I'm back, tanned rested and ready :)
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.
She's cute as a bug, but I can't stand her either.
You're not trying hard enough. You want to be on the roster with the rest of us Nazis, don't you?
Oh boy.
I ventured into the main forum and saw the thread on it. By post #3 someone had already wondered about Terri and the Pope dying on the same day.
LOL Life has become bizarro world.
YGBSM.
I'm back, tanned rested and ready :)
Did you see her make the Krispy Kreme bread pudding? Omigosh!
Bumping THAT.
Like the new tag, BTW.
OMG. No I did not. On second thought- it's probably better that I didn't. LOL!
I'm Pro-Life.
I just don't like anarchy.
Can I still be a Nazi?
Thank you so much for that link...what a blessing your whole family was to your grandmother...and what a blessing the Hospice workers were as well...
I cared for both my mom and dad at home until they died...a hard, yet memorable experience...for those who could not care for their loved one at home, but chose to put them into a nursing home, I tried to give them the same care and love to them, as I gave to my own parents...
Oddly, my mom, who had Alzheimers, always seemed to sense when her favorite TV program, reruns of 'McGyver' were coming on...she had no clock in her room(she became afraid of clocks), she did not know who I was anymore, yet she seemed to sense when it was time for McGyver to come on, and about 15 minutes before it was to come on, she would begin to holler "McGyver, McGyver"...everyone in the family knew, it was time to get into her room pronto, and set the channel for 'McGyver'...
It therefore seemed appropriate, that when she did die, she died while a 'McGyver' rerun was on TV...mom, seemed to pick her time..
Again, thanks for that link and a very sweet, loving story, of a very loving family...
Sure! The uniforms are so stylishm what else matters?
Hmmm....I don't know...what's your opinion on the uniforms?
Dang, Chad! Don't do that again. Life just isn't worth posting when you're away.
I understand what you say...I know, Felos does creep me out somewhat as well..
LOL... sorry ;0)
Thanks very much...I do believe, that in most hospice and nursing home settings, most of the nurses and aides do give the same sort of care...we just hate it when we lose one of our residents, and yet we know the nature of the job, and what it entails...but it just does hurt us...
Again, what a sweet thing for you to say...
Considering myself a brown-wrapper Freeper in this forum, I suggest you simply take an extended break...go into "lurk" mode.
This entire Schiavo business is bullsh*t. Why people get so worked up over it is a mystery.
Our goal here was supposed to be to take the fight to the Left. Not eat our own.
I've always said religious people are the most dangerous and unstable ones on the planet...whether their god is the Sun, Moon, Allah, Jehovah or Jesus Christ.
Fact is Terri Schiavo was fortunate to have someone or something able to afford her daily care. Hundred of thousands of Americans die every never having the opportunity she had.
Look at Elian Gonzalez to put this in perspective. He's loving life in Cuba...and nobody gives him a second thought save his immediate blood family.
We went to war over him in this forum. We got over it. We'll get over this.
Black is slimming.
And I already own a pair of jack-boots and a black leather coat.
Okay. I just got called an anti-Catholic (for all kinds of personal reasons, this charge is really pretty funny), but it made me wonder - were the Nazis anti-Catholic?
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