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.
Your new heroine hates George Bush.....FYI
Forensics won't be done for another few weeks.
Now the unhinged ones are talking about the hospice notion of playing music in the dying person's room: "Classical Music as Terri Put to Death" - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1374759/posts
Well, so do about half the FReepers out there now, so... ;0)
Well, he somehow wrangled a nomination. Whether or not he actually ran a campaign is a matter of debate. ;o)
Hell, I've been searching for years for a bumper sticker that read "Classical Music Kills", but now I'm thinking I'll forget about it ;0)
That being said, this is just getting to be too much... Sigh...
If there were actual "open questions" in this case, it would still be in the court system. The courts have ruled on all the open questions years ago, accepting expert testimony and making their decisions. This is what the courts are designed to do, and they did it quite well - so well that neither the Florida Supreme Court nor the US Supreme Court would hear the appeals.
The fact that a few people have some questions about certain aspects of the case does not change the previous rulings made by the courts. The case is not tried in the MainStream Media. And I think we're all lucky it's not.
Matter of fact, I don't AGREE w/President Bush on EVERY ISSUE, either.
IMO, he was totally WRONG to get involved in this case and he knows it now.
Thing is, "originalist" judges are precisely the kind who would NOT engage in the kind of judicial activism requested by the Schindlers.
Rarely in my non-FR life am I speechless, but I have no words for so many of these threads. I can't count the number of times that I start to reply and then hit the back button.
Some freepers were demonized here for supporting the actions and words of Jesse Jackson. I find it amusing to see that "my liberal is better than your liberal"
I must admit that I was pretty creeped out when I heard Felos talking about the lovely music playing in Mrs. Schiavo's room, and the beautiful flowers, and that there was a stuffed animal, a tabby cat, stuff under her arm. But the Nazi death camps with an orchestra playing at the gate didn't come to mind, either.
You said on another thread you now expected the situation to get worse and I disagreed.
I regret to say you were right, I was wrong.
exactly. I'll be about to write something before I realize that there is nothing I can say.
Well, I havn't done that. :)
So I'm not the only one that's been doing that...
What is teh Undead Thread?
Why just about the strangest, most fun place on FR!
It's full of wacky people and there is no fighting!
Go here!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1306051/posts
I know people. A "person" is reasonable, rational, and clear-thinking most of the time. "People", well, don't get me ranting about "people" ;0)
I have to disagree. The courts followed Florida law. The problem is the law, not judicial activism.
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