An open letter to Jim Robinson: Consider a general amnesty for all the banned Rudy supporters....

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[ken5050]

Dear Jim..OK, the GOP now has its candidate. McCain isn't the first choice of the majority of us on FR, and even now, there are spirited, yet for the most part, civil exchanges on the threads as to whether or not some will support the GOP nominee. One of the more unfortunate, and unpleasant events on FR was the mass banishment and/or leaving of a great many Freepers who were supporters of Rudy Guliani for the nomination. I'm posting this to see if you'd be open to the idea of inviting them to return, and see how others might feel about this.

[airborne]

Reading the past posts of Sabertooth, and any other banned Freeper, is a good way to get a feel for what kind of poster they were.

Having talked with him, and in reading back into his posting history, I personally do not see or remember anything that points to a person who was abusive in his posts.

Also, I haven't found anything that blatantly points to a philosophy contrary to the principles of this forum. Just my observation.

[airborne]

Conservatives can have differences. We should be willing to acknowledge that, while also acknowledging that when we differ, we can still both be conservatives. Too often we forget that at this forum.

I agree.

We can be conservatives who agree to disagree, so long as it's done in a polite manner.

[calcowgirl]

I don't know the circumstances. I know that the majority of his posts that I saw were always respectful, fact-filled, and well sourced. I don't remember ever seeing any kind of emotional outburst. In fact, his level of calm was almost machine-like. And that was in the middle of some pretty heated iillegal immigration threads! LOL

[airborne]

The evidence is there in your link.

His posts tend to reinforce your assessment.

Perhaps only he of JimRob can explain why he was banned.

Those were some unpleasant days, to be sure.

[Dog Gone]

But back to the present and that profile page of yours dog. What is it you are communicating with that?

It's an evil and sinister message which mere minions like yourself are not supposed to question.

[Dog Gone]

But no matter how life treats me, I try to threat life like its my last day.

Incidentally, how should I interpret that?

Unfortunate typo? Freudian slip?

As long as you want to psychoanalyze me, let's open it up.

[Feiny]

YEAH

BRING BACK DASHINGDASHER

[al baby]

omg what ever happend to her or him funny and smart

[JRios1968]

And what happened to Doug Milner?

[al baby]

They guy from Adam -12 don’t know

[EveningStar]

Funny, smart, beautiful, and NICE.

[dhot]

Who is John Galt?

[JRios1968]

And a HAYUGE pair of...eyes.

[JRios1968]

Who is John Galt?

Willie's brother?

[dixiechick2000]

ROTFLOLOL!

Thank you for the link!
I love that movie, but haven’t seen it in a while.
I love Python...click on my page and watch the top graphic. ;o)

Have you seen “Spamalot?”
I saw it in London last summer.
Being a Pythonphile, it might not be as enjoyable to you as it was to me.
It was different...it was a musical.
But, it was almost every bit as good as the movie.

[farmer18th]

I’d personally be happy if McCain supporters were banned.

[dixiechick2000]

Ken...you know I’ve always liked you, and respected your posts.

I respect this thread, too.

You’re a good guy.

They weren’t banned because they supported Rudy.
In fact, most who left weren’t banned at all.
They chose to leave.

I miss a few of them, too.

[valkyry1]

Hey dog lighten up. I will take you at your word on your profile page in the other post. It's no big deal.

And yes you got me on a typo nothing else, as I think you know. woohoo!

Regards

[ken5050]

I’d like to see everyone have the chanced to return, except for the trolls, ( and Classygreeneyedblonde...LOL) Heck, I’d even like to see “Deep in the Heurtgen Forest” return.. Damn, now that guy was really good...

[ken5050]

Thanks.....one thing I’ve noticed...this thread has stayed very civil..which is a good thing..so maybe lessons have been learned.