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How did you find Rationalia.com?

I was a TAF member and jumped ship.
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I saw some reference to it on the Richard Dawkins forum and came for a look.
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I saw some reference to it on another forum and came for a look.
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I was sent a link by a friend.
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I found it via a Google search for something serious.
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I found it via a Google search for something stupid.
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None of the above.
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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:26 am

I'm quite sure they've read all 120,000+ threads and know exactly what we're like.
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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by Thinking Aloud » Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:27 am

theophontes wrote:
Gawdzilla Sama wrote:
Ah, the Squid Squad arrives. Finger-wagging is allowed between dusk and dawn on Uranus.
Finger wagging is soooooo yesterday.
Supporting rape culture is what all the cool kids are doing then?
Go and read the thread you're referring to (it's only 1000 posts long), read what's written there by everyone, then read the other 38000 threads in this forum that were written before that one, collate your evidence to support your assertions, then maybe you can interest us in going over the same crap another time. :tup:

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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by Blind groper » Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:44 am

Would someone tell me what actually happened?
If theophontes has got it right, then Pappa posted something he definitely should not have.

I am confused.
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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by normal » Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:50 am

Blind groper wrote:Would someone tell me what actually happened?
If theophontes has got it right, then Pappa posted something he definitely should not have.

I am confused.
Here it is: http://rationalia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=38220

Read all about it :tup:
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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by theophontes » Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:52 am

@ JimC

Here is some "black humour":
Put yourself in a Southern USA state around 1910-ish, imagine that we had the interwebs back then. I know, I know, it’s a stretch, hence why I asked for imagination.

” Would it be immoral to lynch a Black Skeptic?

Post by Masta » Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:46 am

Not for prejudicial gratification or power or anything like that, just because they’re so annoying.

I’m really torn on this one. :dunno:
Link here: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/ ... ent-407462

@ rachel bean
I'm assuming you've actually read the thread and aren't just basing your judgement on a quote and link from outside this forum.
I was following the thread, but then it was closed to everyone outside "rationalia". (Is there a particular reason for this? Damage control? It was all just "black humour" after all.)

More importantly: When that comment was posted into the wider world, it stood alone. That others have been attempting to defend the sentiment (couched in excuses I'll grant) since, is a little beside the point. If anything it only makes calling it out for what it is all the more important. Especially as the so called "joke" is being defended by so called "sceptics".

@ Gawdzilla
I'm quite sure they've read all 120,000+ threads and know exactly what we're like.
You are not being called out on those posts. If Pappa had made a racist post, as bigotted as the one he made with regard to sceptical women, would he have been called out by you, or would you come with a like excuse?

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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by JimC » Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:57 am

Clearly, you have a restricted view on what constitutes allowable black humour...

Maybe allowable by you?

Maybe allowable by the moral police?

Maybe allowable by the religious police?

Think about sticks and stones...

And also understand that we are, to a fair extent, rather anarchistic, and don't really give a fuck what others think of our little tribe...
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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by Thinking Aloud » Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:58 am

theophontes, the thread was out of view for a few hours, and then went back into public view. Pappa apologised in the thread. Now, if there's something else you'd like to add that hasn't already been said?

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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by rachelbean » Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:07 am

I've started a thread for those who wish to continue the discussion:

http://rationalia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=38365

Mods, feel free to move any relevant posts to it so we can stop derailing other threads.

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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by Svartalf » Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:35 am

normal wrote:
Blind groper wrote:Would someone tell me what actually happened?
If theophontes has got it right, then Pappa posted something he definitely should not have.

I am confused.
Here it is: http://rationalia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=38220

Read all about it :tup:
all 1000 posts of it? ye be cruel.
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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by JimC » Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:37 am

Svartalf wrote:
normal wrote:
Blind groper wrote:Would someone tell me what actually happened?
If theophontes has got it right, then Pappa posted something he definitely should not have.

I am confused.
Here it is: http://rationalia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=38220

Read all about it :tup:
all 1000 posts of it? ye be cruel.
I intend to read it when I retire...
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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by Pappa » Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:47 pm

theophontes wrote:I found rationalia through a link that called out the following:
Would it be immoral to rape a Skepchick?
Postby Pappa » Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:46 am
Not for sexual gratification or power or anything like that, just because they're so annoying.
I'm really torn on this one. :dunno:
I hope there are enough people on this site that realise how wrong that post was and do something about it. The sceptical community would be all the better for it.

According to Pappa's own guidelines:
Intentional malicious trolling and use of offensive language, images or jokes, with the intention of harassing, intimidating, tormenting or persecuting another member, or in the knowledge that such posts are likely to cause widespread general offense, will not be tolerated. (my emphasis)


The cringe-worthy post has given a lot of offence. Yet it has been defended here as if such posts are perfectly acceptable. To understand just how offensive it is, try substituting "a Skepchick" with someone you really care about. Or any group that is likely to suffer such abuse.

And to those who have been defending Pappa's gormless nastiness. Shame on you all. Lose the unsceptical self-righteousness already.
Btw.... they're not "Pappa's own guidelines". They are the forum rules/guidelines. The forum is owned by Rationalia Association and run on behalf of the Association by the mods.

The "widespread general offence" is only applicable within the forum itself, not anywhere else.
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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:49 pm

Don't believe him. Pappa rules this place with an iron capybara.
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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by rachelbean » Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:54 pm

It's also attached to intentional malicious trolling. Being generally offensive isn't against the rules. If it was then we'd have a ghost town :hehe:

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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by Bella Fortuna » Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:58 pm

rachelbean wrote:It's also attached to intentional malicious trolling. Being generally offensive isn't against the rules. If it was then we'd have a ghost town :hehe:
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Re: How did you find Rationalia.com?

Post by Pappa » Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:01 pm

rachelbean wrote:It's also attached to intentional malicious trolling.
Well yeah, that too. It's a sub-part of the trolling rule.
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