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 is my take on that thread, as well.
This thread is not comprised of all like-minded posters so I'm sure there are a variety of opinions on organ donation.
Exactly. They're already criticizing other posters.
My view is that my driver's license is marked that my organs may be harvested.
Check post #2561. Care to chime in?
BTW, on CNN programs worth watching, I recommend Anderson Cooper's show that airs at 7pm eastern (5pm my time, now, 4pm next week when everyone changes clocks but we don't).
I haven't heard a single person in the "real world" try to pin any blame on the Republicans in general or W and Jeb in particular.
Freepers, we need you back out there!
Who are you ...... the crossing guard?
Maybe you should keep your aggressive, unwarranted, and unrequested orders to yourself.
At least you could have spelled "quiet" correctly. Didn't do too well in school, eh?
Now, lighten up please. Right now is no time for fighting and silly and presumptuous orders from you.
The young lady has died.
To: Leatherneck_MT
Some of the people on this forum killed Terri Shindler Shiavo as surely as if they had pulled the tube themselves. Their opposition contributed to the paralysis that prevented those in a position to do something from taking effecting action. They are the nine Republicans who prevented action in the Florida senate. They are the 8 Republicans of 12 on the 11th Circuit who did not grant injunction and review de novo. They are the 7 of 9 Republicans on the Supreme Court who turned a deaf ear. (Including Rehnquist who upheld Terri's death sentence eight years ago)
I call them FRINOS and the enemy within on the moral social agenda. Without its moral HALF, the Republican Party is nothing and they REFUSE to accept that.
42 posted on 03/31/2005 9:46:11 AM CST by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth...)
I agree, annyokie...This thread is a sanctuary against most of the shrillness.
This situation has been a great example of how people by recycling and slightly modifying and intensifying their previous statements, can move themselves from the point of rational caring to the point of irrationality. Someone should write a paper on it.
Jesus said that when we judge others, we have a "beam" or log in our own eye. This "beam" is our own pride in placing ourselves above our fellow man and becoming his judge. Only God can judge man, not other men".
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Wanted this to be posted again. Thank you for these words.
Now add this thread into the mix. The divisions are going to be hard to heal.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1374612/posts
I'll bump that one.
Thanks. The disconnect, as I see it, is the inability of many to accept that the issue has been litigated for so many years and all avenues exhausted---legally.
Like it or not, advocating chaos over a ruling one disagrees with is sending the nation down the road to anarchy.
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