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Phone: (540) 943-6721
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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.
Heh heh heh
I like your stolen bunny, but where did you get it? Does it have some significance I'm not aware of, or is it like the bunny==>pancake==>head thing?
Yes, even after she was diagnosed as in a PVS.
This, plus the news John King of CNN reported today that the Schindlers are selling the lists of donors to groups who want to add the names to their fundraising lists, should be a separate thread. Problem is, other than TV reporting, there's no online source to link to.
On second thought, I'm going to have to leave this thread. I would never wanna belong to any club that would have someone like me for a member anyway.
THere was an online linke to that story...about selling the fund raiser lists.
It was on FR and I linked it and so did another freeper on that other thread that's now 6,000 posts.
I'll go look through search.
Doesn't the proximity of the end of that therapy to the date of the malpractice award seem a little suspicious? She had 2 years of therapy... and 13 years of a high-powered lawyer trying to have her put down.
Here is the Cached list info at ResponseUnlimited - Must have been pulled or something...
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:k66blBNONXQJ:www.responseunlimited.com/datacard.lasso%3Flist%3D2968+Schindler+Donor+List+Terri&hl=en&start=1
Yeah, it's kinda like that, I guess, I use if for people who make me want to bang my head, which wouldn't be good, because I have a glass-topped desk (I'm posting at work, my home computer's broken, needless to say, I'm not getting a lot of the work-stuff done), for whatever reason.
Now, if any of the rambling makes sense to you, you are a better man than I am.
I'm going back in . . .
There's a NYT article about the mailing lists. It was posted this morning, but has probably sunk way down by now.
His account was suspended!
Thanks, Ella. I just found the Times article and was going to post a thread. I'll do an FR search, instead.
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I CAN'T be a better man than you - I lack the proper physiology. but your post made sense. :0
In looking for the fund raising article, I came across this:
"Terri's Bishop issues bizarre statement"
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1354772/posts
I don't believe you can divorce an incapacitated person.
Thank you for your time AND consideration. Understand FULLY the stress. You're doing a great job!
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