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Where did the Proud ex Trekker go? The one who does not wan
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2004-01-04 14:03:00, Anonymous wrote:
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On 2004-01-04 13:13:00, Anonymous wrote:
"Anon, why is it when one of you can't make your point or can't answer simple questions do you find it necessary to pat each other on the back and say don't worry about or "Don't waste your breath defending yourself."
Once again Scott, why do you so adamantly defend Sue and PURE?"
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God, ain't that the truth? But lately, it's actually become rather entertaining, as opposed to flatline boring. I mean come on, how many non-answers do we have to tally up before it becomes obvious THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES?
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...and the webmistress has no brains (ha ha ha)
Anonymous:
Hmmm...no interest, then why would you have a copy of her law suit?
Where has he said he has any such thing? There are several attorneys and related legal folks who post; at least one other you could call Mr. T.
You sure are a piece a work lady.
Antigen:
Carey, Scott has a legit point. I, personally, don't think this fear is very well founded. But I can understand why this person might be worried.
However, this person is posting some pretty harsh allegations against you and doing it without a name. And that's not all they're posting! I can't tell you what else cause, unlike our buddy Lee, this person never agreed to claim their anon posts. It's not a legal thing, it's an ethical thing. I don't think I'm actually under any legal obligation wrt protecting ppl's anonymity. But I just wouldn't out someone who 1) is using anon posts for what I think may be legitimate reasons and 2) (more importantly) hasn't agreed to claim their anon posts.
Anon, please consider simply leaving out the allegations that you can't prove w/o busting yourself. It gets nowhere.
Carey, have you considered that this person might be more taken in by some others than intentionally complicit? I really think that's the case. And they wouldn't be the only ones. Just about everyone else, I think, has figured out that there's more to this than a clear-cut good guy/bad guy story.
If they keep engaging you anonymously, just trust that most sensible people take anon posts with at least a grain of salt.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism--how passionately I hate them!
--Albert Einstein
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Antigen:
--- Quote ---On 2004-01-03 19:29:00, Anonymous wrote:
Why take a chance when no one knows if they will be the next one sued by someone who ain't too happy with the topic of discussion/debate?
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Because I find it worth the risk to me in order to provide context and credibility to what I have to say.
We are a one party country. Half of them call themselves Democrats and the other half call themselves Republicans. All the good ideas come from the Libertarians.
--Hugh Downs
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Antigen:
--- Quote ---On 2004-01-04 12:03:00, scottT wrote:
Lamentably, these are times of persecution (ask Ginger). If the program is abusive, lets oppose it. I see nothing constructive in drumming up more business for the loathesome ones' attorneys by insisting people reveal their identities as a condition of participating in this forum. Other people might.
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Scott, that's one side of it. And I agree with you. Anyone who wants to can post anon on my forums. Unless I'm forced to, I will not change that policy.
But there's another set of rules that we all have to play by, they're as fair and impartial as the weather and just as imutable.
When you read something and you don't know who the author is, you can only judge their words by a few crieria. If you look at the Federalist Papers, which were all published anonymously, you'll see that the authors make no claim anywhere in them that would depend on the credibility of the author. Very often, people post anonymously in that fashion and it's very worth reading.
But some (not all, just some) of these anon posts are personal attacks and statements of fact w/o any proof at all. I'm not going to make any of the people who are doing this stop. I'm trying to stand on my no spam, no flooding policy because I think it's the best policy. But I don't expect people to take some anonymous stranger's word for something they can't prove either.
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
Mark Twain
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