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.
nazi death cultist wanna be BUMP
And here's more proof from current hospice nurses. But of course they are all lying, just like the other nurses who gave sworn statments of the same thing. /sarcasm
Routine returns a sense of calm (Nurse Aignes admits Terri had feelings!!)
"She wasn't able to verbalize," said Agines, the nursing supervisor. "But if she was uncomfortable, because the staff had been with her so long, we knew. If she moved, we knew what it meant. We knew when she should settle down with a different piece of music."
No, I saw that thread. He even posed it as a question if I remember correctly. But what the heck. There's posters claiming the bone scan proves Michael beat her, that the ME is in a conspiracy with the Schiavos, and the ME will tamper with the evidence. The one that's the wildest is some kind of scheme the ME has with the Schiavos because he ordered suppiles from a place in Pennsylvania. Mind you there's a whole list of supplies ordered by all kinds of people from all kinds of places, but that doesn't matter. Well, maybe it depends on who the poster is. Who knows.
Looks like you were all wrong. Does anyone here know how to un-cremate a body and resurrect it?
Cognitive ability. Awareness of her environment.
So if I understand you right, it looks like speculation about the causes of the bone scan abnormalities are only acceptable to moderators if it's "pro-Terri, anti-Michael". I hope you're wrong, but if true this place is becoming unrecognizable.
Of course in your system of things this anecdotal report has more credibility than the doctors, the court or MS. Have it your way.
Now who's willfully sticking their head in the sand like an ostrich? Another case of ideology blinding people to facts.
They work so hard to be at the front of the line, and in the end, they end up outside!
You know the scariest verse in the Bible is "Forgive us as we forgive others"....most of us can not even forgive others of percieved slights or social snubs! We don't give each other any grace or mercy. We just pounce on them and insult them in the worst way we can! How can we expect to recieve the grace and mercy from God, and forgiveness of our own horrid sins, if we don't show any? H
If we want respect, we have to show it.
He had been given two warnings by the time I gave up on the thread.
Amen.
Perfect!!!
As do Sunflowers.
Looks like some protesters in FL got their cars towed...For some reason this strikes me as funny...Maybe it's just to much beer...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1376162/posts
Many on this thread were also against removing the feeding tube. If you've decided to blame a thread for the death of Terri Schiavo then I can only deduce that you are not sane and are indeed the type of poster we were trying to escape.
Thanks for popping in.
The article he linked at 4302 mentions that juggler I saw on tv.
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