[1503] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: Fwd: party in the hiz-ouse
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian T. Sniffen)
Thu Oct 9 12:41:19 2003
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 12:02:39 -0400
From: "Brian T. Sniffen" <bts@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
To: MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20031009010921.02d5e038@hesiod> (Mike Barrett's
message of "Thu, 09 Oct 2003 01:10:33 -0400")
Mike Barrett <radmike@MIT.EDU> writes:
> What follows is the first email sent out about the party.
An important line of this message has been omitted: the "To" header.
This mail went to tetazoo and ec-discuss, the mailing lists for the
hall on which the party was held and the non-serious, spam-filled,
East Campus flame list. The list ec-discuss was established to
provide a place to put all the mail most people don't want, to avoid
flooding the real, useful dorm lists.
I think that's an important distinction: this was not an intrusion on
anybody's environment. It went only to those who had signed up for
such mail. So even if it *was* racist, it wasn't harassment -- and as
others have mentioned, this seems much more like a satire of racism
than the real beast.
-Brian
>>Callin all you playas, pimps, hos, gangstas, and bitches... there be a party
>>goin down in da Tetazoo walcott ghetto this thursday 10/2. So come on over at
>>10pm to da EAST SIDE fo' food, drink, and a genuine trash-can-fire heated tent
>>city in our hood. And heed our manifesto:
>>
>>"""
>>
>> 1. Litter frequently. Walcott is not a place for pussies or for
>> clean people.
>>Ghettos are not clean. Walcott as is is way too clean. If you find empty
>> bottles (ideally 40s), hubcaps, or oil barrels, toss them into the
>> hallway. If
>>you are unsure about where to litter, litter in mikey p's room.
>>
>>2. Graffitti is encouraged. Think your roommates (or mikeyp's) wall looks to
>>clean? Fix the problem.
>>
>>3. Loud music is key. Rap will be played at an acceptable (read, really
>> fucking loud) volume. If your neighbors ask you to turn it down,
>> threaten them
>>with physical violence.
>>
>> 4. Ass slapping is essential. If someone slaps your ass,
>> reciprocate. Do not
>> take ass slapping as a sign of sexual harassment or hazing - it is
>> important to
>>your well being on walcott.
>>
>> 5. Steal stuff from other areas of the hall. Do you need an extra
>> computer and
>>the ones on reuse won't cut it? I hear mattxmal has a good computer. He wont
>> miss it - and if he does, we will fuck him up real bad when he tries
>> to take it
>>back. If you steal something from somebody and they accuse you of doing so,
>>threaten them with physical violence. Actually, just threaten everyone with
>>physical violence.
>>
>>6. Fried Chicken, 40's, Cheap Lawn chairs. Hells yeah.
>>
>>peace out,
>>walcott niggas fo life
>
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Brian T. Sniffen bts@alum.mit.edu
http://www.evenmere.org/~bts/
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