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Quote by: GodBlessAmerica She's got a right to her opinion, but she IMO sure has problems, including owing taxes since 1996. Cindy Sheehan's face did appear on a baseball according to someone selling it on EBay, but the sale was pulled. Quote by: Sean Please keep it focused Godbless. I would not encourage the anti-Bush crowd to post humorous imagery in a serious topic you had. Thanks.

08-21-05, 08:59 am #76 GodBlessAmerica

08-23-05, 01:57 pm #92 righthand Now there IS OFFICIAL GOVERMENT DOCTORING ... Is this more official government doctoring??? Quote by: GodBlessAmerica Meanwhile there are pro Bush and military supporters with a different view. This is far WORSE. This is SICK SICK SICK SICK SICK SICK..... This is of the SICK MIND'S that belief that spilling blood is so noble ideal, but never their own These are the people that reveled in the S&M film by Gibson. SICK SICK SICK These are the people who use god, their god, as an excuse for their worst excesses. These are the people that dragged human beings - black - behind vehicles until dead. These are the KKK descendants without the white cape.

Guess who got this admonishment.

If you're sick of the images, righthand, then please stop re-posting them.

There was no admonishment for the poster of either of the Cindy Sheehan doctored images. I believe my re-posting was valid of comparison and this was a case of shoot the messenger. How would you rate these images?

If I come back again, can I have god in my name. Something like the righthandGod. Your 'enemies' get smitted and you get to annoy everyone with doctored images and dubious or no sources. You ever get to call posters

god 08-26-05, 07:47 pm Quote by: righthand Yesterday two Americans went for a bike ride. One is a GREAT AMERICAN. The other is a BAD AMERICAN. Pick-out the GOOD American. Clue: The GOOD American opposed the war in Iraq!!! The GREAT AMERICAN was looking for GOOD things off the BAD man. Will he get good things of the Neanderthal bad man, who doesn't believe in dinosaurs? Second clue: One is a cowboy in every sense, but he doesn't ride a horse. Where's your source as to proof of who is good and bad? To say your premise for this thread was bent would be charitable. I'm going to post a nice MASS GRAVE link form Iraq later when I have time and you can review some of the hundreds of thousands of dead in Iraq, and maybe you can point to which was your favorite death and explain why you feel such deaths should have been continued?

"bent" as in "To misrepresent; distort: bend the truth." And I'm worse than bent.

The essence of the problem lies in this quote

Quote by: Sean #32 or #35 {in twice} Bias is okay, but Sean is biased I guess the only other bias I could be accused of is my defense of the minority. That is, I will defend conservatives/pro-war folks if they go little nuts when they are surrounded by tons of anti-war folks who take it too far. That has not happened too often yet but I would do it if the same situation were in reverse.

This is noble sounding woolly thinking clap trap. Seeing it as an unequal ten against one war game is absolutely wrong. If you can only see it in combative terms then war is the wrong idea. Voluntary one on one in a ring is closer and nobody is forced into the ring. "Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me" except by being called a LIAR.

righthand ... Bias is okay, but Sean is biased. #34 I hope this Forum is primarily about debate. Input is either sources or opinion. The intermingling of both is the cause of most problems. Maybe they do not get PMs from older and wiser [posters] to guide them. No, they see warning being issued to posters who are frustrated by the new comers constant breach of the standard. This of course encourages them to frustrate the regulars even more. So the moderators, to encourage the new comers, issue no PMs to them and post PUBLIC WARNINGS to the frustrated old hands. The twisted logic being that there are more than enough of them and we need more of the kiddies. {see above} As a business model, this is a recipe for disaster. You lose your older loyal customers in the hope that the flighty newbies stick around and they continue with their bad habits so that even your most loyal posters go. Worse, the newbies never get good advice. Not from an administrator or moderator or a 'bird of similar feather' poster. So whose fault is with when the situation blows up and red cards are flying about. IT IS THE ADMINISTRATOR & MODERADORS FAULT. A friendly PM early to the newbie would ensure a smooth transition. They don't do friendly PMs.... I'm sure of course that I'm wrong. Decades of experience of dealing with paying customers really is of no use in this type of non-business venture. Its just my bias showing.

Most of the warnings that I got were about wrong use of 'Latest News'

Israeli bus killer lynched by mob #40 A lot of time and effort is wasted in sorting minor "sticks and stones" crap on this forum. To my mind, the SUBVERSION of the Forum by persons with an AGENDA to destroy open debate is MUCH more serious than any other sin. I am a convinced believer in 'Latest News' and was a regular contributor. After Documents Show State Department Warned Clinton About Bin Laden I replied #7 at length. apart included... Quote by: righthand How many were conned by this plant by fox news. [CENTER] I DO NOT EXPECT TO GET CONNED BY VOLCONVO 'LATEST NEWS' [/CENTER] I VALUE 'Latest News' HIGHLY. It's a GREAT idea. I'd bet that I got the detail of the format wrong more than most. Maybe I use it more than most. It has been said. All but once, I was wrong and learnt. Onetime I used Reuters and went to Miscellaneous. I would not dream of putting into the Forum any story that I had suspicions of, never mind into 'Latest News'. Then this. I fell very bad about this abuse of 'Latest News'. As nothing was done, I regard 'Latest New' for now as TAINTED News and have posted NO NEW threads.

The first time that I got a public warning was for listing one mornings postings by a newbie. I made no comment. Not only was I accused of attempted to do 'Sean's' job, I was further order not to respond publicly. No PM was sent to me but I must respond privately. This is akin to the prosecution presenting its case but the defence doesn't get heard, a least publicly. Twice this has happened. I do not know if its normal or usual. It reminds me of Fox's "True & Fair". The other warnings were concerned with my interest in answers about a middle east state. The last started with

If I had to be a neighbour of either the US or China, who would I choose. My heart would say the USA but my brain and history would say China EVERY TIME.

After a lenghty arguement I ended up with

The issue of course is Israel. Your relationship with the world is defined by your relationship with Israel.

Quote by: matt What exactly has this got to do with China news, righthand? If you want to rant about Israel & the US, then by all means start a thread on it....but try and stay on-topic in your own stuff.

which only encouraged

Quote by: rainbow Off Topic. I am not sure whom are you trying to address off-topic data to. To yourself ?

So China News is dead not that you would notice.

If the Public Warnings are to have credibility then it should allow public defence. Whatever the intent of the warning in the first place, would be equally well served sent through PM, except for some ego thing.