Ferret: why I'm alarmed by FR & will never post here ever again (except for my 9 replies & counting)

Originally posted elsewhere ^ | 2004-03-08 | Michael Joseph McCarthy

[MJY1288]

Good Job, another phony brought into the light of day, Thanks to you

[wita]

Yes, I remember the day that an almost normal conversation could be held with ferret. I guess tree hugging eventually results in this laughable few lines of goodby. My initial reaction, was: Jim Robinson came to my house, kicked in the door, beat me up, intimidated me, forced me to come to his web site, stole my money, and generally indicated before leaving, that I had better get my mind right or else. Whew, I think I've been had, the question is, by whom? My studied reaction: Oregonian Circle Speak.

[Skooz]

The words "fascist" and "fascism" used 14 times in that short rant?

Puleeze.

[sauropod]

Yecch! I need a shower now after reading that. What a bunch of loons.

[hellinahandcart]

I am a Member of the Pacific Green Party who wants this scoundrel in office now thrown out.

What a shock...

[metesky]

Never liked your posts, you deceiving little worm.

[Lead Moderator]

That might mean I was wrong, eh?

Come on and vogue? Strike a pose?

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Take your rattle and go home.

[Jeff Head]

Irrespective of what you thin of the U.S. Constitution and for whom it was designed and what protections it put in place, here's what one of the principle framers of that document had to say about it.

"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other."- John Adams, Oct. 11, 1798

I'll go with his definition and opinion on the matter. There's nothiung mystical about it. Fact is, by your own definitions, you would have as much, if not more problem with them men who crafted that document, the constitution, than you do with those on this forum or its founder. There were much more strict about these principles than we.

Think about that for a moment.

The further we as a people stray from those basic principles, the less efrfective and meaningful that document will be in our lives, and the less liberty we shall enjoy For proof, I offer the conditions we see surrounding us this day.

Free Republic is helping to reverse those trends. Those who are steeped in those trends will resist it. But liberty itself is rooted in and dependent on the principles described by Adams.

Sorry you will not be around to allow more of that (irrespective of whatever other influences you may observe here) to rub off on you.

[Fawnn]

I've got jackboots to polish.

In our ongoing effort to remain PC and all, does that mean that I have to polish my jillboots? ;)

[Maria S]

"Lots of sophisticated language..."

Maybe so, but he/she doesn't know "it's" from "its":

"as is works now with it's checks and balances..."


FR may be losing one person, but they've recently added 3-4 friends of mine that I recommended the site to, so I reckon it's growing rather than shrinking.

[LibLieSlayer]

Since you are full of crap, I did you a favor. I printed your rant onto supple two-ply paper. I ran it through a softening process, and it now resides in a bio-friendly environment. It is feeding bacteria in my septic system.

LLS

[Kerberos]

Great Post!!!!!!!!!! Best I have seen in a long time.

[cyncooper]

FR's call to purge Liberalism and to install a conservative only lifestyle in these United States is not realistic under the auspices of the U.S. Constitution

Give me a break if this is what you see happening.

We don't want liberalism to be calling the shots...for a variety of reasons, "lifestyle" being an important aspect, but in these times not the most pressing, which is why the libs brought the marriage issue to the fore when they knew President Bush has so many irons in the fire and they guessed they had a chance to advance their cause.

Most, if not all, of us are pretty much of a live and let live attitude except when the law is flouted and mocked, or we see outright wrong being done (which is often the case when libs have power and allow or impose certain things).

And by the way, being law abiding does not a facist make. Your use of that term is outrageous.

See ya.

[Jeff Head]

Amen.

[Lazamataz]

Uh, no. Its because of picknose liberalism, jackbooted fascist leftism; collectivism uber alles types like you that lead me to want to vote for W.

I don't like W. I don't like generally his big gubbermint stance on just about everything.

But I dislike infantile thumbsucking collectivist types that support the other side even worse. That includes the RATS. And it includes you.

Jim Robinson has nothing to do with my stance.

Hey 'pod. I'm in a little bit of a dilemma, here. I like ferret, and I like talking to him on The Other Site. In fact, I've been posting a lot more over at The Other Site than over here, because -- well, frankly, I can get better debate over there. I'm not subjected to Wolf-packing and the insults, while present, are kept a little lower in favor of real testing of ideas. I have expressed a few negative feelings about certain members of FR over there, but that's a pointless and very bad trap. Anyone who sits around in a forum, talking about *other* forums and their participants in a derogatory fashion are small people, indeed. Great people discuss ideas, mediocre people discuss events, and small people discuss people.

Personally, I'm going to keep a very tight wrap on that sort of behavior in myself. I've also taken some flack over there for holding other members over there to the same standard I'm trying to hold myself to, but I'm not going to stop. I won't do it all the time, but occasionally, I'll pipe up.

But lets face it, there are some serious issues over here. We even posted kitten and cloud pictures to one another to demonstrate the head-in-sand mentality of many of the hardcore 'bots, and to object to the wolfpacking that we were subjected to. I mean, I know you and I are on the same page on this issue.

I don't blame the mods. They have their hands full trying to prevent total anarchy. I am slightly deflated at JimRobs decision to order a minimization of Bush criticism and to require the banning of those who push certain third-party issues/candidates -- or sometimes, even people who vocally state that they won't vote for Bush! -- but he and I have different philosophies on what works to advance conservatism. That's fine, it remains to be seen who is right in the long run. Besides, this is his printing press. He gets to decide.

However, I *do* blame the posters who won't behave civilly, who are the first to bash instead of use logic, and especially those who wolf-pack. (I am no stranger to flaming people, but I always operate with the premise that I will offer a kind hand first, and respond with a flame when it is warranted.) But the wolf-packing is the worst behavior of all. They call eachother over with a "Over here" ping -- especially when one of them gets spanked -- and the bloodletting begins.

[netmilsmom]

Crap. I never personally witnessed one. I was very excited and now my hopes are dashed!

Laz, huh?

[Ditter]

ferrets are creepy, like snakes with hair! Why would you want to call yourself that? UGH! Never mind, I don't care.

[mollynme]

Perhaps Felonious Skunk was also another alias of his??

[Reborn]

{Yawn}