[kj] NYC gathering early 08

[Brendan]

On that topic, check out the origin of these sayings:

Not enough room to swing a cat:

Cat o' nine tails: nine pronged whip

A cat has nine lives:

Cat of nine tails, nine lives because it can keep whipping until all of
the strands are gone

You scratch my back I'll scratch yours:

Said by one prisoner / slave to another; they were often forced to whip
each other, so they would try to make an agreement with the whipper to go
easy because inevitably it would end up with the whippee being the
whipper.

I can drag out more whipping anecdotes if you're interested...my old man
is a historian and researched it a while back. I'm hoping to put the
research to good use ;p Actually there's some really horrible stories
about flogging back in the day, it was so bad in some cases that prisoners
asked to be sentenced to death rather than face the whip, because it could
be crippling and potentially fatal.


> Do we got little bulls eye targets tattooed on our back so that the

> whips can find the perfect spot

> and maybe have a point system for the whippers?

>

> At 03:04 AM 10/17/2008, Brendan wrote:

>>I'm planning on a name change post the Apocalypse when we're all on The

>>Island (well the chosen ones at least), it'll be The Slavering. So many

>>connotations :)

>>

>> > Tell them you're going to go do research on a tribe called "The

>> > Gathering" and get released time!

>> >

>> > At 10:29 AM 1/21/2008, Christof hamille wrote:

>> >>It hasn't for me.  As of last Friday I was offered a job teaching

>> >>two courses at a university.  So now my time is getting sucked

>> >>up.  I'll see what I can pull off in the next few days here and post

>> >>a more concrete time frame

>> >>

>> >>Chris

>> >>in Detroit

>> >>

>> >> > Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:58:01 -0800

>> >> > From: blazingstar418 at yahoo.com

>> >> > To: gathering at misera.net

>> >> > Subject: Re: [kj] NYC gathering early 08

>> >> >

>> >> > It turns out that I'm going to be in NY from

>> >> > Feb.7th-12th.

>> >> >

>> >> > If a date hasn't already been finalized, I'd like to

>> >> > join the party.

>> >> >

>> >> > ~Aleph

>> >> >

>> >> >

>> >> > --- fluw <fluwdot at earthlink.net> wrote:

>> >> >

>> >> > > someone recently bring up the idea of a gathering in

>> >> > > NYC, think i missed the details,

>> >> > > was it decided when and where?

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> Competition is a barbaric, insensitive ritual that reeks of social

> Darwinism.

> We cannot allow the fittest to survive on our pages. Your loss is someone

> else's gain, and your gain is someone else's loss. Therefore, losers

> contribute

> to the society and winners take away from it. Being a winner is

> unethical, while

> a society of losers is happy and striving as a collective. In the

> spirit of diversity,

> inclusiveness, and collectivism our contests shall have no winners.

> Everyone is declared a loser, which in our book means an ethical team

> player.

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