Well... Here We Are

[waitingman]

I wasn't going to do this... I was just going to stay on LiveJournal & see what happens

What happened is a lot of news about changes to the rules, changes to operating under Russian law & then examples of what Russian law means to people - especially people in Chechnya. And I don't believe I can support that - even in a small, petty way such as continuing to use a service that will now be contributing monetarily to State-sanctioned pogroms, violence & 'cleansing'

We think we've come so far... We haven't

So, here I am on Dreamwidth. Same username, new icons... same views, same photos... So, if you're looking for me, I've gone this way:-



Of course, I realise the inherent contradiction that cross-posting to LJ means I'm still using their service... but unlike some people who use the jump to Dreamwidth as an excuse to cull their Friends List, I have a lot of friends on LJ & still want to see what they're up to!!

And I'm not concerned about the Russian Secret Service kicking down my door. I mean, they may be out to get me, but I'm not paranoid!! So rantings about global politics, the stupidity & hypocrisy of World Leaders... & anything that just gets my goat, will continue to be posted here

And as for the kind of uselessness of this... well, what else can I do - I don't drink vodka, so I can't boycott that... I'm married, so don't really require the purchased services of 'Hot Russian Girls' & I really like the films of Timur Bekmambetov

Comments

[kishenehn.livejournal.com]

Disappointing.

[waitingman.livejournal.com]

Possibly short-lived... & it will be a long letting-go of LJ, if I ever do completely

And if there's ever any evidence of what you've described going on over at DW... well, there's bound to be another hosting service out there we can both live with - where anyone with any kind of pejorative agenda can keep to their own little dark corner & leave the rest of us the fuck alone

I was actually editing this entry when you posted... there's a little more there now. Not that it explains much, just puts a bit more colour to things

The way I see it - there are termites in my house, so I'm moving. Not to another town, state or country, just to another house, not too far from where all my friends live, but without the termites. Maybe the new place will be full of cockroaches instead, but I haven't seen them yet. And if I do - there are pesticides, or just the satisfying crunch they make when you step on them

[kishenehn.livejournal.com]

We clearly don't have very much in common at all.

[waitingman.livejournal.com]

I certainly don't think that's the case, but...

I don't want to see a burgeoning friendship end over something like this, but respect & accept your position