Posted on 03/29/2005 8:58:34 AM PST by Long Cut
We, the Witness Protection Program For Freepers, aka the Wild Turkeys, aka the Coalition of the Sane, have through mutual discussion and rigourous thought, determined that:
1. The discussion threads regarding Terri Schiavo (hereafter referred to as "TS") have become too full of innuendo, rumormongering, hyperbole, hysteria, namecalling, paranoia, and general poor behavior to warrant participation.
2. Said threads have degenerated into "echo chambers", wherein the same, common thoughts are continually posted again and again, and the same old disreputable, unconfirmed and/or false urban myths are propagated.
3. Anyone who joins in said theads with alternative viewpoints to the most extreme posts are routinely driven away with slander, accusations, and vile namecalling.
4. No data or evidence contrary to the "prevailing opinions" are accepted, considered, or discussed; and in fact are rejected outright in most instances.
5. That the continued calls for armed insurrection, military or paramilitary involvement, impeachements of politicians and judges, and death threats are embarassing, stupid, shortsighted, doomed to failure, and contrary to most if not all conservative thought prior to this case, as well as damaging in the extreme to FR and the conservative movement as a whole.
6. That such emotional, hyperbolic, and propaganda-driven hysteria is in fact contrary to all conservatives USED to stand for.
7. That the holding up of swastika and other Nazi imagery towards the police and the Bushes, the use of children as political props, and the disruption of the peace at the Woodside Hospice can only reflect badly on conservatives in general, and should be discouraged.
8. That the pursuit of this issue to the exclusion of all others by the GOP has damaged, perhaps beyond repair, the pursuit of other important issues as well as the reputation of the GOP, FR, and conservatism.
The WPPFF is NOT of one mind as to the case of TS or its correct outcome. In fact, wide disagreement exists within our little group. However, we are united in our wish that reason and sanity be respected in the discussion, as well as the rights of all parties involved or participating. We wish to discuss this as adults and intellectuals, as conservatives and as FRiends, not as children screaming past each other on some playground of hysteria. We wish for facts and evidence to be provided, discussed reasonably, and considered fairly.
We reject all accusations of Naziism, "death cultism", or other slander as methods of debate. We reject the practice of "spamming" multiple threads, of posting unending vanities, and the posting of propaganda and calls for violence. We reject, in fact, all unseemly and childish behavior which has come to characterize this case on FR.
We DO invite others to come and reasonably discuss the issue. We have no problem with FReepers who wish to debate in a rational and fair manner, and with due respect for their fellow FReepers. We have NO problem with those whose views are formed by religion; however we reject "preaching" or "being beaten with a Bible" as legitemite debate tactics. Not all of us are Believers, and such tactics only cheapen the source.
If a FReeper finds this an acceptable meansd to discuss this and other issues, they are welcome to join in and participate. Those who find pleasure in attacks, flame-baiting, slander, stalking, and personal atacks will be ignored, and their egos will go unfed.
We assume this thread to be a zone of sanity in an overheated atmosphere. Thus, a general amnesty is in effect. If posters conduct themselves within the guidlines above, we will be happy to discuss and debate with you. If a poster wishes to apologize for past slips of the tongue, or for possible "over-the-top" statements to another, it will be graciously accepted, and your company welcome.
Please bring a sense of humor; we feel that too many have been taking themselves too seriously lately.
Let the discussion begin!
Signed,
The WPPFF, aka The Wild Turkeys, aka the Coalition of the Sane.
What are "pod people?"
What I call freepers who appear to have been taken over by aliens.
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She's not dying, except for the starvation and dehydration. She's a severely disabled woman who is being killed by court order.
Yes.
So by this reasoning, would you agree that Sun Hudson was not dying except for removal of the respirator, and that Sun Hudson was a severely disabled person who was killed by administrative order?
Felos isn't getting paid in the Schiavo case, and neither are any of the other lawyers at this point - I think the scumbag ACLU provided lawyers for free, as they often do. When Terri Schiavo dies, her estate will be in debt.
There is far more money pouring in to the Schindlers - all the pro-life groups are raising tons of money for them - and very little going to the other side. Considering who keeps prevailing in the various courts, it's weird because usually tons of money can buy justice...
I don't know the Sun Hudson case, that's why I asked.
You honestly believe the left is not funding this and not throwing in all kinds of money??
You honestly believe the left is not funding the expenses for Felos and the ACLU???
If so .. then I suppose you have a lot more faith in the left then I do
Sorry I took so long to get back to you. I'm at work and this will be my last post for a while. Don't want to be unemployed.
Felos has said he is now working for free. There have been rumors that the ACLU is helping out but they have never said so; and that is totally unlike them. I've tried to find links to this before on Google and elsewhere but never found anything specific. I haven't had time to look recently. The site about the Schindlers' funding was posted by some one else.
Was there any dispute about Sun's diagnosis? Was there any example of someone recovering from his condition? Was Sun being sustained only by food and water? I might have more questions, but those are obvious ones right now.
He may be working for free .. but the expenses are not free
I don't want to get you in trouble at work and thank you for the response
Some folks here seem to have a great deal of faith in the left: the ones praising Jesse Jackson and Bill Clinton for their statements in purported support for the Schindlers, for starters.
I don't like sauerkraut, but if you feed me enough whiskey I just might want to invade France /sarcasm.
Ok, shameless use of a stereotype, but it is in the Smokey back room!
He was on a ventilator, but his mother thought that his lungs would further develop and he would outgrow the need for it. The doctors disagreed.
Well .. I don't have alot of faith in those two
I agree they are media/camera hogs
But I have to admit that this shows that Terri's case goes across party lines with the American People
He seemed positive about her appearance. I wonder what happened to the bleeding eyes etc?
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