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.
Where did you get the idea that MS had no access to the money?
And I should have said, although it was misleading of Abrams to state it that way, that a lot of people think she's pretty much been in her deathbed since 1990.
I was kiddin' about the overtime, hence the smile. I know you work for free, and I'm sure it's not easy. Probably harder than herding cats.
wow.
Left of center? I'm probably farther to the right than you are. Th eonly difference is, I understand tht not everyone else believes as I do, so I don't expect 100% adherence to my beliefs by others.
Something you'd do well to learn.
Thanks, Peach. At least that Bishop is honest, unlike the disgraceful one who has been acting as a spokesman for the Schindlers. (I was raised a Roman Catholic, BTW. Italian-English-Irish.)
The poor man put four years into getting his wife better before he realized that it would never happen. Four years. Do you not think he may feel just a little guilty for not having "pulled the plug" sooner, as he had promised in a private conversation with his wife?
No, not at all. I understand, I'm a newbie, we have to be swatted sometimes.
Will this never end? Have we lost ALL sanity?
You and naive, and now hopelessly trapped in an endless stream of fund-raising junk mail.
Chad is anything but left-of-center.
Let the trolls starve. If we ignore them, the mods have an easier job.
Yeah. Not a nice thing to do.
That would be another erroneous assumption. She had been up in a recliner daily until recently.
HEADS UP EVERYBODY:
Dan Abrams reported on MSNBC that the Schindlers will send you a photograph of their daughter in her hospital bed, wasting away. If you send them $100.
Yes. You heard that right. $100 for a picture of a dying Terri.
Are you sure that you too are not falling prey to the temptation to demonize the opposing party?
To me, that's semantics. She's had a flat EEG since 1990. That's pretty dead, imo.
Hey WardChurchillbuff... did you really do that, or were you kidding? Please please please tell me you were kidding?!?
Well that's one way to get your book on the best seller list. That is just crass. IMHO
Ooops, in my #970 to you, that should have read, "Young and naive, and now..." That's what I get for typing too fast and not spell-checking.
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