What's killing this forum

POSTED BY: dreamtrove
UPDATED: Thursday, January 15, 2009 02:52
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PIRATENEWS

Monday, January 12, 2009 2:05 AM

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Originally posted by KilloWertz:
Wow, I just join today and see this. What did I just walk into?

WARNING! THIS IS NOT A LOBOTOMIZED FAKE FORUM!

FFF fanfic is strong. RWED just adds a little spice to life.

KWICKO

Monday, January 12, 2009 2:21 AM

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Thanks for the welcome as well. I'll venture all over the forums. I just will try to stay out of the fights.

Actually, once you get your feet wet a bit, feel free to dive right in! :)

Mike

"It is complete now; the hands of time are neatly tied."

DREAMTROVE

Monday, January 12, 2009 4:14 AM

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I would never tell another member to go away. So don't take it the wrong way when I suggest you strengthen your case by increasing the number of people who've left by one.

It's always a mystery why people post things like this. They serve only one purpose, to lower the likelyhood that the recipient will ever take anything they seriously again, ie., to discredit themselves.

I of course, have no case, I was simply stating an obvious statistical fact based on the number of posts and users posting. As usual, I have no agenda, and am pretty difficult to get any kind of reaction out of. It's only my weakness that Finn succeeded.

As I said, twice in four years is not a lot. As far as insults of the nature of my faith, they also don't effect me, not because I'm above it, think more, that I am to the side of it, it passes me by.

DREAMTROVE

Monday, January 12, 2009 5:29 AM

Double Post. But I'm not a double post without a purpose. I can mention how much the blue starfish adds to the kitten sniper image.

MALBADINLATIN

Monday, January 12, 2009 7:29 PM

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Originally posted by dreamtrove:
It's always a mystery why people post things like this. They serve only one purpose, to lower the likelyhood that the recipient will ever take anything they seriously again, ie., to discredit themselves.

I'm hardly interested in my individual popularity. When I'm banned I'll know I went too far. I just dissmiss out of hand rules for behavior that go beyond "no threats, no racism, or no sexism".

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Originally posted by dreamtrove:As I said, twice in four years is not a lot. As far as insults of the nature of my faith, they also don't effect me, not because I'm above it, think more, that I am to the side of it, it passes me by.

Faith is a great thing.

RUE

Monday, January 12, 2009 8:07 PM

"I kinda like RiverLove."

RiverLove spends about 5% of the time trying to be reasonable and the other 95% of the time spewing insults, accusations, and foul langauge. RiverLove is one of the bigger problems on the board.

"Rue gets a little intense at times ..."

Then you should bother to READ MY POSTS. I don't get intense in the way you claim to dislike. I rarely call anyone names, hardly ever use foul language, never lie and DO respond to the topic. I do on occasion REPLY to the filth that is spewed my way. The one thing I do is insist on pointing out the truth when people lie - which they do a lot. Does THAT make me a problem ? Then I'm glad to be one, but I disagree strenuously with your notion of 'problem'.

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Silence is consent.

RUE

Monday, January 12, 2009 8:13 PM

Oh, BTW DT, since you've shown your preference for RivLv and apparently see not much wrong with those posts, and accuse ME of being over the top, I thought I dig up some classic RivLv from not too long ago:

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=18&t=36332

RiverLove's first post on the thread

" You sound like PN, Al Jazeera, and Al Zawahiri. Those your new talking point providers now? I'm stunned and terribly disappointed in you and Rue. You have no credibility any more. Maybe you're just so used to fighting with Auraptor & Geezer that you've lost sight of reality and rightousness in this current situation.

Second post

"Well that just proves my point. You don't really even believe the crap you are spewing. Fuck me? No fuck you, you Jew hating terrorist-loving dumb fuck."

Third post

"Yer wasting your time with this Signy piece of shit. His new thing now is to parrot Al Zawahiri and PN in their delusional hatred of Israel, call us stupid, and then say fuck you. I think he's lost his mind, likely as a result of 8 years of Bush Derangement Syndrome. He's got his Bush leaving in 10 days and he's desperate for something new to hate. You Finn, and Auraptor, and Geezer are 100% right about everything you've written on this subject."

Fourth post

"What gall and utter delusion for you to pass judgment on the will and intelligence of Israeli citizens. Your stunning stupidity, and irrationally biased support for evil is appalling, and all sane people can see now that you now lie in filth in the gutter next to PN and the rest of the team that supports your insane positions; positions that cheerlead for Al Qaeda, Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, Skinheads, Traditional European Anti-Semitism & Nazism, etc.all determined to destroy Israel. You are on the team of savages, enemies of civilization, enslavers of women, and barbaric enforcers of dogmatic vileness. You make me sick. Why don't you go down to Ft Lauderdale and stand proudly next to the gal screaming out the other day to throw Jews back into the oven. She's on your team. She see the world like you do. Like the forces you support and sympathize with you are psychotic, and morally and ethically bankrupt."

Sixth post

"Wrong on both counts you Nazi idiot. You said your "fuck you" for the day already. Now you can put your typing thumb back up your sorry ass."

This, the same RvrLv who admitted to only posting hate-posts out of hate:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=18&t=36351

Rue:
Do you and Zit have anything going but being liberal haters ? Just, you know, wondering, since that's all you seem to do (think, feel, write about ...)

Riverlove:
Right now, no.

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Accusations, filth, insults - and mostly hate, hate, and more hate; and not a hint of rational discussion - does that float your boat, DT ?

FREMDFIRMA

Monday, January 12, 2009 8:31 PM

Part of it is some really obvious sock puppetry by longtime posters who don't have the guts to spew that filth with their primary usernames.

Remember, as I have noted before I cut my teeth on text only and ANSI BBS's and therefore can often identify someone from their phrasing, word choices, style and cadence in text the same way telegraph operators can ID each other by the "fist" of the message.

I don't usually care, is all - but lately it's been taken to ridiculous extremes, and as I say, they know who they are.

-Frem

It cannot be said enough, those who do not learn from history, are doomed to endlessly repeat it

MALBADINLATIN

Monday, January 12, 2009 8:50 PM

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Part of it is some really obvious sock puppetry by longtime posters who don't have the guts to spew that filth with their primary usernames.

I got yer sock puppetry.

DREAMTROVE

Monday, January 12, 2009 9:38 PM

Frem, interesting sockpuppet comment.

I have to say that this is probably for people in desperate need of a life. But still, probably true.

Rue,

You're sometimes over the top. You're not alone. Everyone on one end of the political perspective is bound to be, because they have a firmly held set of beliefs. I've always gotten along with you and Signym, and figured you didn't need any coddling. Signy did go over the line, and as a sane person, she probably shoulda reined it in. I think in the flame wars, she really capped it.

I don't really like the tag-teaming.

Auraptor has posted some things that are definitely over the line but usually falls within it. Finn says a lot of stuff I disagree with, and there's a sort of arrogance that goes with it which is annoying. For a blatant partisan, geezer is pretty mild. The most annoying thing on the forum to be is Whozit's jizm.

IDK, it bugs me. It makes it hard for me to take him seriously.

Riverlove said some interesting stuff when I came back on, I thought newbies are always nice, and anyone who identifies with River is probably insane. So, she hasn't disappointed in the crazy.

But here's what really bugs me, and it's extremely annoying. There's just a fair amount of unmitigated bigotry. Most of it falls on muslims. Some of it falls on jews, and on rednecks (that part was in rare form this past election.)

So, yes, you're pretty intense sometimes. Usually when you argue a political topic, I stand back and watch the fireworks. When Finn gets into it, I just ignore him. He's not alone. I pretty much have Whozit on ignore until he drops the bagel thing, and I have FMF on ignore.

Assume for a second that Riverlove is an unstable teenager, and that you and Signy are seasoned professionals. Then doesn't it seem out of line? Is she crazy? Of course. So is Pirate News, and he doesn't seem to mind people saying that. A lot of people here are not ultra-stable. I mean, they're fans of a show that's really largely about mental illness. Also abuse of power.

Now consider that SignyM, who I like and get along with, can out-do RiverLove in a battle of hate, surely that's an objective lapse in judgment.

If I make fun of people in pretty established positions, it's because they sink to the mud pit. Creatures who live in the mud pit, or come from it, behaving like animals, that's kind of to be expected. No offense, I'm not a Nazi :) and no, I'm not getting into it.

Look it this way. Remember Chelsea Clinton tearing into some 9 year old girl during the campaign? That's absurd. That's sort of how it looks. True, we don't have ages and professions and medical histories posted next to us, but we sort of don't need them.

So yeah, I think RiverLove has things to contribute to the forum, like Fruity Obama Bar
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=18&t=36224

Think a moment about the character of River, and then thing how it would sound to say... well you get the point.

Anyway, I have nothing against you and SignyM, and I'm not taking sides. I think "I hope you choke on your vomit and die" is a bit extreme. Now, I could be wrong. It's entirely possible that SignyM is not a middle aged working professional and Riverlove has no mental health issues. But when she's not trying to kill people, she sometimes has interesting things to say.

So do you and Signy and most people. I think on political points, what I mean by you can get intense is that you've gotten into some arguments, and have become a citizeneque immovable object, which is probably the overall characteristic of liberals that conservatives have problems with. I avoid those, and we have interesting topics on other issues. And yes, sure, there are some right wing immovable objects, we know who they are.

But if everyone were to just try to see the other person's point of view, I think we could not only get along better, but have much more interesting discussions.

For instance, I could challenge Geezer or Auraptor to take a pro-gaza position consistant with their own right to self defense.

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