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_Infymus
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Post by _Infymus »

beastie wrote:Speaking of gossip, anyone else find, in their life's experience, that Mormons are actually terrible gossips?


I have found the best way to find out what is going on in the "Ward" is to go down to the corner and talk to my Mormon neighbors. There is dirt to be found everywhere with them. Gossip gossip gossip.

Feh.
_John Larsen
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Post by _John Larsen »

Alter Idem wrote:I don't think the Pundits section has been active in awhile--maybe that's a place to start.


I think this is very telling. They have the tools to achieve other types of dialog, but they are not using them. I surmise they are really not interested.

I think Juliann is just most concerned about the ratio of apologist to non believers. She is concerned that the non-believers are too often getting the upper hand.

If she gets what she want (as she stated) to simply ban people to keep the ratio in check, it will eventually kill the board I believe. And it will be an administration nightmare:

Regular poster A: Hey where did Poster X go?
Regular Poster B: He was banned, ratio out of check again.
Regular poster A: Oh that sucks, well at least we are still here.
Regular Poster B: Ya. Hey, did you see Church ball 3?

If there is no antagonist, there is no discussion.
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Post by _solomarineris »

charity wrote:Now, you have gone from being gossipy little old ladies on the fence, to a bunch of green apple throwing juveniles. YOu don't like the MA&D board, so leave them alone. Let's see can we say, you can leave the MA&D board, but you can't leave it alone. I haven't seen one thread over there talking about this board, and yet look at what is happening over here. Thread after thread.
Don't you guys have a life?


No, actually we don't,
We just don't go to sleep, conjure up our evil spirits as guides to concoct plans to disrupt MADD thread after thread. It is up to the heroes like Juliann, DCP, Mods to expose bad apples like us, so they can have a sanitized environment to butter up, congratulate each-other for Job-Well-Done.

Censorship is the dumbest, stupidest way to control a board.


You haven't seen a thread over there talking about this board? Go seek my name there and read tatle tale of DCP, getting royally pissed off, (copying/pasting a post of mine here about him).
It is a well documented hobby of DCP & his cohorts to monitor sites like this (As Mr. Scratch well documented), thus he returns & reports, greatly easing the burden of separating chaff from the wheat as you would say, Charity
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Post by _Alter Idem »

beastie wrote:
To be faithful to the Latin, it should be the December Ten.


Oooo, that's good, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to go with the Severian Seven. In fact, I like Severian Seven so much I suggest we label the purge the Severian Seven no matter how many are banned.

(using advertising techniques to keep repeating the name)

Speaking of gossip, anyone else find, in their life's experience, that Mormons are actually terrible gossips?


Well a taste for gossip must be one of the things ex-mormons don't lose when they leave the church. When I want gossip about MADB, I come here. You guys always seem to have an ear to the keyhole when it comes to skuttlebut.
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Post by _beastie »

Well a taste for gossip must be one of the things ex-mormons don't lose when they leave the church. When I want gossip about MADB, I come here. You guys always seem to have an ear to the keyhole when it comes to skuttlebut.


True 'dat!
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_malkie
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Post by _malkie »

John Larsen wrote:...

If there is no antagonist, there is no discussion.

Did anyone already suggest that us evil antis & exmos (and let's not forget the self-abusers and porn addicts) just stay away - at least, stay away from posting.

Let the owner and her friends have MADB all to themselves.

Maybe a naïve question, but what would happen if, each time there was an interesting post over 'there', someone started a corresponding thread here, where Juliann does not rule? Is that somehow against the rules of this board?
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Post by _Bond...James Bond »

malkie wrote:Maybe a naïve question, but what would happen if, each time there was an interesting post over 'there', someone started a corresponding thread here, where Juliann does not rule? Is that somehow against the rules of this board?


Nope. Board wars are not only tolerated but highly encouraged (to quote the rules laid down by Shades).
"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
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Post by _richardMdBorn »

malkie wrote:
John Larsen wrote:...

If there is no antagonist, there is no discussion.

Did anyone already suggest that us evil antis & exmos (and let's not forget the self-abusers and porn addicts) just stay away - at least, stay away from posting.

Let the owner and her friends have MADB all to themselves.

Maybe a naïve question, but what would happen if, each time there was an interesting post over 'there', someone started a corresponding thread here, where Juliann does not rule? Is that somehow against the rules of this board?
Yes, and sometimes we start threads about particularly stupid threads on MAD.

http://www.mormondiscussions.com/discus ... highlight=
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Post by _malkie »

richardMdBorn wrote:
malkie wrote:
John Larsen wrote:...

If there is no antagonist, there is no discussion.

Did anyone already suggest that us evil antis & exmos (and let's not forget the self-abusers and porn addicts) just stay away - at least, stay away from posting.

Let the owner and her friends have MADB all to themselves.

Maybe a naïve question, but what would happen if, each time there was an interesting post over 'there', someone started a corresponding thread here, where Juliann does not rule? Is that somehow against the rules of this board?
Yes, and sometimes we start threads about particularly stupid threads on MAD.

http://www.mormondiscussions.com/discus ... highlight=


But are non-TBM posters here prepared to boycott MADB? (Those who are still allowed to post, that is.) If what John said is true, they need antis & exmos more than antis & exmos need them (hmmmm, must there be opposition in all things?).
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Post by _Jersey Girl »

malkie wrote:
richardMdBorn wrote:
malkie wrote:
John Larsen wrote:...

If there is no antagonist, there is no discussion.

Did anyone already suggest that us evil antis & exmos (and let's not forget the self-abusers and porn addicts) just stay away - at least, stay away from posting.

Let the owner and her friends have MADB all to themselves.

Maybe a naïve question, but what would happen if, each time there was an interesting post over 'there', someone started a corresponding thread here, where Juliann does not rule? Is that somehow against the rules of this board?
Yes, and sometimes we start threads about particularly stupid threads on MAD.

http://www.mormondiscussions.com/discus ... highlight=


But are non-TBM posters here prepared to boycott MADB? (Those who are still allowed to post, that is.) If what John said is true, they need antis & exmos more than antis & exmos need them (hmmmm, must there be opposition in all things?).


Has someone called for a boycott? Where?
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