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Re: Pahoran's Abuse of Private Correspondence

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Pahoran wrote:Okay, time for one of those questions that always ends up with a long period of chirping crickets:

Where and when did Jesus teach that we should always be spineless milquetoasts when discussing our beliefs?

Alternatively, where do we see Jesus setting the example of being a spineless milquetoast when discussing such things as, say, the sanctity of the Temple?

Now that beastie's bit of nonsense is out of the way:

This forum prides itself on what it calls "freedom of speech," meaning freedom to attack the Church of Jesus Christ. Indeed, between obsessing about the personal lives of LDS defenders, slagging off at MD&DB contributors and endless self-congratulations about how much "freedom of speech" there is here -- in the form of rather ineffectual moderation -- at least 90% of the forum content is accounted for.

Since my brief (and about to end) return, I have noticed a few people reciting the popular mantra: "Mormons can't stand it here because the truth isn't censored. That's why they always run away."

Permit me to disabuse you of that notion.

The reason why faithful, believing, covenant-keeping Latter-day Saints don't stay in this sty for very long is not, as you fondly delude yourselves, fear; it's disgust.

Personal abuse and smack-talk are what this forum thrives upon. An LDS participant coming here has a choice; he either gets down in the mud with the swine, or he does not. If he does not, he'll soon get sick of the place. If he does, then pious hypocrites will start hounding him about saying the same sorts of things everyone else around here says, only less frequently.

You lot have to decide if you want to have a level playing field or not. If you do, then stop piling on LDS participants who have the awful temerity to play your game on your field by your rules.

But if you do not, then you should stop thumping your hollow little chests about how little "censorship" there is here. Because the most effective kinds of censorship are not formal, and those kinds abound here.

Regards,
Pahoran


You think we won't notice you changing the topic from your principle of assuming the behavior of your opponent with being milquetoast?

Jesus was certainly rough on some people. According to what I remember, he reserved his harshest words for those who abused positions of power and religious hypocrites.

More to the point of your original assertion (before the tap dance to milquetoast) is his statement involving cheeks.
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Re: Boring dead drama is boring and dead

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I was banned with several others on Nov. 6th, 2006. My only "crime" was joining here on Oct. 26th, 2006.
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Re: Boring dead drama is boring and dead

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liz3564 wrote:Yes, there are many reasons why anonymity would be important to a poster. Working on political campaigns, such as Democrats Abroad Taiwan, for example.

Democrats? And here I thought he was a big Fred Karger supporter!

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Pahoran
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Re: Boring dead drama is boring and dead

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Pahoran wrote:Democrats? And here I thought he was a big Fred Karger supporter!

Regards,
Pahoran


I hear you're a big supporter of Michael Appleby.
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Re: Boring dead drama is boring and dead

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Bob Loblaw wrote:
Pahoran wrote:Democrats? And here I thought he was a big Fred Karger supporter!

Regards,
Pahoran


I hear you're a big supporter of Michael Appleby.


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Umm, really ... ?
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Re: Boring dead drama is boring and dead

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Chap wrote:Image

Umm, really ... ?


It certainly would explain a few things. :wink:
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Re: Boring dead drama is boring and dead

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liz3564 wrote:
Doctor Scratch wrote:It may have something to do with his acrimonious divorce from his first wife, and the subsequent fallout from all of that.


Yes, there are many reasons why anonymity would be important to a poster. Working on political campaigns, such as Democrats Abroad Taiwan, for example.


Or because they don't want their DH with massive heart troubles to learn that they were engaged in cyber-adultery with The Nehor.
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Re: Boring dead drama is boring and dead

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I'm throwing my two pence in at the end.

I don't get you Pahoran. Really I don't. I thought I would.
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Re: Boring dead drama is boring and dead

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Doctor Scratch wrote:
Or because they don't want their DH with massive heart troubles to learn that they were engaged in cyber-adultery with The Nehor.


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Re: Boring dead drama is boring and dead

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Alter Idem wrote:
Doctor Scratch wrote:
Or because they don't want their DH with massive heart troubles to learn that they were engaged in cyber-adultery with The Nehor.


Revelation 20:1-3


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