Elizabeth Smart Thread, 9/17/02 to ???

[Utah Girl]

Just thought I would start a new thread.

[Devil_Anse]

And now we know that Lois was visiting with the FBI within about the last week. But...where is Ed?

[sandude]

Thank You for showing the people on this board how you treat one of your own that has decided to leave this faith.

After the way that you slammed Utah Girl you're lucky I didn't really unload on you. She has done nothing but defend her beliefs and has done so in a courteous manner. Membership in my church doesn't mean that I'm supposed to defend someone’s bad behavior. That goes from everyone from the Smarts down to you. Your rude statement about Utah Girl is without merit and I doubt if you could find anybody on this forum who will support your view of her.

[sandude]

But...where is Ed?

Work, next room, who knows. I believe he was interviewed as well but Lois' interview was noted because it went so long. Just why it went so long is hard to say.

[sandude]

You wouldn't happen to be "gorgeous" like spore-gasm would you?

[TREGEN]

Hewlett Packard is sending me a cd that they say will fix Windows XP permanently.



Sorry to see you're having this problem, I haven't heard anything good about HP or Wxp lately...see you soon..

[FR_addict]

I don't know what happened to spore-gasm. This is getting weird.

I didn't see anything that she should have been banned for saying.

[Sherlock]

And now we know that Lois was visiting with the FBI within about the last week. But...where is Ed?

They were both interviewed separately.

[Neenah]

CONGRATULATIONS POSTERS !!

Your fellow poster, spore_gasm, was not banned....she asked JimRob to remove her from Free Republic

Why? Because of the way many posters have had intimidation tactics used on them.(Jim Rob knows who you are.)

You accomplished what you set out to do !

I would safely say that in all the time I have enjoyed Free Republic, I have never witnessed such tactics on any thread.

So, carry on.....

[varina davis]

Your fellow poster, spore_gasm, was not banned....she asked JimRob to remove her from Free Republic Why? Because of the way many posters have had intimidation tactics used on them.(Jim Rob knows who you are.)

Neenah, can't say I'm surprised, spore hinted as much a while back. I hope she comes back, her input is sorely missed. The intimidation on this thread is unbelievable from a small, but vitupertive group.

[Sherlock]

spore-gasm signed up 2001-10-25.
This account has been banned.

[Neenah]

One more time.....

The wording on the site says "Banned".They do not have a sign that says " At the request of the poster, this is banned"....

spore_gasm, REQUESTED to be removed (banned) from Free Republic. She was not banned by JimRob or the Mods....she requested it...gave the reason in signed letter to Jim Robinson himself...and named names.

That is the truth. She gave me permission to state it to the board. Period.

[lakey]

Funny, you're the one who has been warned by the moderator & had a post removed, not Neenah.

A thimble could contain all you know about anything.

[Jolly Green]

Amen!

[lakey]

"Banned" is news to me. Black Jade is an example. All of a sudden, one day, I can't find our threads on oil pipelines, & Black Jade's name won't come up on search. Pfft - gone!

[Sherlock]

Funny, you're the one who has been warned by the moderator & had a post removed, not Neenah. A thimble could contain all you know about anything.

I've never had a post removed. I got a msg from the moderator to 'watch it' one time because of varina complaining to him. lakey, do you really expect me to believe you are a political conservative?

[FR_addict]

I consider myself a conservative. I disagreed with Neenah on the Westerfield case. We politely disagreed on that case. Our politeness towards each other, had nothing to do with whether we are conservative or not, just mutual respect for each other's opinions.

How conservative do you want me to be??? I love Ronald Reagan. I voted against Elizabeth Dole in the recent Republican primary because she is not conservative enough for my taste. You want to paint everyone with a very broad stroke. I voted for the most conservative opponent I could find in the recent race.

I also love Jesse Helms and Clarence Thomas. Both are my heroes. Especially Clarence Thomas. I have written to both of them.

Do you get the picture yet? Neenah and I can disagree without calling each other names. We just happen to agree on this thread more than we disagree. I don't see what it has to do with our politics.

[Devil_Anse]

Good post.

If Spore-gasm decided to leave the board of his/her own accord, so be it. I have exchanged a few freepmails with Spore-gasm, and I recall s/he said a while back s/he was leaving the board. However, s/he did not leave the board permanently at that time. I know when I heard s/he was contemplating it, I begged him/her to stay.

I hope s/he decides to come back; as I have told Spore-gasm before, I would hope and expect that with the intelligence s/he has shown, s/he can easily roll with the punches. Spore-gasm seems to be highly suspicious of the Smarts. This is a valid viewpoint, although it is an equally valid viewpoint, IMO, to think that the Smarts are innocent. We just don't know enough to judge definitively.

I don't think anyone here should feel in the least responsible for Spore-gasm's decision to leave--if that is really what happened. Spore-gasm has enough sense to make that decision on his/her own.

As for "naming names," it strikes me that the owner of this site probably has little time for such schoolyard bickering. Spore-gasm would understand that, and has sense enough to realize that freerepublic is a big place. There is plenty of room here for some variation of viewpoints within the framework of the conservatism which presumably we all share.

As for "intimidation" on this thread, come on, Varina. This is the internet! It's a bunch of opinions being posted anonymously by people in cyberspace. The only thing people should worry about is, if they repeatedly defame some person who is living, who is not a public figure--and if they are reckless in making unfounded accusations even against a public figure, they should worry about that too. We can always unplug our computers or go to some other site, if our feelings are hurt by what people say to us. And you and I disagree about things constantly, don't we, Varina, but believe it or not, I think I'd miss seeing your posts if they were to disappear. OTOH, I am also gratified to see the posts of those whose opinions seem to agree with mine, too.

The reason I made the above comments about defamation is not b/c of anything said on this thread. It is b/c I got the feeling, some time ago (on a Chandra Levy thread not on freerepublic) that one of Condit's aides was actually having people monitor internet forums for possibly defamatory remarks about him. I don't know whether I assessed that situation accurately, or whether it was a figment of my imagination.