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Fleet
Aug 22, 2018 21:53:54 GMT
Post by Toasted Cheese on Aug 22, 2018 21:53:54 GMT
Yoga. This has been around for eons and traditional yoga, which is about being connected and unified with the whole, which is everything, and not the quick fix s<>t about doing aerobics in hot rooms to lose some flab. What a load. You go around broadcasting that there is no savior, and you call it yoga? Do you have a link that shows were yoga has been teaching for eons that there is no savior? Stop making an embarrassing spectacle of yourself, please. How about if I go around broadcasting that there is a savior, and I call it egg salad? Yeah, nothing New Age about that.  Yoga doesn't teach that there is a savior outside of what is within\without. If you don't want to acknowledge that yoga is an ancient practice, then I suggest you do some homework. Any other slant you take, is your own puerile spin and bogus rhetoric put onto it. Everything is yoga, which is about unity. |
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Fleet
Aug 23, 2018 8:03:51 GMT
Post by Toasted Cheese on Aug 23, 2018 8:03:51 GMT
No, they just burnt heretics at the stake. If they confessed and repented to the ways of Catholicism, they got garroted first, otherwise they were burnt alive as sacrifices and all in the name of God. Catholicism DOES NOT get a free pass. No, no one gives Catholicism a free pass. I'm just saying all human religion is characterized by good and evil. It's silly and naive to think Aztec religion was any better on the issue of human rights than Catholicism. And Catholicism evolved to where today the Vatican condemns its own past mistakes. I doubt Aztec religion if it survived to this day would have stopped its barbarism if not for the influence of the Catholic Church.The indigenous people of Mexico are better off to day than they were under the Aztecs.If the Catholic Church had to stop it's own barbarism—like their own human sacrifices at the burning stake and all in the name of religion, so no different—then the Aztec belief and religions are just as likely to have ceased. It is what evolvement does and the Catholic Church still has some way to go here as well. I wonder how many indigenous Mexicans the CC tortured and murdered in the name of Christ.
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Fleet
Aug 23, 2018 9:29:08 GMT
Post by maya55555 on Aug 23, 2018 9:29:08 GMT
Toasted cheese;
Read this: Witchcraze: A New History of the European Witch Hunts Paperback – June 24, 1995
by Anne L. Barstow (Author)
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Post by Admin on Aug 28, 2018 21:12:28 GMT
i think it's someone's way of politely excusing their own inabilities to be reminded of the history of an organization rife with horrendous practices. admittedly, i may go through periods of excessive posting. (periods which any creative person would not categorize as a bad thing) but more often than not i'm like any other poster here. so i think having 'my own board' kinda defeats the whole purpose of being inspired by some of the posters here. And I think you aren't getting a clue. Apparently the only thing that's going to stop you from flooding this board is to revoke your ability to create threads here. Again. |
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Fleet
Aug 28, 2018 21:26:38 GMT
Post by rachelcarson1953 on Aug 28, 2018 21:26:38 GMT
i think it's someone's way of politely excusing their own inabilities to be reminded of the history of an organization rife with horrendous practices. admittedly, i may go through periods of excessive posting. (periods which any creative person would not categorize as a bad thing) but more often than not i'm like any other poster here. so i think having 'my own board' kinda defeats the whole purpose of being inspired by some of the posters here. And I think you aren't getting a clue. Apparently the only thing that's going to stop you from flooding this board is to revoke your ability to create threads here. Again. Admin, Define flooding the board - 3 threads a day? 5 threads a day? Hardly anyone else is posting on this board, much less starting new threads. If other posters started new threads, then the threads by thefleetsin would not stand out as flooding. Just leave the man be... let him post. If others don't like it, they can block him and never see the posts. How hard is this? Seriously? |
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Post by You_Got_A_Stew_Goin_Baby on Aug 28, 2018 21:32:52 GMT
I don't get the need to restrict fleetsin from posting new threads. Yes, his poems are terrible, but it's not like his activity is impinging on other content on this board. This board is just in a funk, and stopping fleetsin from posting his poems won't change that.
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Fleet
Aug 28, 2018 21:33:13 GMT
Post by Admin on Aug 28, 2018 21:33:13 GMT
And I think you aren't getting a clue. Apparently the only thing that's going to stop you from flooding this board is to revoke your ability to create threads here. Again. Admin, Define flooding the board - 3 threads a day? 5 threads a day? Hardly anyone else is posting on this board, much less starting new threads. If other posters started new threads, then the threads by thefleetsin would not stand out as flooding. Just leave the man be... let him post. If others don't like it, they can block him and never see the posts. How hard is this? Seriously? No. |
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Fleet
Aug 28, 2018 21:40:33 GMT
Post by rachelcarson1953 on Aug 28, 2018 21:40:33 GMT
Admin, Define flooding the board - 3 threads a day? 5 threads a day? Hardly anyone else is posting on this board, much less starting new threads. If other posters started new threads, then the threads by thefleetsin would not stand out as flooding. Just leave the man be... let him post. If others don't like it, they can block him and never see the posts. How hard is this? Seriously? No. No? That's your response? I will be contacting a few of my friends via PM to give them my email address. After that I will be deleting my account here. |
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Fleet
Aug 28, 2018 21:43:38 GMT
Post by gadreel on Aug 28, 2018 21:43:38 GMT
No? That's your response? I will be contacting a few of my friends via PM to give them my email address. After that I will be deleting my account here. Good thinking, the admin is shit. That and the total lack of any sort of good conversation is why I have not bothered for sometime. |
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Fleet
Aug 28, 2018 21:54:54 GMT
Post by rachelcarson1953 on Aug 28, 2018 21:54:54 GMT
No? That's your response? I will be contacting a few of my friends via PM to give them my email address. After that I will be deleting my account here. Good thinking, the admin is shit. That and the total lack of any sort of good conversation is why I have not bothered for sometime. I will include you in the PM with my email address, gad. |
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Fleet
Aug 28, 2018 22:09:13 GMT
Post by Admin on Aug 28, 2018 22:09:13 GMT
No? That's your response? I will be contacting a few of my friends via PM to give them my email address. After that I will be deleting my account here. Bye. |
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Fleet
Aug 28, 2018 22:10:58 GMT
Post by Admin on Aug 28, 2018 22:10:58 GMT
No? That's your response? I will be contacting a few of my friends via PM to give them my email address. After that I will be deleting my account here. Good thinking, the admin is shit. That and the total lack of any sort of good conversation is why I have not bothered for sometime. There are plenty of poems here. Not good conversation? Funny that. |
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Fleet
Aug 28, 2018 22:49:53 GMT
Post by phludowin on Aug 28, 2018 22:49:53 GMT
And I think you aren't getting a clue. Apparently the only thing that's going to stop you from flooding this board is to revoke your ability to create threads here. Again. Admin, Define flooding the board - 3 threads a day? 5 threads a day? Hardly anyone else is posting on this board, much less starting new threads. What? There are several active threads on the first page, with more than 10 replies. Almost all of them were started by different posters. Not one of them was started by thefleetsin. Just leave the man be... let him post. If others don't like it, they can block him and never see the posts. How hard is this? Seriously? It would not improve the readability. When threads by one poster are blocked, other threads do not move from page two to page one. Otherwise thefleetsin and progressiveelement would both be on my ignore list. And by the way: thefleetsin has not been banned from this board. He can still post as much as he wants. Just not where he wants. |
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Fleet
Aug 28, 2018 22:56:23 GMT
Post by rachelcarson1953 on Aug 28, 2018 22:56:23 GMT
Admin, Define flooding the board - 3 threads a day? 5 threads a day? Hardly anyone else is posting on this board, much less starting new threads. What? There are several active threads on the first page, with more than 10 replies. Almost all of them were started by different posters. Not one of them was started by thefleetsin. Just leave the man be... let him post. If others don't like it, they can block him and never see the posts. How hard is this? Seriously? It would not improve the readability. When threads by one poster are blocked, other threads do not move from page two to page one. Otherwise thefleetsin and progressiveelement would both be on my ignore list. And by the way: thefleetsin has not been banned from this board. He can still post as much as he wants. Just not where he wants. You are one of the more intelligent posters on here, I will PM my email address if you would like to stay in touch. |
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Post by shadrack on Aug 29, 2018 0:03:19 GMT
Admin, Define flooding the board - 3 threads a day? 5 threads a day? Hardly anyone else is posting on this board, much less starting new threads. Starting thread after thread in which no one, not even the author himself ever posts again is not the sign of a good topic. It's the opposite. As I look down the topic list on the first page, the average number of replies to fleet's poem threads is zero. By contrast, there is only one other thread more than an hour old with zero replies. I don't know about you, but to me that says: good or bad, on-topic or off, this isn't the right forum for those poems. Most people just aren't interested. ... and he knows that but he keeps on doing it. Thread after thread after thread after thread. I would call that flooding the board. |
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Fleet
Aug 29, 2018 0:15:00 GMT
Post by general313 on Aug 29, 2018 0:15:00 GMT
I like his poetry from time to time, but I do agree that he overdoes it with the multiple threads. He should put them in one thread.
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Fleet
Aug 29, 2018 0:34:45 GMT
Post by rachelcarson1953 on Aug 29, 2018 0:34:45 GMT
Admin, Define flooding the board - 3 threads a day? 5 threads a day? Hardly anyone else is posting on this board, much less starting new threads. Starting thread after thread in which no one, not even the author himself ever posts again is not the sign of a good topic. It's the opposite. As I look down the topic list on the first page, the average number of replies to fleet's poem threads is zero. By contrast, there is only one other thread more than an hour old with zero replies. I don't know about you, but to me that says: good or bad, on-topic or off, this isn't the right forum for those poems. Most people just aren't interested. ... and he knows that but he keeps on doing it. Thread after thread after thread after thread. I would call that flooding the board. And you are entitled to your opinion. His poems aren't really meant to start a conversation, I perceive that they are his statements about today's political and religious climate. Sometimes I will 'like' his post, or quote it and answer him or add my thoughts. He does participate in other threads of conversation. So why pick on him and not, say, Erjen, for constantly posting YouTube videos? Why is our freedom of speech being restricted? Who gets to say if this is or is not the proper forum for his posts? Who gets restricted next? Do you see my point? Already the 'president' of this country is bad mouthing the free press. What's next, no negative posts about the 'president'? Where does it end? When the Government only releases what they want us to know? The erosion of rights starts in very small ways. It escalates slowly but surely. Just sayin'... |
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Fleet
Aug 29, 2018 1:36:43 GMT
Post by thefleetsin on Aug 29, 2018 1:36:43 GMT
I like his poetry from time to time, but I do agree that he overdoes it with the multiple threads. He should put them in one thread. must i... how could i go on claiming to have an unfettered heart, if i were being cajoled into a private little corner with my back turned. it is but for the lack of seeing your eyes that i am fettered enough. knowing there may be a third or even fourth testament to yet be written across the stars. in the world of poetry; there can be no 'overdoing', no enough is enough. for it is there, buried within the human heart: the resurrection of us all. |
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Post by shadrack on Aug 29, 2018 1:46:53 GMT
His poems aren't really meant to start a conversation, I perceive that they are his statements about today's political and religious climate. That would be fine except for the fact that this is a discussion board. A discussion is a two-way conversation, not a one-way monologue. There are many many places for the latter, but this isn't one of them. As do others, but those are the notable exceptions. Most of the time, most of us are just annoyed that we have to wade through an ocean of fleet poems to find the discussions where people are actually ... you know ... discussing things. I welcome his participation in other threads. Frankly, I think if he posted his poems there, in the context that inspired them, they would be much more engaging. They would certainly be less annoying. This has, in fact, been suggested to him countless times. I don't pick on Erjen because he creates a tenth as many threads which spawn ten times the level of engagement. I don't agree with most of what he says, but this is, after all, a discussion board. Freedom of speech is the right to say what you want. It's not the right to say it wherever and whenever you want with no restrictions whatsoever. We're not talking about preventing fleet from posting whatever he wants, we're just asking that he do it in such a way that it doesn't disrupt everyone else's conversations. How about anybody who can read the title of the forum? It isn't Fleet's personal poetry slam, and while I don't mind the occasional off-topic post, this has gone way way WAY beyond. Hopefully anybody else who spams the board. Do you see ours? It's not what fleet is saying that we have a problem with (or at least that's not what I have a problem with) -- it's the manner in which he chooses to say it which seems to be the most disruptive, annoying way possible. If he posted inside existing threads, I think that would be fine. If he posted all the poems in one thread, I think that would be fine too. Hell, if he started a new poetry thread once a day, I think even that would be a vast improvement. These things have all been suggested to him many times and all pretty much ignored. |
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Fleet
Aug 29, 2018 2:12:25 GMT
Post by thefleetsin on Aug 29, 2018 2:12:25 GMT
His poems aren't really meant to start a conversation, I perceive that they are his statements about today's political and religious climate. That would be fine except for the fact that this is a discussion board. A discussion is a two-way conversation, not a one-way monologue. There are many many places for the latter, but this isn't one of them. As do others, but those are the notable exceptions. Most of the time, most of us are just annoyed that we have to wade through an ocean of fleet poems to find the discussions where people are actually ... you know ... discussing things. I welcome his participation in other threads. Frankly, I think if he posted his poems there, in the context that inspired them, they would be much more engaging. They would certainly be less annoying. This has, in fact, been suggested to him countless times. I don't pick on Erjen because he creates a tenth as many threads which spawn ten times the level of engagement. I don't agree with most of what he says, but this is, after all, a discussion board. Freedom of speech is the right to say what you want. It's not the right to say it wherever and whenever you want with no restrictions whatsoever. We're not talking about preventing fleet from posting whatever he wants, we're just asking that he do it in such a way that it doesn't disrupt everyone else's conversations. How about anybody who can read the title of the forum? It isn't Fleet's personal poetry slam, and while I don't mind the occasional off-topic post, this has gone way way WAY beyond. Hopefully anybody else who spams the board. Do you see ours? It's not what fleet is saying that we have a problem with (or at least that's not what I have a problem with) -- it's the manner in which he chooses to say it which seems to be the most disruptive, annoying way possible. If he posted inside existing threads, I think that would be fine. If he posted all the poems in one thread, I think that would be fine too. Hell, if he started a new poetry thread once a day, I think even that would be a vast improvement. These things have all been suggested to him many times and all pretty much ignored. you are my existing threads. |
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