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Presumably, since I'm not a moderator, I can comment on this and explain that the titles he sees ("titles like "Forum God," or "Forum King,") are not actually because the people are mods, but just a jokey indication of how much stuff people have posted here.Greylorn has requested the chance to produce a thread that he can't reply to himself . His Titles is "Naked Science Forum Newbie" and he has said he doesn't want titled members to reply.Not spotting this suggests to me that Greylorn is "almost as smart as a truckload of fence posts.".However, the simple answer to the question which the OP asks is going to be "no".If you want a thread where you can spout nonsense unoposed, start your own forum.If you are right about it being a good idea not to kick nonsense into touch, then your forum will be a great success, and others- such as this one will wither and die.Go for it!
Quote from: Bored chemist on 02/09/2017 14:43:31Presumably, since I'm not a moderator, I can comment on this and explain that the titles he sees ("titles like "Forum God," or "Forum King,") are not actually because the people are mods, but just a jokey indication of how much stuff people have posted here.Greylorn has requested the chance to produce a thread that he can't reply to himself . His Titles is "Naked Science Forum Newbie" and he has said he doesn't want titled members to reply.Not spotting this suggests to me that Greylorn is "almost as smart as a truckload of fence posts.".However, the simple answer to the question which the OP asks is going to be "no".If you want a thread where you can spout nonsense unoposed, start your own forum.If you are right about it being a good idea not to kick nonsense into touch, then your forum will be a great success, and others- such as this one will wither and die.Go for it!Drat! Nailed to my own fence post! Hate it when that happens...
I couldn't possibly comment... because I'm not allowed...
Grant me one post to which entitled forum participants, the gods, gurus, heroes, and others whose primary qualification is the persistent reiteration of accepted beliefs, no matter how illogical, no matter what value, are forbidden from commenting on.
Bill,Your thinking is straight and your questions are right on. Good job of sorting out ideas from balderdash. -G
"KILL THE PIG, CUT HER THROAT, SPILL HER BLOOD"
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 06/10/2017 04:08:09"KILL THE PIG, CUT HER THROAT, SPILL HER BLOOD" Can somebody please explain to me in plain english what this cryptic voodoo means?
It is a quote from the book Lord of the Flies, the boys chant it.
Dancing would normally be a symbol of joy, pleasure, and of community.- 11 -However, in the novel it instead becomes a decoy, not seeing or feeling the fright on theisland. When the members of Jack’s group are scared, they dance around the fire. When Jackfeels that fear starts to grow among the boys, he gets them to dance. For example, in onesituation of the novel a thunderstorm is approaching: “The flickering light became brighterand the blows of the thunder were only just bearable. The littluns began to run about,screaming. Jack leapt on to the sand. ‘Do our dance! Come on! Dance!’” (Golding 161).Focusing on something else, it gives the boys the feeling of not being alone and thereforetakes away their fears (Gregor and Kinkead-Weekes 34). But they also dance in connectionwith the hunt. They do this either before or after the hunt, but it has always the same pattern.They scream, shout and dance. The dance is like a role play, or an Indian war dance. One boyis the sow and the others hunt him down while they scream, laugh and try to stab the boy withtheir spears. One important slogan is screamed and sung each time, because it is like Jack’stribe’s sacred words: “Kill the beast. Cut his throat. Spill his blood” (Golding 152). Byanalyzing only the verbs in this saying it is clear that the shouting leads to violence anddestruction. These are words of power and dominance, the words of a dictator.
Does Galileo mean that Chris stands out as Copernicus, both sides of the fence ?