Hi all,
"I expect (from you Mr. Mike D.) civil, courteous, and considerate
behavior at all times and in all discussions, regardless of topic.
Aggressive behavior will not allowed. Attacks, ridicule and insults are
unacceptable"
I totally agree
Christos Moussouliotis
Journalist
(working as a publisher for 10 years and in a greek daily newspaper for
20)......
On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 10:22:13 -5, M. G. Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> wrote:
<LOL>!!!
I think this thread illustrates aptly just how *impossible* it is to
communicate succinctly in an all-text medium such as this!
Was I casting aspersions on all of our alternative thinkers?
Was Bill's post *really* tongue-in-cheek?
Am I insulted by his "OT Loony Bin" remark?
<dum dum dummmmm...> (Organ music, with lots of tremolo!)
The reason for my original post was to encourage you all to keep the
more speculative stuff short, or move it to the OT list.
The fact is, I'm not so many years removed from my pre-awakened state
that I've forgotten how *I* would have reacted to chemtrails, pyramids,
orgone or the persecution of Tesla, if early on I had stumbled into a
forum like this looking for information about colloidal silver.
When deciding about topics I always visualize somebody arriving,
relatively new to the net, a bit nervous about this alternative
medicine stuff, and ultimately skeptical about anything that's not been
blessed by coverage on the evening news.
Do we want to help them or scare them away?
What we have here is a balancing act. I don't want to stop everybody
from enjoying the discussion, but for the sake of the mission we have
to be sure that the "crazy sounding" stuff stays to a small-ish
fraction of the content. That way folks will see that there *is*
worthwhile information to be found here "despite" the handful of
"crackpots" and "lunatics" who believe in all that "other junk..."
In time, of course, they'll begin to realize that we're practically
*all* crackpots and loonies by those standards -- and hopefully they'll
balance that against the solid things they've learned about CS and
maybe, just maybe, start to re-examine their assumptions about what
they think is real.
As I see it, CS is an easy first step on the road to waking up. It
works, it's easy and cheap (or should be anyway), and it can be
explained in pretty conventional scientific terms. It'll *also* get
them rubbing elbows with all of us "kooks" who've decided to stop
believing everything our doctors say and taken personal responsibility
for our health.
Can you imagine a better way to get through to people?
Let me reassure you, Bill, that I include myself firmly in the ranks of
that same "lunatic fringe" whenever I make such a comment. Like so many
of you here, I've come a *long* way in what I will admit to the realm
of possibility, since coming aboard the internet a dozen or so years
ago. Thus, even if I poke a little fun at us, it's with respect and
fondness.
Peace.
Be well,
Mike D.
[Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian]
[mdev...@eskimo.com ]
[Speaking only for myself... ]
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