Posted on 10/10/2003 2:23:07 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Edited on 10/10/2003 2:27:00 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Dear Free Republic Friends,
My old friend and brother-in-arms BADJOE has promised to warm the cockles of our hearts by publishing an expose (the truth about JimRob and Free Republic according to Joe) on the 18th of this month, which represents the one year anniversary of the date he last posted to FreeRepublic.com and started up with LibertyPost.org.
So, as I believe that only the truth can set you free, and based upon the stratergery of pre-emptive strike, I have a confession to make (before BADJOE makes it public):
I have poisoned the well.
By my sly innuendos behind the scenes.
By my intellectual ineptitude.
By not trusting those that brung me to the dance to bring me home.
By my biting every hand that fed me.
By my arrogance that causes me to think I did it all by myself.
By my stubborness not because of principle, but because of my lack of ability to see what is transpiring.
Evidenced by:
One would think that with half again as many Freepers. with a recovering economy, It would take a great deal less time to raise the necessary funds.
By this time in the June 2002 effort with a goal of $70,000 we had raised $73,000. Not because of who did the fundraising, but because the sense of purpose, of family, of comaraderie, was still present.
BADJOE rang the warning bell, but none heard.
Conclusion:
It is a sad day.
For what was once a great hope, a means of bringing together those who are willing to pay dearly in blood, sweat, and money to save this country, we all love, has been reduced to an asterisk.
So sayeth BADJOE as he promises to publish all this and much more on the 18th. He's been feverishly working on this "project" for one full year. In addition to the "truth about JimRob" BADJOE intends to further betray our trust placed in him by revealing the names of our moderators. And who knows what else?
I can hardly wait.
Is it the 18th yet? Tick, tock.
Okay, I'll bite -- why is it "astoundingly ignorant" to state that there are people who see religion and science as incompatible?
For the benefit of the lurkers, and the mods, I think some background should be provided. Again, I remind everyone that the "Agreement of the Willing" can be found on my freeper home page. It's still very much in effect for those who have signed on to it.
The agreement's "troll-calling" provision was not a license to run around insulting people. It was entirely defensive in nature, and it's so cumbersome, with so many warnings required and opportunities for the offending poster to change his ways, that it was very sparingly used. I think it happened only twice. The first was ALS -- a troll by anyone's definition. And now he's banned. There is only one other still-posting troll who has been declared to be such according to the agreement: gore3000 is declared a troll.
And now you know ... the rest of the story.
Posters are biting the dust on this thread faster than democrats in Sacramento.
IMO the entire forum suffers when freepers disappear for anything but profanity.
This thread needs my fifth-grade teacher, Miss Cue, to tell these delicate fleurs to "Grow up. If you can't take it, you sure can't dish it, so sit down and learn how."
There are plenty of lurkers on this thread who see exactly who's responsible for getting fellow-freepers banned.
Pathetic and cowardly.
My theory is that the lurkers are better spoken to than for.
For example, the footer of Alamo-girl's 1261 which you quoted made it look as if *she* had posted the "petticoat all in a bunch" text, and that HalfFull's 1262 was a new post in this current thread, etc.
If the moderators are able to edit the post to make the quoted posts clearly quotes instead of appearing to be separate posts to this thread, I ask them to please do so.
Forgive and forget.
When the Bible tells us to forgive, even our enemies, is not for the offender's benefit but for our own.
You come across as full of anger and rage, even after being offered an olive branch.
Remember Ephesians 4.26, 31, 32:
Do not let the sun go down while you are still angryIt does not help the Cause to keep these festering petty animosities.
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Forgiveness allows us to stay healthy both physically and spiritually.
Furthermore, forgiveness will make you like the bigger person in any dispute, even when you were treated unfairly.
Just my $0.02
Which is what I did in post# 1901 and it was deleted by someone who does not like to see the truth and have it proven.
Second of all, you are implying that I constantly respond in kind, which is false while ignoring completely the constant insults and baiting practiced by your friends. And you do not have to go far to look either, you can see it on this very thread.
Second, we have agreed that dredging up long past history is stalking.
Wrong. First of all you are changing the meaning of stalking. Stalking is going around digging dirt to assassinate the character of people from personal and places other than what is on the record here. Only the evolutionists have been guilty of that despicable practice - and they continue doing it.
Second of all I have not agreed to anything. Last time I agreed to something on these threads I was shown the fruitlessness of making agreements with people with no morals.
Third of all, the examples were completely relevant, they showed the despicable actions of the evo mediator in the discussions shortly after he had promised to be civil.
Obviously, you want to keep your pity party going.
Several posters in this thread have already offered an olive branch, such as Dales and Alamo-Girl.
If you want to keep your anger and rage, you will have to pick someone else with whom to argue.
I'm very happy being a forgiving person, and I will not drink of your poison well.
That's certainly a... fascinating interpretation of those posts.
That's not at all how I read MEG33's post(s). She was not "calling for help", and her "hijacked" post was meant humorously.
The only people who have been going around stalking here are the evolutionists - and this is proven by their own words right on this thread. You are completely dishonestly trying to put the blame on the wrong side by in Goebbelian fashion repeating a lie.
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