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Are we all equal on FR?
Posted on 05/27/2005 8:31:06 AM PDT by JoeV1
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To: Political Junkie Too
The "old-boy network" is merely the institutional memory of FreeRepublic. -PJ Good point - and all of us will be "old-boy network" one day too - unless we get banned first.
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posted on
05/27/2005 10:24:24 AM PDT
by
ClancyJ
(Florida Motto: Send me your weak, frail, elderly - and we will give them 'rest'".)
To: JoeV1
Well thank you.
The romper room attitude, the prayer threads, the running jokes and the small faction battles do have their purpose: They develop a sense of fellowship and unity. These let those that might not otherwise form bonds, do so to their own surprise.
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posted on
05/27/2005 10:24:54 AM PDT
by
KC Burke
(Men of intemperate minds can never be free....)
To: eastforker
And yet some newbies can post vanities without impunity and older freepers are called on the carpet for scrutinizing them. No, that's just you getting criticized for being a colossal jerk, hijacking threads and calling newbies 'trolls' w/ no evidence.
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posted on
05/27/2005 10:25:01 AM PDT
by
Sloth
(I don't post a lot of the threads you read; I make a lot of the threads you read better.)
To: Admin Moderator
Is that a nuke in your pocket or are you just glad to see us?
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posted on
05/27/2005 10:25:05 AM PDT
by
metesky
("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
To: JoeV1
A relative used to tell me "life isn't fair" all the time as well.
One day I told here "Yes, but that's no excuse for not striving for fairness". She never said that to me again.
"Life's not fair" is simply a copout by people who don't want to bother doing the right thing, IMHO.
I never use that phrase with my kids. It's like saying "well kids get injured growing up". It doesn't mean that i'm not going to do everything in my power to prevent that from happening.
So while "life isn't fair" may be a factual statement, I think it is too often used as a crutch and as a deterrent for those who would strive for fairness.
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posted on
05/27/2005 10:25:17 AM PDT
by
Stu Cohen
(Press '1' for English)
To: soundandvision
Go to the top of the page, click on search, and type in 'zot' in the Search Words field. After looking at a few of the threads that come up, you will get a good idea of what zot means.
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posted on
05/27/2005 10:26:22 AM PDT
by
rwa265
To: Leapfrog
Laz has been set down a couple of times, Leapfrog.
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posted on
05/27/2005 10:26:53 AM PDT
by
metesky
("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
To: JoeV1
Oh, NOW I get it!! I advocated violence by the use of a rifle which is available to most people and that was a violation. However, had I advocated violence via a weapon only accessible to the military, such as a plasma weapon of some kind, then I wouldn't be in violation. Is that the way it works? Thank you for clearing that up. So, how old are you, Joe? This sounds just like my 13-year-old talking. The persecution syndrome and the bitter sarcasm... It sounds like you have deeper issues at work here. If you hate FR so much, don't come here. You're free to post hateful messages at DU. They'd probably love it.
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posted on
05/27/2005 10:27:15 AM PDT
by
TChris
(Liberals: All death, all the time.)
To: Admin Moderator
Please identify any of these posters with access to nuclear weapons, and we'll immediately suspend them. Well, ordinarily I couldn't care less about these little spats, even though entertaining to read, but this notion captures my interest. Folks can advocate violence on FR so long as they don't possess the weapon they advocate using?
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posted on
05/27/2005 10:27:33 AM PDT
by
William Terrell
(Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals.)
To: ClancyJ
The DU has the reputation of gorillas ranting and spewing. Gorillas worldwide are greatly offended.. ;-)
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posted on
05/27/2005 10:27:44 AM PDT
by
k2blader
("A kingdom of conscience ... That is what lies at the end of Crusade.")
To: Netizen
What I thought was funny was that you complained after receiving:
Complain in private, and you'll usually receive an explanatory reply. Bitch in public, and, well, you'll definitely receive something
Which got you slapped again. LOL. Sounds like something I'd do just to annoy the Powers That Be.
Sometimes my sarcasm runs so deep that I almost immediately regret posting. One of these days a post like that will get me suspended for a few days.
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posted on
05/27/2005 10:27:45 AM PDT
by
zeugma
(Come to the Dark Side...... We have cookies!)
To: Stu Cohen; Netizen
Netizen wrote:
I think the button was hit. Big difference.
We should be able to know who hits the button? Might stop a lot of frivolous 'abuse button' pushers if their screen name was going to be made public.
Pretty easy to hide and accuse people anonymously.
______________________________________
That's a darned good idea. The "ability to confront your accuser" was a foundation of this nation for this exact reason.
Would probably make the moderation easier too, and make the whole thing more transparent to all users.
I hope they take this suggestion. I'm suprised nobody thought of it before.
252 Stu
You fellas aren't clear on the concept. The moderation on FR is purposely set up to be anonymous. - It's a question of control.
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posted on
05/27/2005 10:27:58 AM PDT
by
P_A_I
To: JoeV1
You gotta do what I do: give $50 a day and nobody bothers ya.
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posted on
05/27/2005 10:28:23 AM PDT
by
metesky
("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
To: Billthedrill
Have you sought help for your paranoia?
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posted on
05/27/2005 10:28:35 AM PDT
by
ClancyJ
(Florida Motto: Send me your weak, frail, elderly - and we will give them 'rest'".)
To: metesky
My original post about him was meant to point out how much he brings to FR, not how many times he's been suspended.
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posted on
05/27/2005 10:29:06 AM PDT
by
Michael Goldsberry
(an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
To: Sloth
Did I mention any names, didn't think so yet you are here calling me a jerk.What was that about attacking someone on a crossthread???
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posted on
05/27/2005 10:29:11 AM PDT
by
eastforker
(Under Cover FReeper going dark(too much 24))
To: ClancyJ
I get really tired of the old "oh, be careful going there, there are some weirdo's posting there". Which is what I was told years ago when I happened to mention FR at work. I understand, but one person's "weirdo" is another person's food for thought.
Here in LA am I considered a nutjob simply for refusing to let my kid speak spanish.
I suppose I could acquiese and acquire more friends by becoming a bi-lingual family, but that would just be cowtowing.
I feel that we tilt a little in that direction sometimes. "Don't say that or the left will think we are weird". Well, if some people are thinking weird things, it's better to know, IMHO.
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posted on
05/27/2005 10:30:02 AM PDT
by
Stu Cohen
(Press '1' for English)
To: rwa265
" TLBSHOW "
He got banned from LP last month. Bwahahaha!
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posted on
05/27/2005 10:30:14 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Seven disloyal senators sold the chance to crush the democrats for tv face time.)
To: JoeV1
***It's a forum, folks, it's for fun***
With your pants on fire before the 2nd post, I felt a little sorry for you that you showed your whiney butt so soon. But based on your commment above - don't think you belong here. Yeah, there's fun threads, but for the most part, you will not meet with a more serious forum. You probably should stick to your LAT, NYT, and WP forums for fun and fantasy.
PS: I've seen two year FR veterans telling six year vets that they didn't know what they were talking about. Life continued on for all.
To: eastforker
"WAS CGEB ever reinstated?"
Don't think so.
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posted on
05/27/2005 10:30:49 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Seven disloyal senators sold the chance to crush the democrats for tv face time.)
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