Guys, you have got to put an expiration date on some of these threads that are three or more years old. It's ridiculous. There's no way that anyone can seriously be expected to read through all of them. It's just the same arguments over and over with no way to reference them. Please please please please unsticky them and let them die so people can bring fresh perspectives on the subjects.
Thank you.
Like the gay marriage thread? I've been pleading for the recent posters to read the damn thing before they post on the topic. "Gawd hates fags" and the "Ick" factor as a rebuttal have been done to death.
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/
If I'm the only witness to your madness offer me some words to balance out what I see and what I hear.
10,000 Maniacs
I did remove them a long while ago, and there was eventually an uproar that things were "changing," so I brought them back.
Interesting how that is, and now we want them gone again?
I never imagined that there would be a four year thread on gay marriage...
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Too bad many relationships don't last that long.Quote by: PatrickHenry
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So you bowed to pressure to keep the peace? You say that was a long time ago, maybe the newer folks are more adaptable to change?
Why not? Did you think gays would go back in the closet?PatrickHenry: I never imagined that there would be a four year thread on gay marriage...
Yeah, shame on those that have the right, say the vows, and don't follow through. Imagine that, me, an atheist living up to the vows I said in a church..."for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, till death do you part."Jack Too bad many relationships don't last that long.
Jason,
Can we try again, please?
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/
If I'm the only witness to your madness offer me some words to balance out what I see and what I hear.
10,000 Maniacs
I'd rather not. It prevents a dozen and one threads on the same topic popping up - even if the same arguments get recycled by new users, people know where to go to talk about it. Most users don't look past the first page of any of the forums.
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
-George Best, on being asked what he did with his footballing fortunes.
Recycling is making something new out of something old. They aren't new arguments, they are new users.
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/
If I'm the only witness to your madness offer me some words to balance out what I see and what I hear.
10,000 Maniacs
The point remains. I'd rather the arguments stayed in one place rather than constantly coming back in new threads that would only end up being merged.
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
-George Best, on being asked what he did with his footballing fortunes.
I'll discuss this with the team.
It also ensures that new perspectives don't get heard.
LOL!
What the hell?
No!
I just thought that a poll of Volconvo's membership would give me a snapshot of the views we had at the time!
I did the best I could to create a poll that included some of the most likely responses.
But it has been interesting to watch the changing percentages as the forum has morphed over the years since I created that poll...
"Arms in the hands of the citizens may be used at individual discretion for the defense of the country, the overthrow of tyranny or private self-defense." -- John Adams
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