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One person out of how many? That type of approach is well and good for FMB, but it is clear the FMB "support group" is going to do just that at all costs. It does become a problem when that group attack starts happening here. This is not FMB and I am sure it will not be converted to that type of forum.



Yes, and it shows when they deal with those outside of the "family" which is the problem being illustrated with the double standard.




How many are there that post regularly on both this board and FMB? How many have posted on this thread in an attempt to support the double standard as being acceptable or to just support one poster or the other? Now what percentage of the total is that? It approaches closer to 100% than 50% does it not?



It does remind me of Jr. High but where the kids all tried to gang up on any kids that were not in their clique. It was not right then and it is still not correct now.

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I believe it's possible he wasn't being intentionally misrepresented...but I also believe him when he says he was being misrepresented.

Is that too much for you to wrap your mind around?

According to the criteria in Capitalistswine's post, yes you did. In my personal opinion, no and neither was Capitalistswine's post misrepresented, but that was not the point was it?

Now how about you starting with that huge backlog of questions you have hanging?

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It's okay to let it go Wayne...it happened a long time ago, and likely nobody even remembers the time you were forced to don your underwear on your head and run around the gym yelling, "I'm Spiderman! I'm Spiderman!"

Well I DO thank you for that.

The criteria you say exists in Festus's post is the use of an adjective with several different meanings...and even shades within shades in definition. What someone might consider a stupid act, doesn't necessarily relate to what one considers as a stupid person. Sorry...but that's the consequence of such a highly subjective term. Festus has no obligation to consider that a person is defined as stupid by a stupid act, and we are being presumptious if we think he must.

Someone might consider an act is stupid, ie. marked by or resulting from unreasoned thinking or acting, while holding the position that a stupid PERSON is defined by slow of mind. So someone quite intelligent...seemingly the antithesis of stupid...could in fact commit a stupid act. In other words, a stupid person COULD be defined as acting in an unintelligent or careless manner ...but it isn't writ in stone that it MUST be so.

Still, like I said, I don't think Sianblooz intentionally misrepresented Festus in that instance. Yet, he says he was misrepresented, and I have no reason to doubt him.

Jiminy Christmas.. I hope you don't mind that I didn't split your quotes.. I'm just lazy like that.

So you're saying this board isn't around for making friends or meeting people with the same interests?

The FMB family (can I be Squeaky?) does support each other.. so what? At all costs? Hardly. Last time I checked this was a board for posting right? If RF, Jim, Donnie, Amy, and Bean agree with Festus why shouldn't they post? So if I agree with Grace on something I should just not post because Grace posts on FMB and it may be seen as some sort of cliqueish thing? Why does FMB even come up at all.. aren't the people involved in this debate on this board? Who cares if they are on another board..I mean really what does FMB have to do with it other than they post at FMB and are friends because they met on FMB?

I think it's kind of silly how people seem to hold FMB to this standard they don't hold other boards to. Maybe thats a good tihng, who knows.. but if a bunch of people from Envirolink went and posted at FMB we wouldn't be complaining about the Enviro "gang".

As for this double standard thing.. pot kettle black is all I have to say.

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Yeh...that.

Unless you believe that CHANGING a definition in mid-sentence is rational or even common with anyone other than yourself you have just proved nothing. I am sure you want to believe that, but we are dealing with the real world where the English language has rules to allow communication and not you world where nothing is ever to me made clear because you get tripped up with the truth.



That is the underlying point really, it is not and never has been about what was written it was about supporting the person over anything else, even the truth. You can try to deny it all you wish but it is here for everyone to see.

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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."
Albert Einstein

No, but when a group comes along that has established those connections and supports those connections over everything else, it does create a problem for the other posters who wish to have that chance and are denied it because they are "gang beaten" as soon as they disagree with one of the group.



No one cares they post on other boards, but it is the effect of their connection and it is a support at any cost even to the point of being dishonest, that creates the problem. The cliquish thing is mentioned because that is exactly what anyone sees when they start posting. They are automatically set upon by a barrage of posts by one or more of this group and if there is a response there will be more of the group following to help.



What standard do we hold this group different from anyone else? I do not see a rush of posters from this board to FMB, because there is no appeal for most people. That core group is coming here for a reason and that reason is because that board is much much slower.



It would help if you gave some support for your contention, but that is generally requested of everyone, is it not?

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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."
Albert Einstein

Can anyone tell me why the second most popular forum on FMB, post wise is the "Topics form other Boards" where topics from here are discussed between yourselves so you can show your support and brag about what you think you have done? It seems that without such a influx of material that board would have an even harder time holding interest, IMO.

I find it comical that there is such a need to discuss this board there and in such depth when there must be other more interesting topics that could be discussed with the new posters. Oh that is right, they rarely stay past the first encounter so you have to go out and drag posting material back into the forum.

That reminds me of the current administrations stance on the environment for some reason .... just plain dumb.

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With friends like Guido, you will not have enemies for long.

“Intellect is invisible to the man who has none”
Arthur Schopenhauer

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."
Albert Einstein

I have no problem telling you Wayne. It was because certain moderators on other boards such as Barb/Sianblooz would delete posts on her board which proved she was caught in another lie and she would delete whole threads to cover her ass. It was also a very good method on keeping track of double standards applied by such a moderation.

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You guys don't get it, do you? You have completely elevated this Barb person to a superhero status. She has the power to get all of you worked up in such a frenzy just by showing her face or even just the hint of her being on a board. She must really enjoy the power of you that you have given her. So you think she lies, is dishonest, has somehow wronged you in the past... so what?? Why wouldn't you just ignore her?

Instead, you have set up a cathedral to her at FMB and go on crusades against her anywhere she pops up online. That's a whole lot of effort for someone you don't really like.

-josh

Kind of like how some have elevated FMB to a similar status, eh?

More like "Super Villian". This is the same barb who sent personal information about RF to a very radical ARA who was prone to violence. SUper barb had the wrong personal information though. Dumbass!

The same barb that hinted, or more appropriately threatened, to contact a poster's place of employment and let them know how much time he was spending on line while at work. She used a tracer route to determine where he was posting from and from that learned where he worked due to the domain name.

The same barb that would troll boards pretending to be hunters and how they now saw the light and how deplorable hunting really was.

Yeah, her name gets some people worked up all right.