On 26/05/2012 4:57 AM, Mike Lovell wrote:
> On 2012-05-25, Christopher A Lee<
ca...@optonline.net> wrote:
>> On Fri, 25 May 2012 11:39:31 -0500, Mike Lovell
>> <mike....@null.local> wrote:
>>
>>> I noticed the other day the group "alt.atheism.moderated", which was
>>> going very strong up until the moderated died.
>>>
>>>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Adams
>>>
>>> The rules laid down seem to be very level headed, and did not exclude
>>> theists. Just trolls, something we have a big issue with, and
>>> "preaching".
>>>
>>> The rules (old ones anyhow) can be found here
http://tinyurl.com/ck3sjgk
>>>
>>> Couple of open questions:
>>>
>>> i) Was anyone here today a regular poster at
>>> "alt.atheism.moderated"?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> I was, and several of the other old timers.
>>
>> It has been moribund for a long time.
>
> Indeed it has.
>
>>> ii) Does anyone here have any strong feelings
>>> for or against trying to revive a moderated
>>> atheism newsgroup? (If so, please be as verbose
>>> as possible)
Atheists should not have to compete in the marketplace of ideas
because they have nothing of value to exchange.
The Sheltered Workshop and rest home for tired atheist 'intellects'
henceforth known as Atheist Pleasantville, must go ahead so that
atheists don't have to have their idea challenged any more.
>> It was set up in the mid 1990s because of the amount of noise here and
>> was successful for a few years.
The rest of USENET urges atheists to seek the peace and quiet of a
controlled atheist orthodoxy.. freedom of thought really is not your
thing, you find the ideas of others to be annoying and want them
eradicated... this is a far more humane solution.. like a giant
Killfile where atheists retire en mass to the parlour and lock
themselves in.
B^]
Think of the endless self-congratulation, backslapping and mutual tool
fondling with no one making fun of you!
alt.atheism.satire has increasingly become a place where ATHEISM is
satirised, rather than atheits satirising everyone else.. so it should
be abandoned.. oh hang on.. I'm told it already has been! B^]
>> I used to have philosophical objections to moderated groups because
>> they shouldn't really be necessary, and I don't like other people
>> deciding whether my posts are appropriate or not.
But you have overcome your objection so long as it's your posts that are
allowed, because you are an Atheist Pleasantville Regular, and it's the
other guy who gets censored.
Atheist democracy: only the Party Members may speak! B^D
>> Over time there were several moderators, at least one of whom used to
>> moderate on his opinion and objected to on-topic posts from atheists
>> including some responses of mine explaining the difference between
>> atheism and agnosticism.
Oh, you wouldn't want to exclude racism, sexism, misogyny,
threats of violence or any other perversion from 'regulars'
like this:
Exhibit A:
# From: "John Fraser" <
jfr...@ns.sympatico.ca>
# Newsgroups: alt.religion.christian.pentecostal,alt.atheism
# Subject: Merry Christmas
# Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:21:03 -0400
# Message-ID: <4953abb6$1$5460$
9a56...@news.aliant.net>
#
# Hello Folks;
#
# I'd like to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas
# and a safe holiday season. Phil 4:8.
#
# Cheers,
# John
Exhibit B:
# From: Christopher A. Lee <
ca...@optonline.net>
# Newsgroups: alt.religion.christian.pentecostal,alt.atheism
# Subject: Re: Merry Christmas
# Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:24:01 -0500
# Message-ID: <
o07dl41sa4t4jhof3...@4ax.com>
#
# "go fuck yourself with your crucifix in a drill chuck'.
Now exhibit A is rude, provocative and an affront to the Sensibilities
of the Pleasantvilly Chamber of Commerce and the Central Party
Committeee, it should obviously be rejected as noise, or 'preaching'
or some other pretexh.
Whereas exhibit B is a reasonable response and should be allowed.
You just want to screen out the ideas you don't like..
like EVERY ATHEIST REGIME in History, you want CENSORSHIP! B^]
Go for it, I say!!!
Show the world that atheism IS afraid of the open exchange of ideas,
that it opposes FREEDOM of THOUGHT and BELEIF and that the Atheist
regimes were not abberrations, but the ATHEIST NORM! B^]
> Yes this I think is why a democratic method is required. A majority
> vote should be needed by current moderators to remove/add new
> moderators.
But only a majority of the Card Carrying Regulars And Partymembers
(CCRAP). B^D
You don't want a real democracy! No atheist regime ever had one!
> Clear violations of the rules (blocking based on opinion) should prompt
> a vote for removal.
Precisely how counter-revolutionaries were dealt with by the Bolsheviks,
and Galileo browbeaten by the Church! B^]
>> Eventually there was a robo-moderator that accepted posts from
>> regulars,
And there you have it.
Galileo was a believer, he wouldn't have qualified as a Regular Guy.
Regulars define who is 'Regular' in Pleasantville!!!
Galileo's ideas would be too radical, not Regular enough.
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAAAAAA
Note the Difference between the USA, other free, open and democratic
states, which all allow atheists the SAME RIGHTS to FREE SPEECH
as the majority theist have, and Atheist Pleasantville, where
theists and agnostics that are not approved by the Central Party
Committee would be SILENCED.
Just like every atheist tyranny in history!
And to think, for two years these atheist hypocrites have been
pretending that the atheist tyrannies were tyrannies because of the
Communist ideology, when clearly the anti-theist propaganda
and elimination of even the agnostics and other dissenters, is the
ATHEIST'S work!!!! 8^o
Aren't we all glad that is now out in the open.
B^]
But the USSR also used to brand dissidents as 'mentally Ill'
and have them incarcerated in Asylums and drugged...
surely Atheist Pleasantville wouldn't want to miss out on that fun?
>> rejected those from the loonies
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
Every TYRANNY defines the ideas they don't like as lunacy and
persecutes those who challenge the orthodoxy.
This is the new billboard when entering Atheist Pleasantville:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DlaQClK_n6o/Txk5t8VAbgI/AAAAAAAAF3k/i2oPJ3VZRuk/s1600/Censorship+Logo+2.jpg
>> and routed posts from new or
>> suspected user to a human moderator.
"We support Regulars Only - No Blacks, Dogs or Agnostics"
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qe1wgxDiEdU/THf7nXKzH0I/AAAAAAAAB1E/LtwY5PCipjk/s400/Racial-Discrimination-And-Hispanics-In-The-United-States.jpg
> This is a good idea, something that could be used.
>
> Say 'x' months of rule-breaking free posting history could result in a
> white-listing.
If'n youse White, you allright,
if you theist or black, get back,
If you agnostic or brown, stick around....
B^D
> Allowing auto-approval until a violation occurs.
Sure thing, and Licking the Grand Wizards arse should get you
an Atheist Pleasantville Costume:
es.coloribus.com/files/adsarchive/part_52/527755/file/unicum-ku-klux-klan-small-26453.jpg
Only atheist sheep would swallow this!
>> Most of its subscribers also subscribed to alt.atheism and
>> talk.atheism.
>>
>> A better solution would be similar to talk.origins, to make the main
>> newsgroup moderated.
Just Try it! B^]
>> But I don't think you can do that retrospectively in the alt.hierarchy
>> - even if providers followed the Usenet rules.
>
> Indeed, it would be a problem.
Oh, you think? B^D
A decade ago a small group of racist rednecks applied to have
aus.culture.true-blue become a moderated NG under their control.
Fair Dinkum true-blues opposed such an assault on free speech and told
them to fuck off and create their OWN NG,
aus.culture.true-blue.controlled or
aus.culture.true-blue.sheltered-workshop
They lost the vote and realising they were a tiny rump
which would probably wither and die they never proceeded
with creating a new, moderated sheltered workshop.
I urge the atheist purists, who really are too good for the rest of us,
to launch themselves ina hermetically sealed pod so they are free
of the annoying majority and the majority are FIANLLY, FREE OF THEM!
WHOOOOOOO HOOOOOO! B^D
Please do us all a favour and
CONFINE YOURSELVES TO A PERMANENT KILLFILE IN PLANET PLEASANTVILLE!
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAA o
>>> iii) Does anyone here have any strong feelings
>>> for or against any of the original rules for
>>> the moderated newsgroup (see the tinyurl link)?
>>> (If so, which ones and why)
>>
>> Not really.
Rule 6 Must be rigourously enforced:
6. No cross-posts can be approved.
>>> iv) Would anyone here like to add any new rules
>>> to the list? (if so, what and why)
Rule 12: Posts must not exceed a number of lines that is less
than the posters IQ divided by their hat size,
because many atheists complain that long complex arguments 'hurtz
our branes' and you really don't want them whining like little bitches
endlessly.
>>> - AND -
>>>
>>> Would anyone like to nominate someone (or themselves) to act as one of
>>> the moderators should it go forward?
use robo-moderator, it's more intelligent than the other cantidates.
>>> (There would be a group rather than one, to prevent a repeat of the
>>> "alt.atheism.moderated" fiasco).
>>
>> While I would support its revival I don't want to be one of the
>> moderators - I don't even want to see the off-topic rubbish.
>
> :-)
>
> I have a funny feeling your name will be suggested.
seconded!
> Bear in mind that these days a lot of the rubbish can be filtered out
> before it even reaches human eyes. Regular abusers can just be black
> listed, a long with suspect addresses and things that match certain
> filters.
Virgil asked me to inquire on his behalf: Is post forging allowed?
Otherwise he will have to stay here with us.
Oh shit, I never should have passed his question on, now I'm
sure you will say you only supported it when he was forging the posts of
non-atheists because none of you want him in your Country Club!
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA
>>> They would need to be reasonably technically competent (or technical
>>> minded enough to gain that competency), to the level of using command
>>> line tools and editors - cross platform. And be able to follow the
>>> agreed posting rules regardless of their personal feelings.
>>
>> That was a problem last time round.
Yes, trotsky complained bitterly about the way Stalin acted on his
personal feelings.
Or he would have if the ice pick hadn't destroyed the speech centres in
his brain.
> Democracy and integrity is what we need.
And you have such a history of needing it: The USSR, Maoist China,
Pol Pot's Year Zero, the North Korean Pleasantville Paradise. B^D
> Anyone should be able to point out that a moderator is violating rules
> and prompt a call for their removal/replacement.
But of course unless they are a Regular Pleasantville Atheist
their calls for justice will be processed by the Murderator:
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Society/Pix/pictures/2009/7/14/1247570238042/Landfill-site-in-Mucking--001.jpg
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