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.
GREAT job compiling information on your homepage Trinity.
One hopes that the individual state "incubators" will come up with an equitable solution. The Texas solution seems (to me) rather draconian in its reliance on the opinions of medical administrators (perfect examples of economically driven individuals, after all), and I can't say that I found the expedited process employed in the Sun Hudson case precisely satisfactory.
And the Florida solution... Well, the process wasn't on its face fatally flawed, but that process still gave us the resolution we find so repugnant.
Thanks for the bump!
It means that those who do not find them useful may post here without the nonsense so common on those threads. If you prefer to discuss the issue reasonably, as has been occurring here, feel free to join in. Most of us here have thus far avoided the other threads, as they are rife with the sort of problems the Manifesto points out. We try to avoid them here, and ignore those who try to bring it.
Notice, the posters who disagree with one another nonetheless keep it civil. If a person goes outside civility, or outside the decorum asked for, we simply post the relevant passage from the manifesto and thank them for bumping.
Don't feed the trolls.
Well said Peach. Very well said.
Sorry..forgot to put Dr Hammesfahr's name in that last post.
Bing! Bang! Boom!
I don't know if you've got a fan club. I don't know if ther are any openings. But I want in!
Beautiful. ;)
True. And why those praying to their manifesto god are hiding out here, because the TS threads do not warrant participation, and aren't realizing that they are feeding George Felos with their actions.
Those of us who irreverantly call ourselves the WPPFF do not find those threads useful. Thus, this thread, which I must respectfully ask you to please stop trashing. No one's forcing you to be here.
LOL!
And FNC has had him on and thinks he's credible! Do they not have a research department?
Can I be recognized as a charter member? I was in court all day beating back liberalism, socialism and statism.
Do you have a cite to the court's opinion? I'm very curious as to their reasoning.
Consider yourself a charter member and keep up the good work. LOL
Listen to Dennis Praeger for about an hour. You'll be able to put your finger why you drifted away from Rush.
Thanks for the bumps!
It seems that very few media outlets have a research department....very sad.
Head up:
Johnny Cochran is dead per MSNBC, after a long illness.
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