[Vision2020] No Weatherman

[No Weatherman]

Paul,

You're a good man.

I understand the terms perfectly well.

The terms, however, do not leave room for extended exchanges which
some of these subjects require and while I have not exactly honored
the terms, I have not honored them to the same extent that others have
not.

The difference is that my opinions offend some people who resort to
the agreement card after the race card didn't work.

Anyhoo, I would love to pursue one thread to its end but if we keep
the terms as a hard and fast rule, I cannot respond to the many
responses I receive nor can I respond to other threads started by
others (some who do not honor the gentleman's agreement).

You take too much upon yourself when you say "we" because there is no
"we" here. There's a bunch of "I"s, including I.

I would love to go back to my first post which I addressed to Joe
Campbell and have every Obama supporter engage that point.

It was something like this — Obama has publicly disassociated himself
from Tony Rezko, Louis Farrakhan, and Rev. Wright because of their
corruption and/or America-hating stances. He has not disassociated
himself from Bill Ayers, however, who is no less corrupt or America
hating.

Given the standard that Barack Obama established with the other three,
does Barack Obama have a moral obligation to disassociate himself from
Bill Ayers?

This is the reason for "No Weatherman," remember?

Let me frame my question another way so that others might understand it.

Some say that I am a "piece of moral slime properly to be shunned by
all decent people." This same person is a very LOUD supporter of
Barack Obama.

But if a pseudonymous personality who poses no threat to national
security or anyone else is a "piece of moral slime properly to be
shunned by all decent people," and Bill Ayers is an unrepentant
domestic terrorist who regrets that he did not do enough, what should
Barack Obama do with him?




On 10/14/08, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The two (three?) posts a day rule is a "gentleman's agreement".  It's meant
> to help keep this list free from becoming complete anarchy.  There is no
> punishment for going over the limit, it's not a law, and you have every
> "right" to break it on a whim.  However, you need to realize that you are
> posting in a community, not on a public message board on a random internet
> site.  There are real people behind these screen names, and they have been
> here a lot longer than you have been, or at least longer than your alias has
> been here.  It's like wandering into Friendship Square and trying to engage
> everyone in a conversation at the same time, causing enough of a furor that
> people start picking up and walking away to get away from the ruckus.  Sure,
> it's not against the law, but it's definitely rude.   That is, in fact, one
> of the objections to anonymity on this list.  Using your real name forces
> you to think about your reputation in the local community.
>
>  We want you to have every chance to get your viewpoint across, but we also
> want to encourage everyone else to do the same.  That's hard to do when
> there are fifty threads all going on, and more coming every hour.
>
>  You seem like a decent enough person under that troll costume, why not calm
> down and work within the community's "rules"?
>
>  Paul
>
>
>  No Weatherman wrote:
>
> > Mr. Hillebran,
> >
> > Respectfully, you've apparently missed quite a few posts.
> >
> > First, well over half of the posters on this forum feel like you feel.
> >
> > Second, I never agreed to any agreement, contra Sunil and Ms. Mix.
> >
> > Third, I promised to post as I see fit through election eve. If you
> > don't like it, then you, Ms. Lund, Ms. Mix, Sunil, and whoever else
> > should make your own forum, or else petition the US government to
> > repeal the first amendment.
> >
> > Fourth, you might want to familiarize yourself with the delete button.
> > You are a computer geek, aren't you?
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Tim Hillebrand <chief at synergetics.org>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Whatever happened to the two posts a day rule? This anonymous No
> Weatherman
> > > character needs to get a life. He posts every two minutes, and I for one
> am
> > > growing weary of my mailbox being clogged with his posts. Does anyone
> else
> > > feel the same?
> > >
> > > Tim
> > >
> > >
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