What's the Hullabaloo?

[_just me]

This whole thing is lunacy.

I'm stealing that:

Echols is not Scratch
This whole thing is lunacy
Patheos defiled

I approve.

[_beastie]

I'd like to know the goal behind knowing scratch's identity in the first place. Once that knowledge is had, what did DCP and his defenders intend to do with the information?

[_gramps]

I wonder where Ray is in all of this? He was hinting also about Scratch's time running short.

But he sure is silent now.

Were you in on this too, Ray?

[Guest]

Hey SP

Silly lawyer. Asking a religionist for evidence.

Look SP, I think this is a complex and very unfortunate scenario we are discussing. Without question or exception, I believe that the in real life identity of all members of this community should absolutely be protected. I believe that many have made very valid points (including you) and I most certainly believe that this is a topic that is worthy of this discussion to take place.

BUT........I find your broad brush painting to be distracting and not exactly fair. I also believe that it is entirley possible for a 'religionist' to actually add to this MDB discussion, evaluate and measure this complex issue, and maintain sanity long enough to bang away at a few letter keys and actually contribute something to the board.

Imagine that!

Peace,
Ceeboo

[_Chap]

I'd like to know the goal behind knowing scratch's identity in the first place. Once that knowledge is had, what did DCP and his defenders intend to do with the information?

I regret the necessity of holding such language to a Lady - a procedure that naturally outrages the sensibilities of any Gentlemen - but I believe that DCP and his friends may have intended to use that information to - ahem - discommode the dear Doctor in some unmannerly fashion.

[_gramps]

I'd like to know the goal behind knowing scratch's identity in the first place. Once that knowledge is had, what did DCP and his defenders intend to do with the information?

Easy. Out him/her to his/her employer. And then threaten to sue Scratch and warn his/her employer that a suit was on the way and that the employer may want to separate themselves from Scratch.

[_Infymus]

We do not have access to PM's. Even Admin does not have access to PM's.

I can confirm this. As someone who also runs phpBB there is no method of getting into the PMs except ONE... You have to log to your ISP and go into the mySQL administration, then download a backup copy of the entire database in most likely .gz format. You unzip that and you can then go through the hundreds of files until you find the PM insertion SQL clauses. Then you can read through them - and even then, it's a mismash of unique table identifiers back to usernames and unless you could get some kind of local database with the information for querying, it's all a big pain in the ass. And as Shades has put it, he runs the board, but only one person has the DB access.

[_sock puppet]

I'd like to know the goal behind knowing scratch's identity in the first place. Once that knowledge is had, what did DCP and his defenders intend to do with the information?

There is basic human curiosity, to learn more of the background and thus perspective from which one, Dr Scratch, might be coming.

Then, there's power over that individual, to either expose them in retribution for something the information holder does not like or to extort their silence.

Either one or both. Probably varies from individual to individual seeking that information.

For the FARMS bunch, I think it might be to be able to track down the leakers of information in their ranks.

For other 'offenders for a word', it might be to out the person to family and local LDS leaders.

[_sock puppet]

Hey SP

Silly lawyer. Asking a religionist for evidence.

Look SP, I think this is a complex and very unfortunate scenario we are discussing. Without question or exception, I believe that the in real life identity of all members of this community should absolutely be protected. I believe that many have made very valid points (including you) and I most certainly believe that this is a topic that is worthy of this discussion to take place.

BUT........I find your broad brush painting to be distracting and not exactly fair. I also believe that it is entirley possible for a 'religionist' to actually add to this MDB discussion, evaluate and measure this complex issue, and maintain sanity long enough to bang away at a few letter keys and actually contribute something to the board.

Imagine that!

Peace,
Ceeboo

I agree it is possible, and actually demonstrated by some of the religionists here. However, it seems the religionists caught up in this affair, Pahoran at the forefront, and Alter Idem his chief deputy, don't seem to have valued evidence, just innuendo, and have acted on it. I'm am thinking that is Condor sized egg on faces on this one.

[_Ceeboo]

Hey again SP

I agree it is possible

More than fair!

Thanks!


Peace,
Ceeboo