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.
I heard about it yesterday. What I heard was you get the video for a $100 donation, or for free with the promise you would share it with others and work on behalf of saving her life.
The law is unjust. He is not her husband in any meaningful sense. His retention of those privileges over her is destructive to the very idea of marriage.
The pretty girl in your bathroom mirror. Go check, you'll find her.
You would think this would be hot news by now if true. I'll see if I can find it.
Riiiiiiiight. And just when was Terri Schindler Schiavo supposed to grab hold of said helicopter? But then, it's all about survival of the fittest, isn't it? Your perfect world, mercifully peopled only with the perfect.
How do you know? Are you a medium?
Dan Abrams is misrepresenting the facts.
When did MSNBC become an unimpeachable source?
Your reading comprehension leaves a little to be desired.
I've mentioned their OWN testimony. And their own decision to sell a video of their dying daughter.
But in your worldview that's trashing. Okay.
Last night (I must have seen it on Greta) I got the impression that it was the videos already released via the internet. IIRC, any video being done now (which Michael is to provide by order of Judge Greer) will be in possession of the court until her death.
The law works just fine hundreds of times every single day.
To take away the husband's rights is destructive to the idea of marriage.
Uh, you admitted you saw that they were distributing the video last night on Greta's show.
Now tonight I said I saw it, and so did another freeper, on MSNBC.
And since you think I'm trashing them by quoting their OWN words, since when don't you believe the Schindler's?
Out to dinner now..talk to you later
Find a transcript of Greta's show last night, and you'll find what Dan Abrams is basing his smear campaign against the Schindlers on.
This is revolting. As if killing the weak wasn't satisfying enough, now we have to go after the desperate and heartbroken parents.
This country's entering its own Dark Age.
Oh, good.
Cyn - I know Dan Abram's show hasn't come on in your area yet. Will you watch it tonight?
His report says that the Schindlers are selling videos of their dying daughter for $100. Will you watch and report back here?
It's ghoulish to sell videos of Terri like that. I would never do something like that to my daughter.
Even in the context of long time adultery, and the husband having children with another woman? Is that really a marriage, in real terms? Isn't Michael Schiavo really married to the mother of his children in pracice, if not in law?
Another freeper says it was on Greta's show last night but that they would also give away the video if you couldn't afford it.
Right, because if it weren't for Felos and his ilk, then everybody would live forever, and not ever need the services of a funeral home.
He's on right now but I have Brit on. The cable shows aren't time delayed.
I would be very interested to know if that report is accurate.
I just surfed and Dan Abrams is reading viewer email (Mara was opining on Fox on why GWB's numbers have dropped so I figured it was a missable moment)
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