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.
Did I miss the mass layoffs?....has the Congress looked into this yet??
Did you notice the only thing the kid knew was that Terri was starving. Not good. Not Good.
The Discworld series! Especially "Mort" and the other Death books.
Yes, that hammock was a good idea...I dont know who came up with that idea, whether it was this young ladies parents or the nursing home...but it was the routine everyday...in the middle of the afternoon, when most of the other residents were either taking naps, or at activities, we would put this sweet gal into the hammock, and taking turns rocking it..
We never noticed any change in this young gal as a result of the hammock rocking...yet it seemed pleasant, and who knows? she may have been enjoying it...
He told a jury he spoke with a deceased victim, I believe.
House rule to ping when referring to a particular poster? Seems I have seen that referenced several times recently.
Maybe he's back on dope or that liberal broad he's been fornicating with has gotten to him. I just don't like the man any more.
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I thought you were just upset but this is being a backbitter and you want to think you are a Christian!
A person who walks with the Lord would never have thoughts like that leave their lips in such a foul way!
For some reason you wanted to be mean to Rush and create doubt in others some of us are loyal not in total agreement but in respect of the hurls he have over come and should be allowed to have prayer and encouragement for him and each other!
Shame on you......
Absolutely - DEATH and SUSAN. I like DEATH OF RATS. I think Soul Music is about my favorite though and Small Gods is good also.
Who in todays's world, who has a sense of human mistakes or human nature, calls another a fornicator, to begin with? He's an older adult, right?
I think the FReeper who thought he was abusive was missing his point.
Hi AMM
I believe if Terry wanted to leave she would have left years ago people still have freewill even if their brian is damage......but Terri organs were good and she is still holding on she should and could have left ages ago!
A time will come where the body will give out no matter how long she will to hangs on!
In my opinion she is being forced off this planet!
Well, I like the nightwatch books too. But then I like fantasy with humor. Robert Asprin, Piers Anthony, etc. Oh never mind... I like Fantasy and Sci Fi period. I can remember reading Harlan Ellison and loving the fact he was referring to places in my town.
Actually, IIRC, I asked to be removed from your ping list because I can barely keep up with my pings as is. And I think we view this matter quite differently and I didn't want to be arguing with you.
But that's a different thing than you and I responding to one another when we are on a thread.
As far as I know he does not fool around I got a feeling that he and Marta are trying to make a go of it again...
in a conversation he said something like our cat
I think it is his business.....
Exactly. I just hope he is happy.
Hi back at you...I have seen people hold on for a long time after the doctors thought they were going to die...on the other hand, I have seen people die suddenly, who the doctors thought should have recovered and gone on in life...
Its an undecipherable something in each one of us, I suppose, that adds to our will to live, or takes away the will to live...it really is something that is not really understood, not medically anyway...
I apologize for that. I realized it after I hit send.
While I was typing, I planned to add your name and just forgot.
I hate it when people do that to me.
Please accept my apology.
Looks like it's an article about liberal Jews - written by a Jew.
Nice summation, I wouldn't even have tried it. I would have gone on and on and on and on . . .
Medicine and science can only know so much.
It's time like this where those fields show how much they resent that fact.
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