Posted on 07/31/2015 11:49:41 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
The time has come to take action against thread hijackers.
Let me begin with an example of thread hijacking:
Like most Freepers, I am pro-life. Abortion and and euthanasia appall me, and marketing the results even more so. I support candidates who oppose the culture of death, and cheer when it is thwarted.
I also do not find it necessary to mention these facts on EVERY. FREAKING. THREAD.
There is a certain type of Freeper, though, who has no such restraint. For these zealots, any thread that deviates from the pro-life cause, no matter how trivially, is a heresy that must be immediately suppressed.
You are shocked by cruelty to animals? I guess that means you couldn't care less about the cruelty of THE MILLIONS OF CHILDREN ABORTED EVERY YEAR!!!!!
You lost a beloved pet? Why can't you mourn THE THOUSANDS OF ABORTED BABIES WHO DIED THE SAME DAY?!!!!
Your car shredded its transmission and you're looking at thousands of dollars in repairs? Why aren't you thinking about THE BABIES WHO WILL NEVER GROW UP TO BE AUTO MECHANICS BECAUSE THEY WERE ABORTED?!!!!
(OK, maybe I made that last one up.)
Arguing with these people is pointless. It's the same principle as wrestling with a pig - you just get muddy and the pig enjoys it. Similarly, trying to convince them that they are being rude is a waste of time - THE CAUSE is far more important little things like courtesy and respect.
So, what can we do about it?
We can get drunk.
I hereby propose The Thread Hijack Drinking Game. The rules are simple: When a poster tries to hijack an unrelated thread to his or her pet cause, you 1) reply to the hijack attempt by quoting the text in question, followed by the word "DRINK!", and 2) Take a drink (or any volume) of your favorite beverage (alcoholic or non-alcoholic). Moderation is suggested on animal cruelty threads to avoid alcohol poisoning.
This game will not, I admit, solve the thread hijacking problem. But after a certain number of attempts we will no longer care.
And if anyone is offended by my little proposal, I can only say...
DRINK!
The debates are on tonight? this ought to be fun.
You can still ping Sionnsar? I thought you couldn’t ping screen names of deceased freepers.
You can ping handles of deceased and even banned freepers.
CNN tonight in the Reagan library.
First debate is at 5 EST and the Main one is at 8 EST I think
Not really.
*Grumble grumble*
8-11 EST tonight CNN
Bummer.
Maybe Ceirdwyn will be a good kitty and tape it for you.
Everything translated into “meow”.
Oh, I met sionnsar once a few years ago, it was not long before he died.
He had flown in to DC I think on business and since nicknamedbob and I lived relatively close to where he was staying he met us at a restaurant near Thurgood Marshall BWI airport for dinner. He was a nice person and humorous and had lots of stories to tell.
I don’t mind telling you his death shocked me because he seemed so alive that day. and I still miss him.
Thanks!
..like Alaska Wolf
Who was Alaska Wolf?
Thank you so much for your prayers.
Bobbie is much worse than we thought she was.
All of her ailments are being treated, and she is seeing the vet as much and as often she needs to.
We will spare no expense on the path to her recovery. She is only 9 years old, much too young to
die, let alone have all these illnesses. And she is the sweetest little kitty I could ever ask for.
I hope that I’m on the mend too. My chemo sessions will end in December, but I will have to keep
taking an estrogen suppressor for five years, according to my oncologist. A bit much IMO.
After all, once my cancer gene is eliminated, how can I relapse?
You and your family and cats are always in my prayers.
Alaska Wolf?
An obnoxious supporter of jack-booted-thugs. An ‘at least the cop made it home after he raided the wrong house and shot all the inhabitants’ type. A person to whom ‘there are no dishonest cops’ is a motto tattooed on his forehead.
He finally got the lightening-fry some years back. He tends to get pinged to certain types of cops-screwed-up threads ‘cause even if he can’t post, he can still read and I’m sure being unable to reply sticks sideways.
And of course, sometimes he gets pinged as an example... ;-)
AH! a pseudo Nazi!
Actually I think Nazis were more rational than Alaska Wolf, but never having debated a Nazi, I can only surmise the comparison.
Oh Worse than a Nazi!
I know how that works, too. I’m eating ulcer cocktails three times a day. It’s the only way I can keep my stomach from killing me slowly. *hug*
Why would I buy something not made in America by Americans? I just decided I was tired of HP and Asus is foreign, so I’m sticking with the red, white and blue!
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