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Re: A Possible Change In The Rules - RatSkep tangent

Post by Robert_S » Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:47 pm

FBM wrote:
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FBM wrote:
Charlou wrote:Were you being ironic, FBM?
On the first part. On the second part, I was trying to point out how stoopid it is for us to be chewing each others' limbs off when the common enemy only benefits from our in-fighting.
But... the vast majority of theists are either not up to arguing about it or are so divorced from rational thought that arguing is just no fun. That leaves in-fighting as the most entertaining option.


Edit: The rest of them are actually already members on one of our boards. So they are honorary atheists in my eyes.
Fine. Have fun. It sickens me.
Is my attempt at somewhat subtle humor failing?
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Re: A Possible Change In The Rules - RatSkep tangent

Post by Trolldor » Fri Aug 20, 2010 10:23 pm

This is holier-than-thou bullshit indistinguishable from that our theist brethren indulge in.
when the common enemy only benefits from our in-fighting.
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Re: A Possible Change In The Rules - RatSkep tangent

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FBM wrote:"We're" not better than "they" are, and "they're" no better than "we" are. Pull yer fuggin' heads out of your fuggin' asses and get back to stompin' theists' bullshit into the ground/chilling with fellow atheists, OK?!?!1uno?! Jeebus fingerbangin' christ! What a bunch of dick-waving, holier-than-thou bullshit! We're on the same motherfucking team, you fucking booger-eating, mouth-breathing morons!!! Fuck!!
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Re: A Possible Change In The Rules - RatSkep tangent

Post by Warren Dew » Fri Aug 20, 2010 11:59 pm

leo-rcc wrote:Pretty much every defense I've seen from so far is a comment on how the admins/mods either set up a rule or adjusted a rule to stifle dissenting opinions or ban them on some arbitrary criteria.
It's interesting that you can tell just from reading this thread ... you're absolutely right, though.

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Re: A Possible Change In The Rules - RatSkep tangent

Post by Trolldor » Sat Aug 21, 2010 12:06 am

Warren Dew wrote:
leo-rcc wrote:Pretty much every defense I've seen from so far is a comment on how the admins/mods either set up a rule or adjusted a rule to stifle dissenting opinions or ban them on some arbitrary criteria.
It's interesting that you can tell just from reading this thread ... you're absolutely right, though.
Well, he did say "every defensive I've seen from so far".
"The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people don't like that statement but few can argue with it."

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Re: A Possible Change In The Rules - RatSkep tangent

Post by Robert_S » Sat Aug 21, 2010 12:15 am

The Mad Hatter wrote:
Warren Dew wrote:
leo-rcc wrote:Pretty much every defense I've seen from so far is a comment on how the admins/mods either set up a rule or adjusted a rule to stifle dissenting opinions or ban them on some arbitrary criteria.
It's interesting that you can tell just from reading this thread ... you're absolutely right, though.
Well, he did say "every defensive I've seen from so far".
This is beginning to bore me.... Let's repost everything from here to a new thread on over on RatSkep.
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Re: A Possible Change In The Rules - RatSkep tangent

Post by pErvinalia » Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:03 am

Pappa wrote:
rEvolutionist wrote:And dickheads shouldn't be trolling, but apparently they were.
rEvolutionist, the above comment is a personal attack as defined by our rules.
Please accept this as a friendly reminder to stay on the right side of them:

http://rationalia.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... 9#personal


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Interesting. I didn't mention anyone's name. I just said that trollers are dickheads. How is that a personal attack?
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Re: A Possible Change In The Rules - RatSkep tangent

Post by pErvinalia » Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:05 am

Charlou wrote:
Pensioner wrote:
FBM wrote:
Charlou wrote:Were you being ironic, FBM?
On the first part. On the second part, I was trying to point out how stoopid it is for us to be chewing each others' limbs off when the common enemy only benefits from our in-fighting.
I agree with you but the only problem I have is that if they cannot shit on there own door step they come and shit on ours.
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Re: A Possible Change In The Rules - RatSkep tangent

Post by pErvinalia » Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:07 am

Gallstones wrote:
NineOneFour wrote:
JimC wrote:Tell me, people from RatSskep, could this thread right here exist in your forum without the ban hammer or the thread-locked hammer falling?

Hmmmm?

Yes, and there's two of them right now.

Do you have any idea what you're talking about?

Hint: no.
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Re: A Possible Change In The Rules - RatSkep tangent

Post by Trolldor » Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:07 am

Robert_S wrote:
The Mad Hatter wrote:
Warren Dew wrote:
leo-rcc wrote:Pretty much every defense I've seen from so far is a comment on how the admins/mods either set up a rule or adjusted a rule to stifle dissenting opinions or ban them on some arbitrary criteria.
It's interesting that you can tell just from reading this thread ... you're absolutely right, though.
Well, he did say "every defensive I've seen from so far".
This is beginning to bore me.... Let's repost everything from here to a new thread on over on RatSkep.
And then bitch about everything we don't like about this place.
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Re: A Possible Change In The Rules - RatSkep tangent

Post by pErvinalia » Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:08 am

Gallstones wrote:
rEvolutionist wrote:
Charlou wrote:
rEvolutionist wrote:
Gallstones wrote:And there has been unfair punitive treatment of Seth.
Bull-fucking-shite! He's a nasty abusive poster
*snip*
What a fucking load of shite.
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He abuses other posters personally, not their arguments. There's a difference. :coffee:
NineOneFour abuses posters personally, not their arguments. There is a difference--NineOneFour isn't sanctioned for it.
Proof?
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Re: A Possible Change In The Rules - RatSkep tangent

Post by pErvinalia » Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:13 am

Robert_S wrote:
FBM wrote:
Robert_S wrote:
FBM wrote:
Charlou wrote:Were you being ironic, FBM?
On the first part. On the second part, I was trying to point out how stoopid it is for us to be chewing each others' limbs off when the common enemy only benefits from our in-fighting.
But... the vast majority of theists are either not up to arguing about it or are so divorced from rational thought that arguing is just no fun. That leaves in-fighting as the most entertaining option.


Edit: The rest of them are actually already members on one of our boards. So they are honorary atheists in my eyes.
Fine. Have fun. It sickens me.
Is my attempt at somewhat subtle humor failing?
From what I've seen in this thread alone, it seems that a lot of subtle humour is failing. THere seems to be a lot of people claiming what they said was humour after the fact.
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Re: A Possible Change In The Rules - RatSkep tangent

Post by pErvinalia » Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:15 am

The Mad Hatter wrote:
Robert_S wrote:
The Mad Hatter wrote:
Warren Dew wrote:
leo-rcc wrote:Pretty much every defense I've seen from so far is a comment on how the admins/mods either set up a rule or adjusted a rule to stifle dissenting opinions or ban them on some arbitrary criteria.
It's interesting that you can tell just from reading this thread ... you're absolutely right, though.
Well, he did say "every defensive I've seen from so far".
This is beginning to bore me.... Let's repost everything from here to a new thread on over on RatSkep.
And then bitch about everything we don't like about this place.
WTF?!? I think you have that arse-backwards. THe first few pages of the GS derail here involved a lot of people telling us from RS how stuck up our forum and moderators were. Sheesh man, you couldn't have failed harder if you tried.
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Re: A Possible Change In The Rules - RatSkep tangent

Post by JimC » Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:23 am

The key point for me (and I think for many other Ratz posting here) is that we really do recognise that RatSkep is a different forum, with its own culture and rules, which seem to suit most people there, and deep down, it's their business. For me, any criticisms I might have of modding styles are very small beer in the scheme of things, and the differences between us are vastly less important than the similarities... :tup:
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Re: A Possible Change In The Rules - RatSkep tangent

Post by Trolldor » Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:30 am

WTF?!? I think you have that arse-backwards. THe first few pages of the GS derail here involved a lot of people telling us from RS how stuck up our forum and moderators were. Sheesh man, you couldn't have failed harder if you tried.
:funny:

Ironing is always delicious.

I suspect you ought to take a very slow and cautious reading of posts before commenting, eh?
The key point for me (and I think for many other Ratz posting here) is that we really do recognise that RatSkep is a different forum, with its own culture and rules, which seem to suit most people there, and deep down, it's their business. For me, any criticisms I might have of modding styles are very small beer in the scheme of things, and the differences between us are vastly less important than the similarities... :tup:
Well, I can't my criticisms of the place occupy my daily thoughts, or my aside thoughts, or drifting mind when bored.
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