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.
Use it in good health, sometimes the brain cells fire on all cylinders once in a while. LOL
Putting my soul on the line.
Evidently warp speed has kicked in:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1373093/posts?page=7#7
Like I've always said.
HER all for YOUR cause.
Thanks for backing me up.
Thanks for the ping, but most of these Terri threads are too emotional for my taste. I'll wait for the results of the autopsy, and then we'll know for sure if the courts at least got the "permanent vegetative state" part right. If not, it'll be too late to correct the error, but legislation should prevent it from happening again, which is a good thing. If they were right, then at least that part of it will be (or should be) closed off from further debate.
Any bite marks yet, Chad?
I have not made that argument and I will not attempt to support it.
BUMP.
Excellent.
Nope. No bite marks yet. Still waiting...
No hyperbole here, by golly!
Hey you, long time no see, good to see you on the side of logic and reason and the rule of law.
You should forward threats to the management.
Much as thoughtomator I never called anyone a Nazi. Like the leftists thats where you guys keep retreating rahter than discuss the obvious parallels to Evils previously done.
I have pointed it out at least a dozen times, It's not that Eichmann was a Nazi, it was that Eichmann was doing Evil, and failing to see the end he was serving, by merely following the letter of the law....
And that was Arendts point as well....The true face of evil, isnt some horrendous creature, it is the mild mannered face of the man next to you on the Bus......
You didn't. I was referring to people who actually made the decision.
Sounds like your mother made the call here, not you.
Would your decision have been different?
oh so it's ok when you do it, but those that disagree with you are violating the charter? i am sensing a double standard here. i have seen terri supporters referred to as TERRIBOTS on this thread that attempts to claim the moral highground. well which is it? i see several people attmepting to have a reasoned logical discusssion and they are being castigated rather than engaged. you have your thread, but you are fast losing the moral high ground.
How can you type with your eyes closed and your fingers in your ears?
any crap that like I would send immediately to JimRob or the mods.....I wouldnt take that at all from anyone on this forum.
I should have. I deleted them.
Bump.
You didn't really believe that, did you?
As a rule, the people running around branding themselves with flattering adjectives like "sane" and "logical" are usually just the opposite.
But if you get enough of them together in one thread, they do a marvelous job of convincing themselves otherwise.
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