Posted on 05/27/2005 8:31:06 AM PDT by JoeV1
I wonder if the rules on this forum are applied equally? Several weeks ago I was denied posting privileges because I jokingly advocated a "plan b" in fighting the so far failed war on illegal immigration. My "plan b" was to have border guards retreat to within 200 yards of the border and while fitted with night vision goggles simply drop any illegals attempting to gain access to America.
Now frankly I am not concerned with the fact I was denied posting privileges for a day(reason given was "advocating violence")but I wonder if the folks who post pictures of exploding nukes over text that calls for turning the middle east, or N Korea into a glowing heap of slag. were also denied the ability to post. I did a cursory check and found the names of the posters associated with the nuke threats posting regularly after the aforementioned posts appeared.
Is it possible that some are more equal then others here? I have been referred to as a "newbie" as if that somehow makes what I say less credible then someone here a longer period of time. I believe opinions are opinions and the length of forum membership does not serve to make ones credibility stronger.
It does seem that there is a "good old boy's" network operating here and the old timers are given more leeway as far as the rules then are the newer arrivals. While I have been a FR member for only 8 months I have been an avid political forum debator for 8 or 9 years on places such as the NYT, WP, LAT and others.
There was another incident in which I was accused of a personal attack although I was merely responding to an attack on myself. I never used profanity and merely responded in kind to another whose main complaint was that I was wrong in criticizing the post of another person because that person was a 5 year member. I was also told I didn't know what I was talking about. This resulted in a few back and forth retorts which I frankly found amusing and in no way took as an insult.
I thoroughly enjoy verbal jousting and never shrink from a confrontation. It appears that others see fit to run to the moderator at the first sign of getting back what it is they dish out. It is at that time that I believe the good old boys network comes into play.
If any of you would like to see the posts that caused this simply ask and I will happily post them.
We all have gotten chastised one time or another.
I can't believe I spent all this time on this thread instead of doing the cleaning I was supposed to do. Now I have to go face my husband who has been "earning his keep" all day and get to spend the rest of the day cleaning.
I can already see this is gonna be another "I signed up an got the zot" thread.
I think he pushed his luck, Jim...
It's funny, you look at it like a cat and a mouse.... and the mouse is just looking at the cat, raising his little mouse claw pretending he's gonna swat at the cat... and you know the cat is just looking at it, almost smirking at it saying "are you friggin' kidding me, mouse?? YOU'RE A MOUSE!!!" "Ok, ok I'll let you swat a little bit and think you're showing me something, g'head....no, no, no keep going, keep going, you're right you may give me the spanking I deserve, g'head...."
"Ok, yeah now I'm bored..." And with one quick move, SWAAAAATT!!! 100mph into the wall across the room! "Where the hell are those tender vittles, anyway..."
The mods can see who adds particular keywords?
OhMuhGosh. How embarrassing.
Really? :)
Confession is good for the soul....
SWAAAAATTT!!! I love it! That's got to be right up there with ZOT!
Always remember this and you will be able to keep your screen name: GOP good, Dems bad. GOP very Good, Dems very bad. GWB can do no wrong, Dems bad. Got it?
I prefer to think of it in the family sense. We have lots of things over which we can criticize W. What the heck, he's family. But don't let the libs say a bad word about him.
Another thing that gets lost in the shuffle is that a lot of the 'newbies' actually are re-treads, trolls who have been zotted before, who try to get a new sign-in name and come back to continue trolling. They are banned on sight.
Your Dad must be mighty disappointed right now...you just took a whole lot of $+it!
OK everyone...you may resume piling on the $+it!
Now this is sad.....seems like a Voinovich (sp) speech!
I should've stuck with first instincts about you. You're a loud mouth whiney liberal and it's all about ME, ME ME! Your daddy was wrong, sometimes you DO have to be put in your place. Especially if you are wrong and if you are an idiot.
IATZ for me.
If you blinked, you missed it.
I found something interesting. If I offend Jim Rob, please accept my apologies. But JR must have made this person very mad:
Was there a Freeper named RebelGray?
Anyone remember?
Anyway, RebelGray has some unkind things to say at
"...with access to nuclear weapons..."
LOL! Even the Pubbies in the US Senate lack access to nuclear weapons!
I can't believe I spent all this time on this thread instead of doing the cleaning I was supposed to do. Now I have to go face my husband who has been "earning his keep" all day and get to spend the rest of the day cleaning.
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Yes, this does get addictive.
On the other hand, it's more fun than cleaning. :)
"Thank you for a thoughtful and reasoned response. Would that the Romper Room refugees would take notice (oops, there I go again)":}}}}}}}}be good:}}}}}}}}}thank you
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I think the mods keep a tighter rein on what gets posted and what gets pulled--that has changed. I'm not quite sure what you mean.
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