There was a time when I proudly told people I was a FReeper and invited like-minded individuals to this site.
That time is now past.
I am a deeply conservative individual who thinks for himself and arrives at his own conclusions, no matter how double-plus bad they might be. Alas, I find I do not fit the present FR mold.
I have always believed that politics is the art of the possible. I'll get what I can today and hope for more tomorrow.
Around here, that is the functional equivalent of heresy. The All-Or-Nothing mentality may be effective when designing battleships, but it's self-defeating when attempting to persuade the American people.
I enjoy conversations with people who also think for themselves.
Around here, people like that are rapidly becoming extinct, banned for thought-crime.
We're at war with Oceania. We have always been at war with Oceania.
Yes. We're at war with Eurasia. We've always been at war with Eurasia.
It has become more than obvious that independent thought is no longer welcomed at FR. So be it.
FReepers wondering what I’m getting at should study the work of George Orwell.
Alas for FR.
Your profie page sure looks like an Opus to me. Are you saying that Jim Robinson is "Big Brother" and that he's banning people for "thoughtcrime?" So, are you in this thread to commit suicide by cop because no one paid any attention to your Opus until now?
Certainly, his homepage looks like an opus. Actually it is an opus.
Gumlegs if you enjoy the scientific threads on FR you should consider deleting that opus. But perhaps you just want to be banned so you can cry the conservatives feel the earth is flat etc.
Anyway I mean that advice sincerely. If you don’t care you are on some pretty thin ice. I wouldn’t wait to long.
That certainly is what you are hoping.
And the whole concept of a fundraising thread combined with a celebration of the departure of people we have known for up to a decade is a little unsettling to me. I think this is a first for FR.