An Open Letter to President Kurmanbek Bakiyev


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Hi.

Sorry to bother you, but a lot of people around here have been doing open letters to Paizo, and I thought I'd get on that bandwagon. I personally don't have much to say to anyone specific on Paizo's staff, so I found someone else to write an open letter to. It happened to be you.

I don't really know much about you other than you are the president of Kyrgyzstan. I don't really know much about Kyrgyzstan either other than you're next to Kazakhstan and they made a funny movie about someone who comes from there.

Anyway, happy leading and hope your country fares well and all that stuff.

Again, my apologies.

Sincerely,
Whimsy Chris

The Exchange

What's the difference between an open letter and a closed letter?

Liberty's Edge

A paper cut on your tongue.


Shelbrune88 wrote:


What's the difference between an open letter and a closed letter?

One's open and one's closed.


Shelbrune88 wrote:


What's the difference between an open letter and a closed letter?

Likely coined by Michael Moore, it's when you want the whole world to see your snarky commentary addressed to a specific person who will probably not read what your writing anyway.


Whimsy Chris wrote:
Shelbrune88 wrote:


What's the difference between an open letter and a closed letter?
Likely coined by Michael Moore, it's when you want the whole world to see your snarky commentary addressed to a specific person who will probably not read what your writing anyway.

Well, line up St Paul and Martin Luther King with Mr Moore- the Open Letter has a long and distinguished history, look it up sometime.


firbolg wrote:
Whimsy Chris wrote:
Shelbrune88 wrote:


What's the difference between an open letter and a closed letter?
Likely coined by Michael Moore, it's when you want the whole world to see your snarky commentary addressed to a specific person who will probably not read what your writing anyway.
Well, line up St Paul and Martin Luther King with Mr Moore- the Open Letter has a long and distinguished history, look it up sometime.

I was being tongue-in-cheek - I hope you were too.


Whimsy Chris wrote:
firbolg wrote:
Whimsy Chris wrote:
Shelbrune88 wrote:


What's the difference between an open letter and a closed letter?
Likely coined by Michael Moore, it's when you want the whole world to see your snarky commentary addressed to a specific person who will probably not read what your writing anyway.
Well, line up St Paul and Martin Luther King with Mr Moore- the Open Letter has a long and distinguished history, look it up sometime.
I was being tongue-in-cheek - I hope you were too.

Of course ;)

As we're standing here talking about heads of state- a shout out to Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in Ireland, whose political career is rapidly slipping down the toilet, now that great stinking wodges of cash have been inexplicably found in his bank accounts. Couldn't wish it on a nicer bloke.


firbolg wrote:
As we're standing here talking about heads of state- a shout out to Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in Ireland, whose political career is rapidly slipping down the toilet, now that great stinking wodges of cash have been inexplicably found in his bank accounts. Couldn't wish it on a nicer bloke.

Shall I write an open letter to him too...I can't promise much more substance than my previous one...other than, "Bummer, dude."

Liberty's Edge

And in other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is STILL DEAD.

Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer

The Eldritch Mr. Shiny wrote:
And in other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is STILL DEAD.

Good to hear that his fight to stay dead has continued. I haven't had any (weekend) updates on that in a couple of decades. (I don't remember what year it was, but it was a Saturday night, as I recall...)

Paizo Employee Director of Sales

An open letter to President Bakiyev:

  • C

    A closed letter to President Bakiyev:

  • O

    That is all.


  • The Eldritch Mr. Shiny wrote:
    And in other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is STILL DEAD.

    I wrote an open letter to him a couple years ago.

    Spoiler:
    He never responded.

    Spoiler:
    'Cause he's still dead.

    Dark Archive RPG Superstar 2013 Top 32

    Cosmo wrote:

    An open letter to President Bakiyev:

  • C

    A closed letter to President Bakiyev:

  • O

    That is all.

  • You hurt me.

    Contributor

    firbolg wrote:
    Well, line up St Paul and Martin Luther King with Mr Moore- the Open Letter has a long and distinguished history, look it up sometime.

    Or plain ol' Martin Luther. Although in truth, he wasn't trying to cause a schism, he was just participating in a early PbP. Every few days players would nailed what their character was doing to the church door. Poor Martin Luther got stuck playing the cleric.

    Liberty's Edge

    Shelbrune88 wrote:


    What's the difference between an open letter and a closed letter?

    You can write an open letter without campaign documentation.

    (That is Living Greyhawk humor for any RPGA players out there.)

    Liberty's Edge

    David Schwartz wrote:
    firbolg wrote:
    Well, line up St Paul and Martin Luther King with Mr Moore- the Open Letter has a long and distinguished history, look it up sometime.
    Or plain ol' Martin Luther. Although in truth, he wasn't trying to cause a schism, he was just participating in a early PbP. Every few days players would nailed what their character was doing to the church door. Poor Martin Luther got stuck playing the cleric.

    Another Paizonian sees the truth.


    David Schwartz wrote:
    Or plain ol' Martin Luther. Although in truth, he wasn't trying to cause a schism, he was just participating in a early PbP. Every few days players would nailed what their character was doing to the church door. Poor Martin Luther got stuck playing the cleric.

    Are you sure that he wasn't trying to come out with his own edition of the pHB (priest's Holy Bible)?

    ;)

    (Luther rather enjoyed playing a cleric - just not under the standard ruleset of the time. He married a former nun and had a lot of kids.)


    Shelbrune88 wrote:


    What's the difference between an open letter and a closed letter?

    I would think a closed letter ought to be harder to read.

    Sovereign Court RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32, 2010 Top 8

    varianor wrote:
    (Luther rather enjoyed playing a cleric - just not under the standard ruleset of the time. He married a former nun and had a lot of kids.)

    Hey, he had a lot of time to make up for.

    <-- Lutheran Heritic

    All this Open/Closed thing reminds me of my favourite Marx Brother quote. "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog it's too dark to read."

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