Dan Peterson breaks Church Rules in pursuit of Mopologetics

[_Darth J]

I know, Robuchan: how about if you just PM that information to me and anyone else who asks for it?

I just need to know, is all.

[_robuchan]

Robuchan, I see that you sincerely believe that it's irrational to care whether a complete stranger feels the need to find out information like your real name, birth date, address, and telephone number, as well as that of your spouse and children.

So why don't you go ahead and post that information right now?

Come on dude, be real. If I told you I was going to take your class or something, and I had given you enough information to figure out who I am, then sure you'd naturally do some detective work to figure out who I am. Be real, people!

"Hey, robuchan, I enjoyed your Gospel Doctrine class last week."

my natural reaction: wtf, Darth J's in my ward? wow. hmm, wonder who he is. so i search your posts looking for clues, maybe do some Facebook detective work, etc.

Come on people, get over yourselves.

[_Darth J]

I understand, Robuchan. Nobody should worry if a total stranger is bizarrely interested in your personal information, especially someone who gossips with total strangers about the intimate details of someone's personal life. You know, like how three years ago, Daniel Peterson sent me a bunch of gossip about Eric Norwood, even though Daniel Peterson doesn't know me from Adam, and I don't know either him or Eric.

Anyway, please PM me your real name, birth date, address, and telephone number, as well as that of your spouse and children at your convenience.

[_robuchan]

Don't get me wrong. DCP's an asshole. He deserves the crap people give him. But I'm starting to think you guys are serious about how offended you are about what he actually did. Let's say you catch DCP jaywalking. And you make posts about it him jaywalking, and everyone's pretending to go nuts about it talking about how offensive it is for him to jaywalk. And DCP's upset. And his minions come over to fight and get in logic wars about whether or not what he did was wrong. It's all hilarious, right? Unless you're really upset over the jaywalking and it's not a gag and you really are serious. Then the joke is on you and it becomes unintentionally hilarious.

[_Darth J]

Your point is certainly well taken, Robuchan. No religious people have ever done weird crap against the infidels. And of course our Mormontologist friends are not known for spreading gossip about critics of the church, disrupting their places of business, writing letters to their college deans or employers, and interfering with their family relationships. And Daniel Peterson has not openly admitted on this board that as an agent of the SCMC, he paid a visit to an apostate LDS member under the guise of, essentially, home teaching.

Still haven't gotten my PM, by the way. I just need to know that stuff.

[_Stormy Waters]

Robuchan,
Can I pose a hypothetical?
What if a poster was able to acquire a short list of IP addresses which may or may not contain your IP address.
What if that poster was able to get a moderator to check that list against the board logs to potentially link your in real life identity to your posting handle.
What if said poster upon acquiring your in real life identity was virtually guaranteed to post that information online.

Would you be okay with that?

[_robuchan]

Robuchan,
Can I pose a hypothetical?
What if a poster was able to acquire a short list of IP addresses which may or may not contain your IP address.
What if that poster was able to get a moderator to check that list against the board logs to potentially link your in real life identity to your posting handle.
What if said poster upon acquiring your in real life identity was virtually guaranteed to post that information online.

Would you be okay with that?

I don't find this relevant at all.

I think most likely

a. Everybody Wang Chung was bluffing about either being a bishop or going on the cruise or both
b. DCP and everyone else in the world knows this
c. DCP had some fun with Everybody Wang Chung by calling him out on lying about item a

So, a clever response would be to call DCP out on (fictionally) misusing the church's database. Haha, we got over on you, DCP. Dance around, call him a rule breaker, talk like it's a serious breach. Piss off his minions. String the dumb ones along in endless, pointless debates, laughing at how they're taking it seriously. Haha, funny. But wait, you're serious??? wtf??

[Guest]

Robuchan,
Can I pose a hypothetical?
What if a poster was able to acquire a short list of IP addresses which may or may not contain your IP address.
What if that poster was able to get a moderator to check that list against the board logs to potentially link your in real life identity to your posting handle.
What if said poster upon acquiring your in real life identity was virtually guaranteed to post that information online.

Would you be okay with that?

I don't find this relevant at all.

I think most likely

a. Everybody Wang Chung was bluffing about either being a bishop or going on the cruise or both
b. DCP and everyone else in the world knows this
c. DCP had some fun with Everybody Wang Chung by calling him out on lying about item a

So, a clever response would be to call DCP out on (fictionally) misusing the church's database. Haha, we got over on you, DCP. Dance around, call him a rule breaker, talk like it's a serious breach. Piss off his minions. String the dumb ones along in endless, pointless debates, laughing at how they're taking it seriously. Haha, funny. But wait, you're serious??? wtf??

Why don't you ask [edit: someone about something he doesn't want on the board], Robuchan? This would be the MrStakhanovite who has never even been a member of the LDS Church.

Or would you like me to forward you the PM I got from Daniel Peterson in July 2010, in which Peterson shared gratuitous, unsolicited gossip about another board member with me, a total stranger to all of the parties he was telling me about?

You're giving our Mormontologist friends way too much credit. Tell me about the Lightbox incident, and then you can impress me about how self-aware and clever you think they are.

[_Stormy Waters]

I don't find this relevant at all.

I think it's a simple question with practical applications to your argument.

[_robuchan]

I don't find this relevant at all.

I think it's a simple question with practical applications to your argument.

No, I would not be OK with that. But I also don't find it relevant to DCP messing with Everybody Wang Chung who claimed to be a bishop taking his cruise.