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

[Ees]

Nice.
The end of the poem was stronger than the beginning, which sounded more like a conversational complaint, but it stepped into a better stride at the end, so maybe bring some of that up to the earlier parts of the poem.

And on a content note:
What is with these people blocking other writers. I have been blocked, but the messed up thing is that the review I left, she commented on it, then blocked me before I could read it. So I can see that she commented, but I can't see what she said. What the hell is the point of it.
Why do people take such offense and get all angry, isn't this a place where we've come to share our writing and hear what others say about it? To learn from each other.
It's just silly.

[Baby Ricochet]

I think I know what you mean. The metering seems to roll better at the end. I'm still working on that. I've not gotten 6-8 metering down yet.I try to cram to many words into a line sometimes. Thany you so much for reviewing my work.

[Ees]

No problem. I'm sure with practice, you'll get it down!

[Corset]

lol, i feel ya, I've been blocked by people i don't even know and had never visited before till i tried, lol....wtf? lol...don't worry about it, i've had my head lopped off so many times it doesn't even hurt anymore!

[Baby Ricochet]

HA! Thank you so much for reading my work Corset.

[Corset]

it's my pleasure, you make me laugh every time, that's a beautiful gift :)

[S]

Good for you! Don't let it slide from European's either!
I'm 100% FOR UK and USA armed forces.
All the best,
Silverlight a flag-waving brit :)

[Baby Ricochet]

As for the Brits they had troops in Iraq too and they were some of the finest soldiers I'd ever seen. IMO when a Brit curses American Service men and women he's cursing his own. Thank you for reading my work and thank you for standing behind one of the finest fighting forces in the world. The British Army.

[Poetic Beauty]

i understand the need to to vent and put your thoughts out there. Freedom of speech still exists for now. I don't worry about people defriending me and blocking me if the don't like what I write or have to say. While I am against war itself I do support those who defend my country. They do the job they are trained to do and go where our country tells them to go. They give their all for many and even lose their lives in the process, leaving loved ones to morn. The politicians sit in their offices giving directions and tell our forces what they are going to do so, for me, I support our men/women in the armed forces and rage against the politicians who sit back putting them in harms way!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you so much for reading my work poetic beauty

[Revery]

What I have appreciated about poetry is that you can express anything compounded to the power of ten. This is great, I loved it. I'm with you, but realize something, as a marine you lived by an honor code, outside of such a strong institution few subscribe to any honor code. People who play out any issues in subversive manners are COWARDS. I have had some that blocked me for straight up reasons and a handful block me without any discernible reasons. I don't need people like that in my circle of friends anyway. HOORAH!

[Baby Ricochet]

For sure. Thank you for reading my work revery

[Revery]

No problem, I enjoyed.

Let me add one more point, I never blindly accept any ones opinion of someone else, I form my own opinion. To many go around spreading poison with the intent to malign. Those that blinding accept this type of crap aren't worth your time either.

[Ruth]

Internet in general is a dodgy field...
I have been at the Cafe for a while now...seen many things, many people get tangled in heated disputes, not my cuppa...

If people cannot discuss in an adult manner then I won't waste energy adding fuel to the fire!

Sometimes gotta step back and think logically...

Same goes for posters....if they can't handle a discussion, don't post...not saying abuse is acceptable, at all, had that myself! However, a general discussion is actually healthy...

Some people just want their pov and no-one elses!

xoxo

[Baby Ricochet]

For sure. THak you for reading my work

[Ruth]

Welcome :)

[Shelley Holt-Lowrey]

You are controversial and people feel strongly about what you write. I agree completely that nobody should knock our soldiers around. But... And still... You fought also for the the freedoms we enjoy as outlined in our own Bill of Rights with the first amendment Guaranteeing.... Freedom of Speech. Allows him the right to say it. Even if he is an but head.

[Baby Ricochet]

Shelley!!! Haven't seen you for awhile. THank you so much for reading my work.

[Clayton Bardwell]

Hi Shelley,
Good to see you. The First Amendment protects us from the Government, not from each other and it isn't unconditional. If the person in question was to tell me to my face that he was glad that U.S. Marines were dead I would punch a mud hole in his face big enough to shoot ducks off of. He doesn't get to do that in my world.

[Shelley Holt-Lowrey]

Nice. And i would applaud you... While defending his right to say something that caused the big mud hole in his face. Hey doesnt say we have to like it... It is wrong. But protected.

[Tate Morgan]

I like that you write of what you know .i am impressed by the rhyme in your work.However i truly like that you tell a tale .In this case you are not alone all of us have experienced this some more than others

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you so much for your review Tate. I appreciate your input.

[Steven Cash]

I have to erase my other review cause well. I have an eternal notification from this poem.

[Baby Ricochet]

OKEE DOKEE. Thanks for the second review

[Lina Grey]

I don't think I've ever been blocked on here, but it's good your not upset. If they're going to be doing s**t like that, you shouldn't need to deal with them anyway. And I'm all on your side whan it comes to dissing the army. Those people risk their lives to protect Americans, complete strangers, many of whom are obnoxious and self-observed to such a degree that they aren't even able to respect it when someone does them a favor. Yes, this is America, with freedom of speech and public opinion and all that stuff, but the main reason we are able to keep all our rights and freedoms is because we have an incredible army who will stand up and protect us, and the very least we can do is welcome them with open hearts and pride. The only problem I have with armies is the fact that we actually need them. Being a complete peace activist, I want us to live in a world where everyone is capable of getting along peacefully, and there's no need to go beating each other up. However, I understand that is an idealist point of view, and doesn't exist, so I'm grateful for the army and everything they do.
Of course, none of that justifies this man's absolute disrespect (and, well, worse behavior) and the fact that he's blocked you means that you just don't have to deal with his stupid a*s. As for the other guy, it's his loss. You're an incredible writer, and this poem is a sure example of that.

[Baby Ricochet]

"Love peace and Harmony. Love peace and Harmony. It's all very nice, very nice, very nice. Maybe in the next world." Morrissey back when he was in the Smiths. That would be really nice. War feeds itself in a way that unless you've been in the middle of one it's hard to understand. We need to work harder to avoid them starting cause they're really hard to stop. You seem like a sensible person. I am with you on this. Thank you so much for reading my work Lina.

[Lina Grey]

Your welcome :)