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jackory said:

I have no idea what point you're trying to make by posting this quote from my religion & spirituality board (not that I care, but someone else might)...
To provide a touch of context, let me say that it is in regards to a post (actually a series of posts) from Pissin (and maybe one or two from shin) that I had just deleted from the board due to the fact that they had absolutely nothing to do with the board topic (and of course Pissin's were his typical annoyance act).
For the record, Pissin has been virtually banned from my board ever since then (and that was, what, a couple of weeks ago?)...in other words, his posts got deleted immediately REGARDLESS of whether he was on topic or not. I'd come to the point where I could no longer tolerate his bullshit...and so I exercised my right as the board's moderator to delete him. If it makes you feel better, I'll put it this way: I proudly exercised my right to censor him. He deserved it and I feel absolutely no guilt.
I will do the same to anyone else who posts in a manner similar to Pissin's.
If that means noone will post there anymore, then so be it. I've got a slew of boards here that noone posts on. Won't hurt my feelings a bit. But most folks are respectful enough when they post on the religion board to stick to the topic and not go out of their way to offend. I owe it to them to take care of business when it needs to be taken care of, and I feel nothing but complete apathy for the opinion of anyone who would bemoan such "censorship".

jackory said:

remember this is an internet message board and nothing more....Perspective, please.

[Thorngrub]

Jeez, just what we needed eh.

I hear what you were sayin TUatha (and Chrisfan - I pretty much see what you mean as well). I really have nothing to add to the right/left dynamic; its all pretty self-evident.

Well its Friday. yay

[chrisfan]

Thorn, I was wondering after hearing Tony Blair's remarks about dealing with terrorism this morning - do you still believe as you did right after the London bombings that the English are dealing with this in a calm, logical manner that does not overreact, and that Americans could really learn from them?

[Thorngrub]

So ya permabanned Pissin huh strat-0.

Well, it's been real, seee yaaa *tip o' the hat*

[strat-0]

Thorn, that is technically inacurate. Read the thread to get the right information. However, Pissin (and you) are welcome to suit yourselves. I'm tired of the melodrama and I'm tired of explaining the perfectly obvious. People who can't conform to the most minimal of acceptable behavior expected by the members of this forum, well, don't let the door bang you in the ass on the way out.

So much for "peace, love, and understanding." But what's so funny about it?

[someone]

jackory said:

someone said:

I have no idea what point you're trying to make by posting this quote from my religion & spirituality board (not that I care, but someone else might)...
To provide a touch of context, let me say that it is in regards to a post (actually a series of posts) from Pissin (and maybe one or two from shin) that I had just deleted from the board due to the fact that they had absolutely nothing to do with the board topic (and of course Pissin's were his typical annoyance act).
For the record, Pissin has been virtually banned from my board ever since then (and that was, what, a couple of weeks ago?)...in other words, his posts got deleted immediately REGARDLESS of whether he was on topic or not. I'd come to the point where I could no longer tolerate his bullshit...and so I exercised my right as the board's moderator to delete him. If it makes you feel better, I'll put it this way: I proudly exercised my right to censor him. He deserved it and I feel absolutely no guilt.
I will do the same to anyone else who posts in a manner similar to Pissin's.
If that means noone will post there anymore, then so be it. I've got a slew of boards here that noone posts on. Won't hurt my feelings a bit. But most folks are respectful enough when they post on the religion board to stick to the topic and not go out of their way to offend. I owe it to them to take care of business when it needs to be taken care of, and I feel nothing but complete apathy for the opinion of anyone who would bemoan such "censorship".

This was a lot of needless blathering. I was making no point, other than Tuatha, or Nympho, or HMF, or any other retarded name she posts under, is still allowed to post on this forum, despite her being a board bomber, regardless of the lies she tells everyone. One of her last posts was on your board. But thanks for the long boring explanation.

[JACkory]

You're welcome.

[Rit]

I realise we got pretty obnoxious but also you have to admit that disrespect on the board level happens on both sides...we, the left, are just more blatant about it. Just because someone's not flipping you off doesn't mean they're not insulting you. That's one of things that really bugs me about this board sometimes is this guise of civility is sometimes more insulting then if you just told somone to fuck off.

i liked this post by DED.

[kfceatinmachine]

60 years ago today:



If only Johnny Socko and his giant robot were around back in 1945... to save the day.

[Ampage]

thorny said:

So ya permabanned Pissin huh strat-0.

Well, it's been real, seee yaaa *tip o' the hat*

I have GOT to go play the Lotto!
WoooHooo!

[strat-0]

Actually, that looks more like a thermonuclear device, rather than your garden variety atomic bomb.

[stratman19]

I think you're right Strat. That looks like a hydrogen bomb mushroom cloud. It's way too big for a fission bomb.

[kfceatinmachine]

ooooooo.

[Artknocker]

Why can these banned members still post as guests???

[shin]

Intelligent Design: Why limit equal time to biology class?

Salt Lake Tribune

President Bush has thrown in with those who think that an idea called "intelligent design" should be taught alongside evolution in the nation's schools.
   "I think that part of education is to expose people to different schools of thought," the president told some visiting newspaper reporters from his native Texas.
   Evolution, the unifying explanation of all life processes on Earth, is the approach taken by serious scientists as they examine how everything works. But it is not a flawless explanation of absolutely everything, and it is clearly troubling to some who are bothered by the apparent meaninglessness of it all.
   Thus the growing movement to have intelligent design - the idea that it all had to have had some mindfulness behind it - included, as the president says, as a different school of thought.
   OK. But why stop there?
   While the science teacher is at it, he might make the study of astronomy more poetic by including the theory that the sun is not a frighteningly impersonal thermonuclear furnace but actually the flaming chariot of Phoebus Apollo streaking across the sky.
   Or he might calm the students' fears of being adrift in a soulless universe by casting aside all this Copernican nonsense and admitting that, as any fool can see just by looking up, the Earth stands still and the sun, moon and stars revolve around us, er, it.
   And in civics class, why limit students to an understanding of representative democracy, checks and balances and the rule of law? What about equal time for fascism? It's clearly a less complicated, more efficient system of government, one that dispenses with such bothersome notions as elections, free speech and minority rights.
   Or whatever happened to good old monarchy? It provides better costumes, pageantry and music, and helps everyone remember to keep their place.
   History? Make sure all those open-minded students hear that we never landed on the moon, President Kennedy was killed by the CIA and the Nazis couldn't possibly have killed 6 million Jews.
   Seriously, are all those alternative ideas to be banned from the public consciousness? Of course not. They might even be discussed in school, if there's time.
   But given the limited time and resources of our schools, and the sometimes minuscule attention span of our students, we need to make sure we don't lose our focus.
   In science class, focus on established science.