huh… and I was worried he had some sort of diabolical plan… turns out he’s just and idiot. So long as the ladies continue to be calm and collected, which Lynn’s been giving a masterclass on lately, he is so arrested.
Terrence is self-centered to the extreme but not entirely stupid. He occasionally has a good idea. Or at least a not-horrible idea. So what’s the plan?
My guess is he’s trying to replay the “Nazi cosplay” incident. I’d be willing to bet that there’s someone with a camera taking video right now. It wouldn’t be hard to do. All Terrence has to do is stand there and be “Terrence” long enough for Lynn to lose her cool.
‘It’s a public space!’
Their business model is literally to charge people money to stay there. It’s like their entire thing. If you aren’t paying money to stay there, then someone else needs to be. Like the convention. Who just told you to go away.
Hotels are a public space. “Con space” and “Hotel space” are often different. Hotels have public restaurants and one has to be capable of getting to those restaurants. That being said, that really does limit Terrance’s available places to be, and with the restraining order, even if he does* have a room, he’s going to have some ‘splainin to do to the cops about why he has a hotel room in a hotel where a con is occurring where someone has a restraining order against him is one of the con-runners.
The term public gets dicey the way it gets thrown around. The convention is a public event because it is advertised to the public to attend. Any member of the general public can show up, buy a ticket, and gain entry. I imagine the hotel has advertised their business, so it too is open to the public. Both businesses can exclude specific people.
Then people start talking about public buildings and it gets weird because one can’t tell if they mean paid for with government money or open to the public.
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11 thoughts on “Order.”
dcg
Terrence is just unbelievably stupid.
E. Bernhard Warg
Next he’s gonna claim he’s a Free Inhabitant under the Articles of Confederation…
Zoken
huh… and I was worried he had some sort of diabolical plan… turns out he’s just and idiot. So long as the ladies continue to be calm and collected, which Lynn’s been giving a masterclass on lately, he is so arrested.
Viktor
Ah, he’s going full Sovereign Citizen on us. This will end poorly.
Flying Fringe
He’s going Sovereign Citizen? Can’t he see the whole table is gold fringed?
mitamaking
They should just call the cops and have Terrance taken away, there is no reason to even stretch this out.
John Trauger
Terrence is self-centered to the extreme but not entirely stupid. He occasionally has a good idea. Or at least a not-horrible idea. So what’s the plan?
My guess is he’s trying to replay the “Nazi cosplay” incident. I’d be willing to bet that there’s someone with a camera taking video right now. It wouldn’t be hard to do. All Terrence has to do is stand there and be “Terrence” long enough for Lynn to lose her cool.
EcchiKitty
‘It’s a public space!’
Their business model is literally to charge people money to stay there. It’s like their entire thing. If you aren’t paying money to stay there, then someone else needs to be. Like the convention. Who just told you to go away.
The Beard
Hotels are a public space. “Con space” and “Hotel space” are often different. Hotels have public restaurants and one has to be capable of getting to those restaurants. That being said, that really does limit Terrance’s available places to be, and with the restraining order, even if he does* have a room, he’s going to have some ‘splainin to do to the cops about why he has a hotel room in a hotel where a con is occurring where someone has a restraining order against him is one of the con-runners.
KORfan
The term public gets dicey the way it gets thrown around. The convention is a public event because it is advertised to the public to attend. Any member of the general public can show up, buy a ticket, and gain entry. I imagine the hotel has advertised their business, so it too is open to the public. Both businesses can exclude specific people.
Then people start talking about public buildings and it gets weird because one can’t tell if they mean paid for with government money or open to the public.
Marsia
Public Space – a park, a governemnt building.
Not a Public Space – a hotel, a venue. If you need to be a customer, it’s not a Public Space.
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