On 9/2/2014 11:18 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
Richard, I learned the hard way that it feels bad to say mean things
to people here.
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That's probably a good plan. We need fair and balanced people like you
on the forum, Share.
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So like with MJ, I try to restrict myself to responding simply to his
out of date and inaccurate allegations.
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But, he is an interesting character study. Who else do you know that
would post to an Iowa public news forum using an /alias of a //dead
black singer/ and then post from South Carolina? Go figure.
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Like I've said, I think the Funny Farm Lounge has taught me a lot of
useful stuff. Go figger (-:
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It can be very funny as long as you don't have to meet up in person,
face-to-face with friends at a campus party, or with people you know
around town at the Revelations coffee shop. If they see you on the
sidewalk, and they cross over to the other side, you can assume they've
been read your messages on social media. LoL!
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On Tuesday, September 2, 2014 11:02 AM, "'Richard J. Williams'
pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
wrote:
On 9/1/2014 10:06 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com
<mailto:steve.sun...@yahoo.com> [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Richard, I hear your plaintive cry for help.
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At least there are three or four people on the forum we can depend on
to be decent. It's nice to be able to discuss something with someone
without the respondent getting all bent out of shape. I still can't
understand why Judy called you and the other guy, Anartaxius, "liars"
- but it's all water under the bridge now anyway. Now if we could just
deal with MJ and the TB. LoL!
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I will try to reach out to you.
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Thanks for responding. It was supposed to be a joke.
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#1) The golden rule is not, "those with the gold, make the rules". It
is something other than that.
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On this forum it is Rick that makes the rules. We are all guests on
his forum. Anyone is free to start there own.
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#2) The jury is out as to whether Zen Master Rama, aka Frederick Lenz
was able to levitate. Let's wait for more data to come in before we
comment on that.
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The guy is dead, but only his students are making the claim that he
could levitate. I don't recall Rama himself ever making that claim.
So, I guess the burden of proof is on the students making the claims.
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#3) Postings made two to three years ago, should not be considered as
current. Chat room protocol has generally set a six month, four day
limit as to whether a posting is current or not.
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On most discussion groups, everything that has ever been posted is
fair game. Judy was a master at searching out old comments in order to
make her point. Quite often it's not what people are saying but what
they once said that is important to the conversation. It is a common
tactic to point out consistencies in any debate. Sadly, the Yahoo
Groups search function seems to be on the blink, so we will have to
use the other FFL archive to search out older messages. Of course,
this isn't a "chat room" as Judy pointed out - it's supposed to be a
discussion. But, sometimes it does act like a chat room when most of
the messages begin and end on one single line and all begin with RE:.
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#4) Posting a person's name when they have requested anonymity is not
considered good taste, and is really violation of the rules of the forum.
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It's not a good idea to post using your name and email address in the
header if you want to be anonymous, Steve. That's my point.
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#4a) Using a person's name in such a way that you are saying you are
not going use such and such''s name, because such and such has
requested that you not do it, does not get around point #4.
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Maybe she didn't realize that her name was in the header of all her
messages, including the one where she requested us not to reveal it.
Go figure. But, in fact it was Judy and Susan that first revealed her
her first name. If what's-her-name had not made a big deal out of it,
probably nobody would have even noticed it. Now it's gone into over
200 replies, WITH HER NAME FOR ALL TO SEE! Not to mention that
Susan's original post included the TurquoiseB's real name in the
subject line. Go figure.
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It's not complicated. Now, we all need someone to talk to. Some
more than others. Please note the daily post totals. (-:
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It's simple:
/"Be familiar with the group you are posting to before you post! One
normally does not join a conversation by just walking up and talking.
Instead, you listen first and then join in if you have something
pertinent to contribute. If you have a question to ask, first consider
if it's something you can find out by reading the appropriate manual
or asking someone."/
http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/wjh/newsgrp.shtml
