Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.

[Edwardo Piet]

You're signing off for the night, but if I may, allow me to add a word: being judgemental is not of itself a bad thing. It's only when the judgement is based on false premises that it turns to stone. We make judgements every day of our lives: is this person good or bad for me? That is a judgement. We all do it, every day. Every day.

Right or wrong? It simply is.

It's 7 am and I haven't slept. I don't know. I suppose I would say that being judgmental for the sake of being judgmental is harmful. It feels like middle school in here where everyone stands around loudly whispering about whoever is on the chopping block this week knowing they'll hear...just to be mean. As long as I live I will never understand the desire to act that way. I will never understand the pull people seem to have to be mean to someone you don't like as retribution for them being a way you find unpleasant. I just don't get it. Now, that I have gone for who knows how long, over a subject that wasn't that special to begin with. And made myself feel stupid for opening my huge mouth to begin with, I'll try to think what EP would say to me now if he were here. Probably something along the lines of "you don't have to go through all this effort to defend me, Losty. I know you like me, but this is pathetic." Maybe some stuff about how people should say everything they think even if it's really mean. Goodnight guys.

Bolded part is one of the things we agree most strongly on.

I am very against retribution and revenge. As you know

I hope you're finally getting some sleep now, you deserve all the rest you can get, my compassionate bestie.