It certainly does. Unfortunately many folks here seem to have an interest in ignoring the issue, and they do so by attacking the messenger. Now I don't mean to pick on any particular posters, but I think these posts are illustrative of this tendency to ignore things we dislike. Consider this dynamic:
#8 "This is idiotic." (Howlin)
#12 "I don't believe it." (Judith Anne)
#39 "...I'm with Judith Anne. I don't believe this." (Howlin)
#66 "How about you waiting until and if/or it is proposed and read the poposal and not an article that doesn't even have a writer, byline." (Dane)
#79 "in WorldNet Daily (to put the WORST possible spin on it, you see?)" (Howlin)
#139 "I'm not trying to discredit WND. I AM discrediting them with their own web site." (Howlin)
#175 "Farah is a hysterical nutcase in my opinion...He does indeed hate George Bush..." (texasflower)
And thus, in the space of only 175 posts spanning 2:09, we've gone from the plan itself being idiotic to the plan being completely disregarded because the messenger is a "plagiarist" who "hates Bush". The remainder of the thread is little more than a flamefest, and the discussion of the initial plan has been buried in namecalling and over-the-top rhetoric.
Groupthink can be a scary thing.
No doubt, those who go off on wild tangents over a WND article.
Groupthink can be a scary thing
NL, please let Orwell be Orwell and leave your Rich Little like cyber imitation of Orwell out of this thread, thank you.
I think saying "This is idiotic" pretty well sums up my feelings about it.
And I said I don't believe the part about the ADMINSTRATION OF DRUGS TO THE GENERAL POPULATION.
Sorry we didn't respond as you feel necessary, but it did give you a chance once again to put on your Holier Than Thou shrowd, didn't it?
And it's just a suggestion, but you better be a little more skeptical of Newsmax and WorldNet Daily; as we are able to post fewer and fewer actual news articles (and as even those we excerpt "disappear" within a few weeks/or months), we are relying more and more on "rearrangments" from those two entities.
In the past, neither one of them has proven to be the most reliable sites on the internet. Now it might not bother you that they copy articles almost word for word without crediting the source, as it probably suits your agenda; (and as an added bonus, you get to come on these threads and poke us with a stick because WE question the source), but some of us prefer to know what we're dealing with.
It looks like this is an inhouse WorldNet Daily article, when, in fact, it's not; you may "consider" the dynamic of our replies, while we consider the "dynamic" of you not being bothered by a plagiarised article.
Groupthink can be a scary thing.
Your comment belongs to the flamefest. I've gone off this thread, reading others posts and not contributing for some time, but if you want to see some flames, try reading Don Joe's posts. They are some of the rudest here.
The fact that I disagree with Joseph Farrah's conclusions on this matter and do not believe they are accurate is hardly reason to charge me with "groupthink" now, is it? Or is that what you say to everyone who doesn't agree with you on every post?
This entire thread has become useless, due to the flaming that Don Joe began, sustained, and called others to. I have no interest in the subject at all anymore, I came in here to reply to your insult. I suspect that anybody who wants to can read the thread and find out where the problems began.
This article is speculation disguised as reporting. Apparently a number of people want to take it as gospel and written in granite.
Now, you may feel compelled to reply with another insult which you will justify by this post to you, NL, because you will have felt yourself insulted somehow. But I won't be around. I am sure, however, that DJ will be back to see how well his minions have kept up the "battle" over absolutely nothing.
And I hope the entire thing is moved to the "Smokey Backroom" because that's where it has belonged since Don Joe came on.