Very.pawiz wrote:It was very subtle....TheDave wrote:It looks like the not-so-subtle advertising over at the RD forums paid off at least. A few familiar names have signed up recently so hopefully a good chunk of the posters migrated to here. I can imagine Dawkins et al are going to regret this little adventure.
Welcome to the lifeboat, all you survivors!
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VeryAshtonBlack wrote:Very.pawiz wrote:It was very subtle....TheDave wrote:It looks like the not-so-subtle advertising over at the RD forums paid off at least. A few familiar names have signed up recently so hopefully a good chunk of the posters migrated to here. I can imagine Dawkins et al are going to regret this little adventure.
It's a piece of piss to be cowiz, but it's not cowiz to be a piece of piss. Or something like that.
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Valden wrote:I actually had bacon earlier!
Well done, Valden!
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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He's going to fit in hereFBM wrote:Valden wrote:I actually had bacon earlier!
Well done, Valden!
It's a piece of piss to be cowiz, but it's not cowiz to be a piece of piss. Or something like that.
Re: Welcome to the lifeboat, all you survivors!
CJ, IWS and I are now posting on the main site, for what little good it will do.
Here is my post:
Here is my post:
http://richarddawkins.net/articles/5092They said they would leave the forum up for 30 days so members could save important threads for future reference. There were literally thousands of excellent contributions from all different kinds of people on the forum (believers and non-believers alike), with some especially enlightening scientific discussions from the likes of Calilasseia, Peter Harrison and more. I feel Richard and Josh have never truly grasped just how excellent the forum was. The trouble seemed to start about a year ago when feral OT was removed; many of us, including myself, supported this as we recognised the forum carried Richard Dawkins' name and needed a measure of decorum and reason. Little did we know it was merely a precursor to this.
Some of you might say, "Calm down, they are just upgrading the system." But they aren't. They've sacked the staff, the hardworking volunteers who support the community and keep out the trolls. They sacked them without so much of a by your leave - their sternly worded letter warned them not to 'stir up discontent' or encourage members to go to other websites. This move was astonishly authoritarian and undeserving of an organisation which is supposed to be one of reason and respect.
I still cannot understand the behaviour of Josh on this matter, as I've always liked him and respected his work for the RDFRS, particularly the excellent videos he makes, but his role in setting up this organisation is no excuse for what he has done to this community. The RD.net project has grown in leaps and bounds over the past four years, we've all come to this site to participate in discussion about Richard Dawkins, reason, science, religion and the world as a whole, and many of us have learned a great deal from the resources made avaliable on the forum. It is such a shame for it to end now. Do not make the mistake of thinking what is coming will be any better; the kind of discussion that Josh and Richard intend to take place here from now on will be strictly controlled. Indeed, I think this post will be removed very quickly, as will CJ's, but here it is anyway.
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That makes one of us.pawiz wrote:He's going to fit in hereFBM wrote:Valden wrote:I actually had bacon earlier!
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Well done, Valden!
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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I'm female.pawiz wrote:He's going to fit in hereFBM wrote:Valden wrote:I actually had bacon earlier!
Well done, Valden!
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I just knew you would be female the second I hit submit!!!Valden wrote:I'm female.pawiz wrote:He's going to fit in hereFBM wrote:Valden wrote:I actually had bacon earlier!
Well done, Valden!
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A hint so subtle is was measured in Planck lengths.pawiz wrote:VeryAshtonBlack wrote:Very.pawiz wrote:It was very subtle....TheDave wrote:It looks like the not-so-subtle advertising over at the RD forums paid off at least. A few familiar names have signed up recently so hopefully a good chunk of the posters migrated to here. I can imagine Dawkins et al are going to regret this little adventure.
10 Fuck Off
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Re: Welcome to the lifeboat, all you survivors!
Hey Valden, fancy seeing you here! 
Hello all, I came over on the bamboo raft with all the others!
LET THE GAMES BEGIN! :pissed:
Hello all, I came over on the bamboo raft with all the others!
LET THE GAMES BEGIN! :pissed:
Timonenfail wrote:We are all very excited about the new changes.
Quote-mine Dawkins wrote:If I ever had any doubts that RD.net needs to change, and rid itself of this particular aspect of Internet culture, they are dispelled by this episode.
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2 posts already - whore!!HughMcB wrote:Hey Valden, fancy seeing you here!
Hello all, I came over on the bamboo raft with all the others!
LET THE GAMES BEGIN! :pissed:
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They never stopped, you just lost track of us.HughMcB wrote:Hey Valden, fancy seeing you here!
Hello all, I came over on the bamboo raft with all the others!
LET THE GAMES BEGIN! :pissed:
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Oh Hugh! I'm glad you came here!HughMcB wrote:Hey Valden, fancy seeing you here!
Hello all, I came over on the bamboo raft with all the others!
LET THE GAMES BEGIN! :pissed:
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Im going to say a big HELLO!!!! to all our new members here as I wont be able to keep up with greeting all of you.
I'm wild just like a rock, a stone, a tree
And I'm free, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain
And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
And I'll surely die, just like a flower plucked
And dragged away and thrown away
And then one day it turns to clay
It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
And there it lays until the rain and sun
Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I grow, just like a baby breastfeeding
And it's beautiful, that's life
And I'm free, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain
And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
And I'll surely die, just like a flower plucked
And dragged away and thrown away
And then one day it turns to clay
It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
And there it lays until the rain and sun
Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I grow, just like a baby breastfeeding
And it's beautiful, that's life
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With RDxF down or wobbly some people might not know where you've all gone. If you have email or other contact with those still homeless, please send them a note. We'll keep a light in the window for them.
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