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Many of the regulars on the science threads here on Free Republic have joined in the AGREEMENT OF THE WILLING to promote civil discourse and to avoid flame wars which lead to excessive use of the abuse button, transfer to the Smokey Backroom, and ultimately ... thread deletion.

In accordance with that agreement, several posters here have been asked politely to refrain from igniting flame wars. Some have declined to do so and thus, as provided in the agreement, we hereby advise that responding to any of the following named persons may lead to (or perpetuate) flame wars, and we therefore recommend ignoring their posts altogether or, at the minimum, proceeding with extreme caution.

Names of non-compliant trolls: ALS

What a complete pompous putz. I've only made one post in this thread and it wasn't to you.

You really must get over yourself and get a life.

You just broke the rules of this forum:

Broadly stated, the goals of this site are to further conservatism, expose political corruption, and recover a truly constitutional form of government. If these are not your goals, you may find another discussion site more suitable.

Do keep it clean - A bruise or two between Freepers is tolerable, but refrain from abusive attacks, engaging in senseless flame wars, and using profane language.

Don't jump threads - If you get involved in an argument in one thread, it's considered poor manners to restart the previous argument in the middle of an unrelated thread.

Don't be a whiner - If you really, really find Free Republic not to your liking, let the webmaster know directly, learn to live with it, or move along.

You've also broken your own rules which you MUST comply with:

Effective August 9, 2003, we, the undersigned, freely and in good faith agree that henceforth we shall treat others on these threads as we wish to be treated ourselves.

"We will not deliberately provoke another to engage in improper conduct. We will not conspire against, scheme or bait any poster for any reason"

7. Decorum: We will endeavor to be considerate to other posters and Lurkers.

8. Disclosure: We will not bring an accusation against another poster or his beliefs without also bringing, on the same post, the evidence for that accusation.

A. If we accuse a poster of lying, we will at the same time present the allegedly untrue statement and the specific reasons why the poster should have known it was untrue.

B. If we describe a belief as silly, we will show why we believe that to be true.

C. We will not question another poster’s motives or accuse him of trolling, disrupting, etc. without specific evidence.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/960260/posts

Now you MUST admit your error and apologize:
10. Errors: When we are wrong about a factual matter or in our conduct, we will acknowledge it.

Just As a reminder to those that are complying and noncomplying. And to bring up to speed those that have NOT yet seen or agreed to the agreement.

I ask you to read the following from the agreement.

] 5 Language Restraint We will not use obscene or belittling words to describe another complying poster or whatever that poster believes; however, merely factual or logical criticism and rebuttal shall never be considered "obscene or belittling."

If one of us notices another poster creating problems on the thread, we may post a warning in behalf of all of us, to the effect of: "Hey X, that post of yours [number 123] was a bit provocative. You know we have rules about disrupting (or whatever). I understand that you're momentarily swept up in the debate, but please restrain yourself."

Or: [in lieu of the 2nd sentence in bold] "Under our agreement, the actions of provocateurs, trolls, spammers, and disruptors are prohibited, as is the use of obscene or belittling words to describe another poster or his beliefs."

After having made such a good faith attempt to bring the offending poster into compliance, if the problematic poster continues in the offending behavior we may post a warning (such as: "Don't feed the trolls!") to other posters that the problematic party has chosen not to comply. If the problem persists, the offender may thereafter be called a provocateur, troll, spammer, or disruptor, and doing so will not be a violation of this agreement.

As everyone can PLAINLY see, we are within the constraints of the agreement by pointing out obviously trollish behavior and namecalling from a consistently trolling, namecalling and flamewar inciting, NONcomplying poster.

Therefore, we are indeed in compliance by pointing out a certain posters CONSISTENT behavior.

His first post in this thread was a DIRECT attack, as usual, as soon as the consistency showed itself, we were within our rights to point out said poster as a Troller and disruptor. If on the other hand he had NOT attacked and instead actually added something to the discussion, we would have left said poster alone.

Thank you for your attention, now on to your regularly scheduled scientific thread.