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.
Like my new tag?
But I think ole Jesse Jackson's intervention yesterday stands more of a chance to bring down FR...
"United we stand, Divided we fall" comes to mind.
Well, I just wanted to make sure you had the option.
GOOD tag-line!
Yes, this issue is Rush's favorite. I applaud him for it and I agree with him 100%.
That said, Rush and the rest of the conservatives then appealed to that same run away judiciary and expected them to vote THEIR way this time. That's disgusting and hypocritical. Even supporting the effort to get the federal government, including GW, involved.
Geez Louise. We've given the liberals so much to work with that we won't be able to criticize them for doing the same things for quite some time.
No, I didn't see that. I've avoided television the past few days especially since it's like there is a 24 hour All Terri, All Day! channel that has taken over the airwaves...
Sorry I missed it, though. :)
Okay.
My Yahoo addy is up.
Have NO clue how to start a Group, though
You really missed the best
tv viewing of the past 2
weeks!
It will eventually happen. Sometime after the autopsy and the memorial service.
I couldn't figure out who was there he wanted to blackmail, maybe he was just window shopping.
"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."- Ben Franklin
It is possible to be rational!
And it's even possible to disagree on things and not kill each other.
Now if we could convince a few more people of that, it would be a blessing.
Catherine handed then their Terri is being murdered b*tts back to them last night.
You forgot to post the letter where the Nobel Committee asked the good doctor to stop telling people he was a Nobel nominee.
No I did not forget to tell for I have not seen that letter from the Nobel Committee......also if that is so I would not doubt one bit if the Nobel Committee was also part of the Global Ethic if I remember one of those organization also gave Arafat the Peace Prize bet if you check it also a member of the Global Ethic/Bioethci!
The Nobel Peace Prize for 1999
The Norwegian Nobel Institute- Médecins Sans Frontières, 1999
... of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: ...
and are today - firmly and irrevocably committed to this ethic of refusal. ...
www.nobel.no/eng_lect_99m.html - 43k - Cached - Similar pages
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