Sorry to see you go.
Posted on 04/20/2005 9:22:15 AM PDT by GOPcapitalist
We shall agree to disagree then. If I, however, attempted to Freepmail everyone on this site who has had an effect on me, it would prove to be a futile and time consuming endeavor. Opus' are an acceptable form of taking leave from FR. Are you also not in favor of prayer requests? By your reasoning, they would be just as unneccesary as opi.
Huh? I don't remember mentioning Ann Coulter on this thread. What on Earth are you talking about????????
If we're going to use my reasoning, then please show me a prayer request where the poster also spews about the forum.
The Terri ordeal and Bush's failure to secure the border forever changed this place, for the worse, IMO.
Emotions now take precedent over logic.
But, as with most everything in life, it's all about money. So long as the dough keeps rolling in the emotionally fueled mediocrity will remain the staus quo.
I guess if I left I could try to come back as my first name!!
#197--I thought you were saying that CGEB was Ann coulter.
maybe you are one of the clowns he is talking about.
Sorry to see you go.
I'd said things are if anything it's more civil, more polite and more PC. After a good fight like the Terri figth the losers get sore and opus. I can't understand why, makes zero sense to me.
And if you post an article you can see how many people read it without replying. It's substantial. Free Republic does have influence. It a long way from dead yet. Example:
On General/Chat 04/20/2005 8:33:52 PM EDT · 132 replies · 1,407+ views
Oh, so that is your angle. Interesting. So, when someone realizes they no longer hold views that are complimentary to the overall skew of FR and yet have been around nearly since the beginning, they are to say nothing of their discontent and merely go gentle into that good night? I am sorry but I do not belive his, or any other opus writers, intent was to malign the site itself or what it stands for. I believe the posters make up this site and are the reason other posters leave. This may be semantics, but there is a distinction.
Or, people try to have logical well thought out arguments and those with whom they are debating, resort to nasty comments. As has been the case with many people I have seen on this sight. Saying that someone should remain involved when they feel they are being spoken to in a disrespectful way, is simply ignorant. As is your post 44.
Yes, I have a problem with attention seekers taking a jab at this forum during their final tantrum! (under that screen name, anyways)
He's a whiner. enuff said.
Is this satire??..if not...then this is one of the most idiotic things I've ever read...
Hey GOP, I actually do hope that you take the next day or so to reconsider your decision... and if you still feel it best to go, I do wish you Godspeed and God's blessings...
I had posted a vanity here the day Terri Schiavo died, frankly just asking if maybe we take just that day, those 24 hours to try to stay "bash-less"... Just keep Terri and her mom and dad in our thoughts and prayers, you know, for THAT day? Some of it got ugly, but some sounded like they really just longed for the days of old FR... I've only been here for a year and a half, lurked for a bit before that, but yeah, I do see where you're at GOP... I've enjoyed the discussions we've had, don't remember many differences though I'm sure there's been one or two, who knows?
I wish you well, Dave
I seem to remember that, for a brief time at least, others were not so routinely accused of "falsities" or lies simply because one considered the opinions of others to be "hooey".
I, personally, see no point to such an announcement but others may believe that those remaining should be aware of the reasons for the decline of their little society.
You are entitled. Good day, gentlemen. I'm off to a BBQ. I suddenly feel the need for a beer.
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