict intention

There were just a couple of things

I felt compelled to mention

 

The Marine corps follow orders

With American interests at stake

We went where the president sent us

There was no such thing as debate

 

Army Air Force Navy Marines

No we don't ask reasons why

We did what was expected of us

That was my review reply

 

      So I posted my opinions

No swearing threats or name calling

The poem was deleted I was blocked

He must have found me galling

 

I must have struck a writers nerve

      S**t happens in this biz

The other dude that's blocking me

I don't know what his problem is

 

Maybe he doesn't like my sewer mouth

and perfurs words dripping with honey

Maybe he doesn't like Jarhead marines

Maybe he doesn't think I'm funny

 

     Either way it's all okay

I can lived with being blocked

 WritersCafe is not for those

who get their panties in a knot

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

The guy that was writing trash about US armed forces was an Amrerican. I'll let some of that crap slide from Europeans but Americans? Talk shit about the war and it's architects all you want. But when you start in on the men and women who did the fighting, bleeding, crying and dying cause we were ordered to? No. Bad, very, very bad.
It's that stupid civilian line of " soldiers should ask why" What in the hell kind of army debates orders? You figure that shit out the first two minutes you're 18 year old ass is in boot camp. The other guy who's blocking me I've no clue who he is. I don't recall ever reading his work but he's obviously read mine. I stumbled on him by accident during a conversation between That_girl and Philgod. His posts were kind of snarky so I clicked on him and what do you know, I'm blocked. So I chimed into the conversation and he promptly deleted all his posts. Marines can make a retreat happen even in cyber space. HOORAH!

Reviews

[Kaylor Mason]

Ha! Don't worry about people blocking you--I've been blocked by more people than I care to mention on here, and I don't have a clue as to why--nor do I really care. My view is anyone that blocks me must have a problem with my work (or me personally) and as such, it's their problem--let them deal with it. If I've slandered anyone or offended anyone on here, unintentionally, then I'm sorry. I wish someone would tell me why they block me before they do it--that would be nice.
For the most part, when people block me on here, I just forget about them. They obviously have issues.
Except for one. Tate Morgan blocked me--I have no idea why. I really admire his work, and before he blocked me I really enjoyed reading it: he's an EXCELLENT writer; but I must've said or did something wrong (wish I knew what it was) and he just blocked me . . . ah well. C'est la vie.

This guy who was bad mouthing you--he comes from the free, individualistic world of the calm, rationally minded civilian . . . the kind of human being who is not required to kill in order to survive. It's not so much that these civvies hate soldiers as it is that they--very literally--cannot comprehend the world soldiers live in. All they really know is the sheltered peace you guys fight and die to preserve every day, whilst they live on, blissfully ignorant. They can't comprehend hardly anything outside their civvie lives, for that matter; and if they do, they prefer not to dwell on it. To the true liberal civilian, soldiers will always be an enigma . . . they just don't get it.

That doesn't justify this man's slander by any measure, though. Here's a thought: Put him in the desert and surround him with insurgents, men who would gladly tear him to pieces just for being American and over there, and then give him a rifle and say: Survive.
He'll sing a different tune after that, guaranteed.

[Baby Ricochet]

HA! That's the longest review I've gotten ever. Blocking's weird. I can understand it if you're a young girl and some guy is creeping you out or if you're being harrassed by somebody. But over a review you didn't like? That's a little over sensitive. There's a lot of things civilians don't understand about the armed forces.

[That_Girl]

That goddamn Tate Morgan... I swear...

[Kaylor Mason]

I agree with you about the oversensitive part--though we writers are artists, and we all have artists' temperaments . . . which might account for our oversensitivity to our "hurt" feelings and all

[Kaylor Mason]

@ That__Girl: What about Tate Morgan? What do you mean?

[That_Girl]

lol he's not very well liked. Especially by me. Don't take his blocking personally.

[Kaylor Mason]

I never did.

[Marie]

Tate Morgan blocked me once, and I got very upset, because I couldn't imagine why. Later on I found out that it was some kind of mix up; he hadn't meant to block me at all and didn't know it had happened.

[That_Girl]

He and I had some words shared. I know why he blocked me.

[Pax]

Mr. Tate did block me..once...too.. but that's in the past now..

[Baby Ricochet]

FOR THE RECORD: Tate Morgan is one of my friends. I read all his work and he's a talented writer. I've had no problems with him and don't excpect too.

[Falling Leaf.]

Some people do deserve to be blocked, because in all actuality, they're jerks. But that's only a very few people, and it's none of you.

[Ees]

Don't buy into the stereotype that artists and writers are a sensitive lot. I work as an artist, selling paintings and I attempt to write. I am not overly sensitive. I am harsh sometimes. I have often been called "cold-hearted", most frequently by my own mother. That's something that bugs me, so I just had to make my statement about the writers as artists are sensitive remark. That's bullshit. People are people, they're all different.

I have a temper that flashes, but I'd rather attribute that to my red hair than being an artistic person.

I try not to be a jerk and when I offer criticism, I also always try to point out the good things too. I think that the only people who should be blocked are creepy people hitting on you, basically.

[Falling Leaf.]

Some people think that just because they are older and more experienced they can stomp all over younger writers. Of course this isn't every older writer; I've only ran into two. I believe that reviews shouldn't be sugarcoated, but they should be polite. Someone called my writing boring, which, you know, can be expected from some people. I can't please everyone and I won't try, but when this person came back later and said my writing sucks to read, that's where I felt they went too far. And, if you go to said person's page, their biography does say that they are biased against younger, inexperienced writers. That person isn't on here to help us youths grow. They're on here to put down others so that they can feel good about themselves. That, in my opinion, is the kind of person who should be blocked. Yeah, creepers should be too, but so should stereotypical a******s. They aren't worth anyone's time.

[Baby Ricochet]

Writers eat their young. HEY! I'm a young writer. EAT ME!

[Baby Ricochet]

OK maybe not that young,

[Pax]

I agree with Ms. Ees, a great constructive criticism is balance...there is a far difference on a insult to a constructive criticism...

[Baby Ricochet]

IS 32 young?

[That_Girl]

Yes, Baby R. Just maybe not on here. :)

[Pax]

I guess...its still young at heart and physically... :D

[Baby Ricochet]

Look at my avitar. I'm just a baby.

[That_Girl]

lol I always feel weird calling you Baby.

Have you seen a pic of that kid recently? Super cute.

[Ees]

32 sounds young enough to me!
I like people to actually critique my work, it doesn't mean I will necessarily agree with their points, but it makes me look at my work and think about it and maybe take their advice. That's why I joined this site. When I review, I always try to review the way that I hope people will review my own work. Apparently that has the potential to completely offend some writers on here, but I keep trying. A sugar-coated review is just as useful as a flat out insult.

[Baby Ricochet]

That's the only reason I came up with the name Baby Ricochet. So chicks would call me baby.

[Baby Ricochet]

and you can't not love that Avitar.

[Baby Ricochet]

yep. 32 and it's all over

[Ees]

cute. what about when guys have to call you baby too? haha

[Ees]

When I was a kid I always said that you had to call boys boys until they reached the age of 32, when they would become men. I don't know why that was the age that I picked. Now as an adult I commonly refer to those who are 32 as boys still. ahah.

But yeah, you're officially old and a man now that you are 32.

[That_Girl]

If you haven't noticed BABY, guys call you that too. :) I find it a bit odd, especially for the straight ones but... eh. ;)

[That_Girl]

lol I know plenty of 32+ that are most definitely boys. XD

[Baby Ricochet]

I once had a picture of Bridgette Bordot as an avitar and this dude started PMing me. He thought Bridgette Bardot was actually me. It was like 6 PM'S before he figured out I was a guy and I wasn't leading him on either. I felt kinda bad. I mean you're a lonely guy and you think you're PMing a woman that looks like Bridgette Bardot and then, Man that's gotta be a buzz kill.

[That_Girl]

Bahaha poor guy. I would have been disappointed as well.

[Ees]

haha, that's hilarious.
I mean, until you told me you were thirty two, I totally thought you were a baby. A really advanced for his age baby.

[Baby Ricochet]

THat would be Tai. He's 14. I swear he's a 35 year old Midget. If you haven't read his work you should.

[Ees]

hahaha.
I was just kidding. I knew you weren't the baby in the picture. haaha.

okay, cool, I'll look for him.

[Baby Ricochet]

Tai's big on the violent metaphors but not in a silly teen aged comic book slasher movie way. There's a strong sense of forlorn aching in his work and he takes criticism into consideration.

[That_Girl]

What's his screen name?

[Baby Ricochet]

Tai

[That_Girl]

Huh... didn't bring up any members.. odd

[Baby Ricochet]

First poem of his I read I thought "Jesus Christ what in the hell is wrong with this kid." No way could I have written something like that when I was 14. I'm not sure I can right something like that now.

[That_Girl]

I want to read! Send me a link to his profile???

[Baby Ricochet]

K

[Ravyne Hawke]

Eh, those who've blocked you sound like idiots to me. They think they can say whatever they please online and get away with it, but when caught and called out, they tuck their tails and hide. Good for you speaking up for the military!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Lori

[rhythm&blues]

This is all new to me so I know not of blocking, not yet anyway, seems it happens regularly according to your poem. I found it a very interesting and forceful piece of writing.. Let me also say thank you for serving your country.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Rhythm&blues. That's a cool name

[rhythm&blues]

You're quite welcome, and thank you too.

[TLK]

I can't quite agree with
"With American interests at stake
We went where the president sent us"

Presidents don't necessarily have the interests of citizens at heart, which is why there are elections -- elections which lead outcomes that it seems a majority are regularly pissed off about.
For example, if I was American, I would wonder why my Government was so supportive of Saudi Arabia.

So, overall, the system isn't perfect. But that's a nuanced argument that I don't think this person was referring to.

[Baby Ricochet]

The Saudis have a s**t load of oil, a s**t load of money, a s**t load of US built weapons systems and a beautiful strategic location on the Arab peninsula. Mecca, the holiest city in all of Islam is in Saudi Arabia as well as the city of Medina. The second holiest site in all of Islam. The Saudi's are often placed in a precarious position of playing to both US interests and popular sentiment among Muslims around the world. They lean towards a conservative brand of Islam and have had problems with Radicals coming out of the Wahabee Madrasa's. It's commo knowledge 8 of the 12 hijackers of 9/11 were Saudis.
US foreign policy isn't always able to dictate to her allies who they associate with outside of US interest in their country. Out of necessity we're allied with Pakistan. A nation openly hostile to India, another important US ally, A nation with people in position of authority from those around the prime minister to police in the street who have a vested interest in seeing that Afghanistan remains the basket case of a Nation it currently is. In many ways Pakistan is as bad of an ally that the Soviets were in WWII. Only the Soviets had a huge Army in Europe so the US had to take them seriously.
So far as your other comment: What I was saying in this piece is once you're in the Armed forces debate isn't an option. You get orders and you follow them. What American interest may be might not be particularly popular with the people but that's not a concern when you're a Marine or Soldier. You follow orders and that's it. Thanks for stopping by TLK. I appreciate your input.

[Baby Ricochet]

Oh man that's a messed up sentence. I'm sure you know the one I mean. Meh. You're smart. You'll sort out what I mean

[Denham Cole]

I wince at the pivotal point when a person first exercises their choice to join the military. After they've joined, maybe they have no choice (unless they choose insubordination, and awol), but they sure have the freedom to throw thier hat in the ring in the first place...

[quinfinn]

i understand and feel your reasons for this write. i also know it is not aimed at me, as some would like to think, because of my recent activities. i know who my friends are and i never block unless it is to protect myself from attacks or ugliness. like you, i can take criticism with the best of them, as long as it is constructive and not personally insulting. as for myself, i never blocked anyone because i found their writing insulting...it was because there was malicious intent and, very obviously so. i agree whole heartedly with this clever and poignant write.

[Baby Ricochet]

The guy who blocked me who was talking s**t about the Corps has since unblocked me and I'm not sure who's blocking who right now. Most of the folks who were involved with recent events are on my friends list now so it's all good.

[quinfinn]

one can always strive and hope for peaceful conclusions...good job!

[Ryan]

"Love peace and harmony. Love peace and harmony. It's all very nice, very nice, very nice. Maybe in the next world" civilians tend to not understand what military men and women go through to keep our country safe. They have little respect. Don't be fazed by such people. Don't get your panties in a knot.

[Baby Ricochet]

Death of A disco Dancer: The Smiths: Stangeways here we come. Love it! Thanks for stopping by Ryan

[Ryan]

I knew you'd know it :D anytime

[TL Boehm]

I was dropped once here for using the "f" word in a poem. I've posted hundreds of poems - none of them with profanity - and the one time I let it slip in a poem - a person I had known here for three years at the time - dumps me. I've actually edited the piece to take the f bomb out - and it happened four years ago - but I was still caught off guard by it. I've also been dumped for voicing my position in defense of Thanksgiving (not here but on another blog site) Again, the person had been reading me for years. Amazing what goes on in people's heads. To me - if I don't like what some one has to say - I just don't comment - or here if its offensive or I don't like it - I just don't review. That's very simple. BTW - my dad was retired USAF. Several of my uncles, both of my grandfathers - some of my great grandfathers - all served in the military. I am very proud of them. And thank YOU, for your service as well.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you. Some of my earlier poems are nothing but F bombs

[Brianaswriting]

So I saw your profile picture, and assumed I'd be reading cute little baby, or calm things! haha no I was wrong. Whoever wrote that s**t about the Armed Forces is an idiot...I'm an American, and I show respect. This is humorous and free write! Nice. And the amount of people who have blocked you on here probably wouldn't compare to the number of people who have blocked me on Facebook.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you for reviewing writers blocking Brianaswriting and thank you for friending me.

[Brianaswriting]

No problem :)

[lost girl]

strange why people disregard others. I woke up one morn and all my friends were gone because I wouldnt just desert the last man out....kinda felt like I was in the army again. I also think alot of civilians just dont get it. It's fight or die. (one way or another) I am not saying that I totally agree with what our country has become or is becoming but those that fight for our rights and freedoms deserve a lil more respect. if you dont wanta share then dont read if you dont wanta be read then dont write. it is they way I feel about it. Have a good day. I will be back to read more. Hoorah!

[John Phoenix Hutchinson..]

I love your "style" BR :)

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you for reading Writers Blocking John

[Kennabee]

Love this!!!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you so much for reading writers Blocking Kennabee