Buffalo wrote: A response at MDD certainly isn't possible for most here.
A response to what? A personal attack? If you want to discuss an issue you are free to create a thread here and discuss it. And you can link to a thread on another board in which the issue is discussed and it's then in context for the readers here. That's a different scenario that taking a quote out of context from there, putting it into a thread here, meant to belittle another person or their thoughts.
Because I rarely read that board and I don't know the dynamics going on with the various players from both boards, and I don't read the pinned thread either, I'm assuming on MDDB they are not taking quotes from here out of context with the intent of belittling a person. I'm assuming they are not attacking participants from this board, who have not provoked them.
I'm saying it seems most here have been banned there, and so can't respond directly to the person who made the quote.
It seems to me that by and large that thread is about attacking ideas - not the person. Nothing wrong with that.
Parley P. Pratt wrote:We must lie to support brother Joseph, it is our duty to do so.
Don't get me wrong, I completely get where you are coming from in relation to the content of the pinned thread. The post you've highlighted is - frankly - crazy. I totally agree - and I have no problem with it being highlighted.
I wasn't really commenting on whether the thread is 'good' or 'bad'. I'm only really commenting on the fact that the thread is pinned. If it wasn't, I don't think I would have anything to say except what I've already said earlier...
Lots of forums have pinned threads. But mostly they're utility threads. FAQ's, Rules of Conduct - things like that. But this thread isn't. And I guess I just felt I had to acknowledge that marg was right in saying that the 'purpose' of pinning the thread can't be attributed to just 'free expression'. Not saying there can't possibly be good reasons to pin it anyway, and maybe it's a small thing. But it's a small thing that I felt I had to conceded - it is a contribution to the culture that comes from the 'top-level'..
By admitting even an inch - maybe I'm giving a mile? *shrug* Donno. I don't want what I'm saying to be taken the wrong way, but it's probably going to be anyway. As Frankie told us, that's what happens when two tribes go to war... :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTOQUnvI3CA
Lol at Frankie.
I have no stake in that stickied thread. I think its of anthropological interest and not just petty mockery (though that happens there too). I wouldn't care if it were closed, but I thought I would offer an idea for a compromise.
Cheers!
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Removing the names...? Yeah - that makes sense - I think it's a good idea. But - to be honest - I do think it would be best to unpin it too.
wenglund wrote:Shades is no more responsible for the vile things that occur on this board than septic tank companies are responsible for the content that fills their tanks.
harmony wrote: The board is always open to new posters. Like the sun, the rules here shine on everyone, member or not. Any TBM is welcome to register and post their thoughts on any subject. Heck, we have Pahoran, Droopy, BCSpace... even Will and Ghost are welcome here. We don't offer special protection to anyone; nobody stands as a shield and anyone who thinks they need a shield might be more at home in Celestial. Sometimes this forum is a powderkeg, sometimes it's pretty mild.
People should not need protection because the board has rules so that posters can not mock, bash, name call etc. On this board, lawsuits have been threatened, people's identiies have been reveiled and personalities have been persecuted. Not good.
Mormons would be reluctant to post here if the attack by the critics is personal. For example, having their identity reveiled and picture posted in the thread.
I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world. Joseph Smith We are “to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to provide for the widow, to dry up the tear of the orphan, to comfort the afflicted, whether in this church, or in any other, or in no church at all…” Joseph Smith
Sorry - I find many of the MAD quotes hilarious, when I get round to looking at them. I think it is fine to have them there.
Most of the people who get quoted on that thread are perfectly worthy of mockery (it's the varying combinations of ignorance, stupidity and unwavering self-confidence that qualify them), and in very few cases are they making a point that any sane adult would waste his or her time arguing with.
I doubt whether more than one or two of the kind of people who get into that thread ever come here to be upset by seeing their material pinned up there to amuse us. Of course if Nemesis wants to re-exhibit the thread on his board, so be it.
Zadok: I did not have a faith crisis. I discovered that the Church was having a truth crisis. Maksutov: That's the problem with this supernatural stuff, it doesn't really solve anything. It's a placeholder for ignorance.
Buffalo wrote: How is Shades supposed to control what people post on memegenerator.com?
What is posted on memegenerator has its roots in mormondiscussions. This board gave birth to those posts. Thus, the problem.
I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world. Joseph Smith We are “to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to provide for the widow, to dry up the tear of the orphan, to comfort the afflicted, whether in this church, or in any other, or in no church at all…” Joseph Smith
I blame Al Gore for creating the Internet and all that exists therein.
Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded.-charity 3/7/07
MASH quotes I peeked in the back [of the Bible] Frank, the Devil did it. I avoid church religiously. This isn't one of my sermons, I expect you to listen.