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.
That's better.
LOL!
I dunno. Could be lurking. I think he just got a couple of days off.
Sean Hannity was also thanking Jackson today - - - as was Michael Savage. If we could accept Stalin's help to defeat Hitler, we can accept Jesse Jackson's help to fight George Greer and Lawyer Felos.
By the way, Savage has Nat Hentoff on right now - Hentoff says "fundamental fairness" is being denied Terri.
If you are a nurse, then you know that you can easily prop someone up in a chair. It's done all the time.
Yeah, people forget this was about guardianship in the beginning. And if I recall, one of the court appointed guardians early on questioned both the Schindlers and Michael's conflicts of interest. But I can't recall the name.
Oh, the IRONY!
I'll be making comments as I read the posts.
"The Court establishaed a trust fund for Theresa's financial award, with SouthTrust Bank as the Guardian and an independent trustee. This fund was meticulously managed and accounted for and Michael Schiavo had no control over it's use. There is no evidence in the record of the trust administration documents of any mismagagement. . ."
I am very familiar with trusteeships and the massive amount of record keeping and cross-referencing.
The videos, for starters.
Sean Hannity is a Butt-kisser - he could have Satan on his show, and he'd compliment him on his work and how great it is to have him in the studio -and Michael Weiner is an over-emotional loudmouth...
I've never cared what either of them thought before, so why would I start now?
"You're a true american, Reverend Jackson."
Turn on Savage and listen to Hentoff. He's making a powerful case against the killing of this innocent woman.
Those videos are old, or so I keep being told, so... ;0)
What should I bring for dinner?
Go to freeper Trinity_Tx homepage and read her links. All of them.
The "evidence" you are talking about is actually easily attributed to Terri's bulima.
Go read that please.
That is your opinion. It does not meet the clinical definition for brain death.
Anyone with half a brain can make a powerful argument against killing this innocent woman. I don't need some loudmouth radio guy to tell me that...
Excellent suggestion.
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