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Self | 1-22-04 | Sidebar Moderator

[Sidebar Moderator]

Have you ever monitored the Neverending Story?

Nope, not even familiar with it.

[Corin Stormhands]

Virginia history is great.

My Huguenot side (dad's) married the Wesley Methodist Circuit Rider side (mom's). ;-)

Peace.

[White Mountain]

Post #448: And the whiney ones to quit their whining. Right?

Don't know of any whiney ones. Just allegations of whining.

[Revelation 911]

would you kindly provide a response for understanding, to my post #325 (as related to my #310)

thanks

[drstevej]

River in Egypt!

[Dr. Eckleburg]

I understand what you're saying regarding the word in question and generally agree.

But I think context is important (which is why you're going to be exhausted in no time) and sometimes "jarring" is good.

I favor the term "woosie." It hits the same notes, but is not so discordant.

[rwfromkansas]

In response to one person using the word pussy, that was not an attack on you.

It was harsh language no doubt.....but is rough language (in addition to cursing) now banned with your addition to the forum?

I don't believe so, but if so, I am in trouble and I personally think it would be wrong to ask us to tone down the language as long as it is not a direct personal attack or cussing.

[xJones]

Hopefully I have never been considered one of the button happy people.

Don't hope too hard, some things are getting a little obvious.

But a civil, cordial discussion of LDS beliefs - and only if you bring the subject up - will still involve pointing out problematic areas, such as the complete lack of archaeological evidence of any of the accounts in the Book of Mormon. And the DNA tests which show that native American Indians are descended from Chinese/Asiatic ancestors and not of semitic ones.

If the subject of inaccurate translations arises, we can discuss quite civilly the Book of Abraham.

All this should be done in the spirit of academic polite discussion for the edification of any that are interested in learning the facts about the subject, as I'm sure you'll agree. No personal attacks, just the facts, as the mods say.

[CARepubGal]

The thought crosses my mind that basic civility includes and encompasses responding directly to a poster if one wishes to reply at all to a post. Posters who refuse to do so are stirring up contention IMO. What do you think doc?

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Well said, RW.

You've proven yourself to be a young man who knows the value of the well-chosen word.

[Barnacle]

Tell me, if you would, why are there pro-choice Catholics?

If I may volunteer an answer; It's a statistical inevitability. Aberrations of this order are bound to occur within a sampling of any billion or so people.

[A.J.Armitage]

I've seen threads regarding the congressional testimony of Maj. Carleton regarding the infamous MMM last exactly 3 posts. The was no editiorializing nor comment - yet they got whacked will these now be tolerated - or will pro-LDS be the only ones that survive?

That's a good question.

[A.J.Armitage]

If I may volunteer an answer; It's a statistical inevitability. Aberrations of this order are bound to occur within a sampling of any billion or so people.

From what I see, it's more than a few aberrations. But anyway, why are there bound to be some?

[Sidebar Moderator]

I've not seen any of the threads you mention in #325, but if I do I imagine I would follow Lead Moderator's lead.

[drstevej]

***Ecce Anus Dei***

Should your tag line read: Ecce Agnus Dei? Or Ecce Annus Dei?

As is it seems risque. But I am not a Latin scholar.

[Barnacle]

Revelation 911 Since Sep 28, 2001

What I want to know is; what time of day did you register? I mean, just which one of us has seniority?

[Sidebar Moderator]

I didn't take it as an attack on me. I actually read fairly well, most of the time. :)

I've spent most of the last two days letting all you folks "check me out", as it were. Every now and then I take the notion to check out one of you. I imagine lockeliberty is away from the forum now, which is why I've heard from so many others in his stead. That's not a problem, either.

At the time I read the post, the sudden appearance of the word at the end of things caught me unawares. Obviously I could have phrased my comments in a more congenial tone (hmm... maybe some of you are having a greater effect on me than I am having on you...), but all I really wanted to know was why that word was chosen when so many others would have conveyed the same information.

On the other hand, I doubt very much that I am the only denizen of Free Republic who might take offense at the word in question; in fact, I know I'm not. It's a word featured in infrequent abuse reports.

[Sidebar Moderator]

I'm not familiar with MAJ Carleton and the MMM, so I can't answer the question.

[Snuffington]

What ever happened to the Popular Peoples Front?

He's over there....

Splitter!!!