Ten Comandmints

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[wwalk]

In the constitution it says we have freedom to worship whatever we want, that doesn't hold true in Alabama. I support Judge Moore who shoudn't take the monument down. I want your oppinion

[strela]

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[MotleyGirl70]

ROTF! :)

[NeoCaveman]

Spelling Chequer

It spelz good

[chance33_98]

Either way, the amendment restricts congress, since congress was not involved the ACLU can't make a case based on the amendment (at least IMHO)

[Zavien Doombringer]

I agree. I am also frustrated at the hypocracy of the SCOTUS, the 10 commandments are posted above the Chief Justices' Head!

[VRWCmember]

You were close on your over/under on the other thread. It got to 63.

[Zavien Doombringer]

I saw that :)
Admin Mod was alerted in post 61

[VRWCmember]

My only regret is that my coined term of "polyglidiot", combining polyglot and idiot to describe "someone who is a functional idiot in more than one language" was zotted along with the thread.

[Zavien Doombringer]

You can use it again...check your messages :)

[Zaxis]

Molly Ivins ? What a "looser"

[Guenevere]

To VRWC member and all the others who are here...
May I suggest this poster has not returned because of the rudeness he's reading on this thread.

If, in truth, he's been a lurker, and finally got his/her nerve up to post, he/she sure didn't receive a kind welcome.

wwalk.....I apologize for the tone this thread has taken,
and I want you to know I, for one, agree with your opening statement.

I'm on vacation, and was just lurking from a library in North Carolina, not intending to post at all.

But I feel badly that anyone new is treated so unkindly, and I hope you will post again, but can hardly blame you if you don't.
Thanks...Guenevere

[theDentist]

I smell a troll, as well, but:

Can you still walk into a church, synagogue, temple and pray today? Is someone preventing you?

Please reply.

[VRWCmember]

Thank you for your comments. You may very well be right about the welcome, but the post looked much more like a troll post than a lurker who finally got up the nerve to post for several reasons:

1. There have been numerous threads posted about Judge Moore and the Ten Commandments Monument, and it would have been much easier for a lurker finally getting up the nerve to post to post a comment to one of those threads rather than creating a whole new thread.

2. The title of the thread included such a gross misspelling that it appears deliberate and even mocking -- I was more than half serious when I said it looked like Molly Ivins' writing.

3. The body of the "article" written by the poster didn't just contain errors, it was pretty much one continuous error for which the only plausible explanation to me appeared to be a person deliberately trying to appear ignorant and trying to stir up a conversation in an attempt to make Judge Moore's supporters also appear ignorant. To illustrate, let me dissect the original post:

Ten Comandmints (1)

In the constitution (2) it says we have freedom to worship whatever we want (3), (4)that doesn't hold true in Alabama. I support Judge Moore who shoudn't (5) take the monument down. I want your oppinion (6)

(1) "Commandments" spelled "Comandmints" - I seriously doubt this was an accidental misspelling.
(2) Lower case spelling of "Constitution" when referring to the U.S. Constitution is wrong. (I'll admit that's a nitpick, but around here the Constitution is revered - or at least should be - and the use of lower case seems disrespectful).
(3) The characterization of the first amendment as saying "we have freedom to worship whatever we want" is just too juvenile to even warrant serious discussion. Again, this sounds like something Molly Ivins would say. The First Amendment says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, nor restricting the free exercise thereof..."
(4) The incorrect sentence punctuation and run-on sentence may simply be carelessness, or it may be another attempt to portray Judge Moore's supporters as ignorant and to bait others into a discussion to reinforce that errant notion.
(5) Another spelling error. It just seems contrived.
(6) Another spelling error. Again, appears contrived.

Anyone who has lurked for over five months would have seen plenty of indications that we like to razz each other for misspellings (I'm series, this is hugh...) and other goofs, and should also have seen that posts like this one will be challenged and the posters had better be prepared to discuss and defend their positions, especially on hot button issues. Your point is well taken, and I'll be cautious in accusing people of being trolls. If wwalk is indeed a lurker interested in discussion, rather than just a troll, I hope he/she will post again so we can discuss.

[trussell]

Where'd ya go?? Are you going to come back and talk about this?

[trussell]

How did this, just now, show up in my sidebar? I didn't notice the date before I posted to wwalk. It seems like he/she was never zotted either.

[VRWCmember]

My guess is that by requesting a zot ping list, or maybe by a change in your preferences, the addition of the zot pings caused this thread to appear in your sidebar. It was a pretty funny thread, wasn't it?

[trussell]

Yes it was, but why was the poster never zotted?

[VRWCmember]

I guess there was some question as to whether the poster was really a troll or just an unfortunate newbie. Haven't seen the poster anywhere else.

[trussell]

I checked the "In forum" link at his home page, and the only post ever done by him was this one. Gets one thinking that he is probably a troll.