What's killing this forum

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

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:36 PM

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Politics is so boringly common.

Very true. This point hit home for me when I saw a documentary on the politics of a termite colony. What struck me was that a termite, with a brain mass of only a few micrograms, vs. 1.5 kg for a human, was capable of partisanship, wedge issues, wars, revolutions, even organized demonstrations, labor disputes, law, martial law and military juntas. Yet, humans, with a hundred million times the brain mass spend their time engaged in the same sorts of activities, think that they are engaging in the highest level of social activity.

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It was the impossible task of rebirthing Firefly that made us mighty.

A flaw in design. But just for a little life, I posted a couple videos to the video thread.

RUE

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:53 PM

"Yet, humans, with a hundred million times the brain mass spend their time engaged in the same sorts of activities, think that they are engaging in the highest level of social activity."

People like to think they're rational. But 95% of what goes on in the brain is hidden from us, to emerge as 'decisions' and 'thoughts' that we think we intentionally created.

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RUE

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:58 PM

"Politics is so boringly common. It was the impossible task of rebirthing Firefly that made us mighty. Just look at the membership spike of late 2005 after Serenity was released. People saw that film and wanted to know more. After seeing the show many joined to swell our ranks.

And then with no outside crusade to fight for we begin to fight inwardly, and our ranks shrink."

I'm not sure that that's the problem. Go back and look at the oldest archived threads. They are just as political, if not more so, heated and partisan.

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KWICKO

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 6:26 PM

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Please, don't come whining at me about how horrible I am for calling you names, you drunken, death-loving cunt.

I hope you die in your own drunken vomit.

Okay, ReaverLove, which part of this is it, exactly, that you have such a huge problem with? I mean, you've been blathering on about it for days now...

Is it the "drunken" part? You don't like being called a drunk?

I bet it's the drunken part.

Mike

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

RIVERLOVE

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 6:46 PM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
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Please, don't come whining at me about how horrible I am for calling you names, you drunken, death-loving cunt.

I hope you die in your own drunken vomit.

Okay, ReaverLove, which part of this is it, exactly, that you have such a huge problem with? I mean, you've been blathering on about it for days now...

Is it the "drunken" part? You don't like being called a drunk?

I bet it's the drunken part.
Mike

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

Originally posted by SignyM:

Please, don't come whining at me about how horrible I am for calling you names, you drunken, death-loving cunt.

I hope you die in your own drunken vomit.
and BTW Fuck you.
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BYTEMITE

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 6:59 PM

As a (hopefully civil) counterpoint to the original topic of the thread... Sometimes the intense political discussions are an attraction.

Granted, one person definitely doesn't make a rule, and I can imagine that some people are leaving. And I also didn't really read the flamewars, more the discussions about Isreal and Palastine that led up to it. But the debates are one of the main reasons I keep coming back. I've learned a lot (and heard a lot of different opinions) in the last month or so.

Though there is something to be said about dirty laundry sometimes. And there are definitely some good ideas you've presented there, DT.

But I also think that behaviour should be monitored by the person who's posting, not by rules beyond what we have already. I don't think anyone here is a troll, and even if someone does have to vent a little once in a while or frustrations with opposing viewpoints boil over, I don't think it causes irreparable damage to community function, interaction, and recruitment. Not such that those behaviours should be bannable offenses.

Of course, I'm also pretty new (might not understand all the board relationships), and a tad paranoid when it comes to authority and control measures...

SIGNYM

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 7:06 PM

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Hmm. So my analysis is correct, Riverlove is SignyM.

Are you serious???? I hope you're joking 'cause I know for a fact that I'm not Riverlove! The voices told me so! Just cause I can imitate the "hate thing" better'n than some can spout it doesn't mean I'm pissed. I guess what I SHOULD have done is sent a PM to some neutral third party, explaining what I was going to do. So next time, if there is a next time, I'll forwarn all of you so you don't take it seriously.

BTW- I'm willing to talk about almost anything, and to entertain almost any viewpoint, provided the person is ammenable to talking facts and logic. But some peeps turn disagreements into bar-fights. And out comes the name-calling, ad-hominems, strawmen, slippery-slope, etc which torpedoes the hope of any sort of discussion!

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RIVERLOVE

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 7:18 PM

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Originally posted by SignyM:
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Hmm. So my analysis is correct,
Are you serious???? I hope you're joking 'cause I know for a fact that I'm not Riverlove! The voices told me so! Just cause I can imitate the "hate thing" better'n than some can spout it doesn't mean I'm pissed. I guess what I SHOULD have done is sent a PM to some neutral third party, explaining what I was going to do. So next time, if there is a next time, I'll forwarn all of you so you don't take it seriously.

BTW- I'm willing to talk about almost anything, and to entertain almost any viewpoint, provided the person is ammenable to talking facts and logic. But some peeps turn ANY disgareement into a bar-fight. And out comes the name-calling, ad-hominems, strawmen, slippery-slope, etc which torpedoes the hope of any sort of discussion.

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Let's party like its 1929.

Originally posted by SignyM:

Please, don't come whining at me about how horrible I am for calling you names, you drunken, death-loving cunt.

I hope you die in your own drunken vomit.
and BTW Fuck you.
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Let's party like its 1929

RUE

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 7:32 PM

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RIVERLOVE
Friday, January 09, 2009 - 11:30

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.

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RIVERLOVE

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 7:35 PM

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Originally posted by rue:
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RIVERLOVE
Friday, January 09, 2009 - 11:30

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.

Silence is consent.

Originally posted by SignyM:

Please, don't come whining at me about how horrible I am for calling you names, you drunken, death-loving cunt.

I hope you die in your own drunken vomit.
and BTW Fuck you.
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Let's party like its 1929

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