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scottT:
You know,  back in WWASPS Discovery class, they had a little exercise that ran "I'M right!  No! I'M RIGHT!, NO, I'm RIGHT!..." repeated endlessly ad in finitum.  (to illustrate the futility of mindless, unconstructive bickering).

    Against all reason,  this forum has essentially degenerated into a variation on this theme.  Except here its become: You're 'affiliated' with PURE!  No, I'm not!! You're the one 'affiliated' with PURE! NO!  YOU ARE AFFILIATED WITH PURE!  NO! YOU ARE AFFILIATED WITH PURE,  AND HAVE BEEN SINCE BEFORE SUE HAD HER CHILD COMMITTED!  NO! YOU WERE AFFILIATED WITH PURE BEFORE SUE'S CHILD WAS BORN.  NO! YOU WERE AFFILIATED WITH PURE BEFORE SUE'S HUSBAND EVEN HAD A GLEAM IN HIS EYE!" and so on and so on  ad nauseum.  (And I do mean NAUSEUM.)

    The loathesome ones are playing Ms. B. like a musical saw.  Knowing her hot button,  they feed her some dough, a few confidential documents, and treat her like a "player" in the W v P case,  and then just set her loose on Fornits to do their bidding (perhaps unwittingly, one supposes).  

    Ginger, their strategy has succeeded in skyjacking virtually the entire WWF Teen Help thread away from abusive behavior mod into a meaningless (and redundant) semantic quibble-fest into the earth-shaking questions of who is feeding documents to whom, and whose name appears on whose mailing list. (Litigants using the media to influence public opinion?  I'm shocked! SHOCKED! to discover that such practices could possibly be occuring! After all, this is the INTERNET! Everyone who uses the internet is supposed to be IDEALISTIC!)

    Before Christmas,  I noted that the posters on this forum are eagerly living down to the puppet masters' low expectations of our collective intelligence.  Haven't seen much in the last nine days to dispel that fear.



[ This Message was edited by: scottT on 2004-01-02 20:29 ]

Froderik:

--- Quote ---Ginger, their strategy has succeeded in skyjacking virtually the entire WWF Teen Help thread away from abusive behavior mod into a meaningless (and redundant) semantic quibble-fest
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Amen! Ginger ought to create a separate forum for all of this crap and call it "The Litigious Forum." It makes me regret that I had anything to do at all with any of this. What a waste of time and webspace, indeed.

Anonymous:
Excuse me, but like it or not, it appears that Carey Bock has a legitimate complaint. Let's at least acknowledge that much. Let's also agree that WWASPS is not the only game in town and neither is PURE. These 2 entities are however, uniquely intertwined by virtue of a civil lawsuit which as it turns out, is shining a spotlight on an industry that is out of control. No matter how you look at it, that is a very good thing for vulnerable parents and children.

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Froderik:

--- Quote ---. These 2 entities are however, uniquely intertwined by virtue of a civil lawsuit which as it turns out, is shining a spotlight on an industry that is out of control.
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Great! So let's put it all on - (little trumpet fanfare) "The Litigious Forum" where it belongs.  :tup:

Antigen:
But guys, this is the true nature of the industry, showing their asses as only they can do. Why in the world would I wan't to try and create the illusion that it's not just so?

I'm really not looking for guilty parties to punish here. I have a lot of faith in the idea that if we just avoid prettying anything up, let ideas stand for themselves, ppl will get it. At least those who are paying attention. Who cares about those who are not? They're just so high maintenance anyway! And who am I to say that anyone needs my help to sort it out? That would be rather pretentious on my part, don't you think?

No, I'll make my arguments as I believe and leave it to readers to determine for themselves what to make of it all.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.
-- Margaret Mead

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