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On the other hand



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

loose_ends wrote:
Ya-ta Boy wrote:
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Smart people talk about ideas


There you go with your bumper sticker philosophy again.



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Smart people talk about ideas

Average people talk about events

Stupid people talk about other people


Actually, I'm having a hard time figuring out how talking about "9-11 truth", from either end of the argument, counts as talking about ideas. As far as I can tell, the debate consists almost entirely of technical arguments about a series of events. But I don't think it has much, if anything to do with "ideas", in the elevated sense of the word used in that maxim.
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ontheway



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Threads that discuss threads that should be merged should be merged with other threads that discuss threads that should be merged:

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=103993&highlight=merged++merge
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ontheway



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

All the threads that should be merged nuts and threads that need to be merged nuts should stop spamming us with more and more useless threads discussing threads that could or should or need to be merged.

What we need is a designated forum where all these merger nuts can go and merge together on one single massive thread and discuss all the other separated threads that haunt them by their very existence.
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Manner of Speaking



Joined: 09 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:01 pm    Post subject: Re: Threads that need to be merged Reply with quote

regicide wrote:
Manner of Speaking wrote:
Due to spamming. All of these threads are about the same subject:

FBI admits lie linking Oswald to JFK assassination

Hunt Lost Case Linking CIA to Killing Kennedy

Did the CIA orchestrate a cover-up in the assassination JFK?

Kennedy Assassination Anniversary News blackout


Yes, and you manage to plant yourself on the end of nearly every one these threads.

What difference does that make. It doesn't change the fact that all of these threads are about the same subject - as you just admitted yourself. So, as you yourself admit, you're spamming the forum.

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Don't think for one minute that my lack of response on anyone of those threads means that I could not argue further.

Good for you, and who cares.

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But I realize imature people have to get the last word and accept the fact that imature people have to get the last word.

And it's not immature to spam the forum with the same topic over and over again? You're a great one for looking for imaginary faults in other people, while overlooking your own real faults.

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I also know how your twist things people write and that is why I repeated the exact words that you would need to respond to. Not something out in left field that is non-responsive or evasive. Like the Altgen's photograph, first you attack the authenticy of the photographs, then you write some nonsense about the photographer not believing in the theory, therefore, the theory is not true.

Busted. It's not nonsense, it's the published opinion of the man who took the picture. THE MAN WHO KNOWS MORE ABOUT THE PICTURE AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH IT WAS TAKEN than you or anybody else.

Check it yourself:

Trask, Richard B. (1998). That Day in Dallas: Three Photographers Capture on Film the Day President Kennedy Died. Yeoman Press. ISBN 0-9638595-3-6.

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Address the issue of the Secret Service Stand Down. That is a fact and self evident.

I have no idea what the "Secret Service Stand Down" is, nor do I give a rat's ass about it. YOU ARE ENGAGING IN DISINFORMATION TACTICS:

igotthisguitar wrote:
Twenty-Five Rules of Disinformation

17. Change the subject

19. Ignore facts, demand impossible proofs

20. False evidence

23. Create bigger distractions

Eight Traits of The Disinformationalist

1. Avoidance

2. Selectivity

7. Inconsistency
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Manner of Speaking



Joined: 09 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

regicide wrote:
A common disinformation tactic is to mix truth, half-truths, and lies. Disinformants sometimes seek to gain the confidence of their audience through emotional appeals or by using semi-neutral language interlaced with threads of disinformation.

Aren't you the hypocrite.
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Manner of Speaking



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:14 pm    Post subject: Re: Threads that need to be merged Reply with quote

[quote="bacasper"]
Manner of Speaking wrote:
Due to spamming. All of these threads are about the same subject:

FBI admits lie linking Oswald to JFK assassination

Hunt Lost Case Linking CIA to Killing Kennedy

Did the CIA orchestrate a cover-up in the assassination JFK?

Kennedy Assassination Anniversary News blackout



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Of all the redundant threads on this forum, how is it you choose these four?

Because they are spam.

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What about all the Ron Paul threads?

How is it that you only choose to raise this issue now? If you're so concerned about repetitious Ron Paul threads, why didn't YOU raise it before now?
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9/11?

I have mentioned the fact that all the 911 threads needed to be merged, before now.

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Conspiracy theory complaint threads?

WHAT "conspiracy theory complaint" threads? I made one post about 911 threads that needed to be merged, and another about Nixon/Kennedy/god knows who assassination threads that needed to be merged. They are two different examples of spamming the forum.

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Like I said to Ya-ta on another thread, you are being selective in your criticism, aren't you?
You mean by selecting all of the spamming threads as ones that need to be merged? Well, logic dictates that if a poster is starting more than one thread on the same topic, persistently, then its spamming. And if all of the threads are on the same subject, then yes they need to be merged.

Yes, I'm being selective. I'm selecting the threads that need to be merged, you stupid git.
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canuckistan
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Malheureusement, the software doesn't allow the merging of threads.
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Manner of Speaking



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

canuckistan wrote:
Malheureusement, the software doesn't allow the merging of threads.


Isn't the frequent starting of duplicate threads a violation of the TOS? I may be wrong, I'm just going by memory...
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Ya-ta Boy



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Malheureusement, the software doesn't allow the merging of threads.


Could we just merge conspiracy posters, then?
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bacasper



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:05 am    Post subject: Re: Threads that need to be merged Reply with quote

Manner of Speaking wrote:
Yes, I'm being selective. I'm selecting the threads that need to be merged, you stupid git.

Yes, you're being selective. You're selecting the threads you do not want to hear about.

Funny thing is, I actually agree that there should be one thread per subject. There are so many more that need to be merged but it is not possible so I don't cry about it. It is not that difficult to skip threads you do not want to hear about. You ought to try it sometime.

I do not suffer from a need to have the last word. And by the level to which you have descended in yours, you have shown your inability to engage in civil discourse.
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Manner of Speaking



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:04 pm    Post subject: Re: Threads that need to be merged Reply with quote

bacasper wrote:
Manner of Speaking wrote:
Yes, I'm being selective. I'm selecting the threads that need to be merged, you stupid git.

Yes, you're being selective. You're selecting the threads you do not want to hear about.

If I want to hear/read about them, the logical and convenient thing to do is to put all posts concerning the same topic under something called a "thread". That makes it easier for people to find/think about/and respond to the topic.

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There are so many more that need to be merged but it is not possible so I don't cry about it.

Then why don't you make a positive contribution to the forum for a change, and point out which threads you think need to be merged and why.

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I do not suffer from a need to have the last word.

All conspiracy theorists, by their very nature, suffer from the need to have the last word. It doesn't matter how many millions of dollars or man-hours that go into refuting their theories and allegations, they always have the need at the end to say "the truth is out there". And they resent anybody who challenges what they think is their monopoly and right to have the last word.

And I can prove it, because you will not be able to resist responding to this post.
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SuperFly



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Threads that need to be merged Reply with quote

Manner of Speaking wrote:
Due to spamming. All of these threads are about the same subject:

FBI admits lie linking Oswald to JFK assassination

Hunt Lost Case Linking CIA to Killing Kennedy

Did the CIA orchestrate a cover-up in the assassination JFK?

Kennedy Assassination Anniversary News blackout




Indeed
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SuperFly



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:06 pm    Post subject: Re: Threads that need to be merged Reply with quote

Manner of Speaking wrote:
bacasper wrote:
Manner of Speaking wrote:
Yes, I'm being selective. I'm selecting the threads that need to be merged, you stupid git.

Yes, you're being selective. You're selecting the threads you do not want to hear about.

If I want to hear/read about them, the logical and convenient thing to do is to put all posts concerning the same topic under something called a "thread". That makes it easier for people to find/think about/and respond to the topic.

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There are so many more that need to be merged but it is not possible so I don't cry about it.

Then why don't you make a positive contribution to the forum for a change, and point out which threads you think need to be merged and why.

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I do not suffer from a need to have the last word.

All conspiracy theorists, by their very nature, suffer from the need to have the last word. It doesn't matter how many millions of dollars or man-hours that go into refuting their theories and allegations, they always have the need at the end to say "the truth is out there". And they resent anybody who challenges what they think is their monopoly and right to have the last word.

And I can prove it, because you will not be able to resist responding to this post.



My God MOS, you're my hero. I want to buy you a case of beer. No, make that two cases. Your favorite. I love you man!
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Manner of Speaking



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:05 am    Post subject: Re: Threads that need to be merged Reply with quote

SuperFly wrote:
My God MOS, you're my hero. I want to buy you a case of beer. No, make that two cases. Your favorite. I love you man!


Thanks, dude! Indeed let's share a beer sometime.

He left me an opening and I just couldn't resist. Laughing
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regicide



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Location: United States

PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ontheway wrote:
All the threads that should be merged nuts and threads that need to be merged nuts should stop spamming us with more and more useless threads discussing threads that could or should or need to be merged.

What we need is a designated forum where all these merger nuts can go and merge together on one single massive thread and discuss all the other separated threads that haunt them by their very existence.


ontheway wrote:
All the threads that should be merged nuts and threads that need to be merged nuts should stop spamming us with more and more useless threads discussing threads that could or should or need to be merged.

What we need is a designated forum where all these merger nuts can go and merge together on one single massive thread and discuss all the other separated threads that haunt them by their very existence.


[quote="Manner of Speaking"][quote="bacasper"]
Manner of Speaking wrote:
And I can prove it, because you will not be able to resist responding to this post.
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