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Re: Times Online- Richard Dawkins unleashes tirade against fans

Post by Crazyfrog » Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:23 pm

Not sure if this update has been posted elsewhere, here it is anyway:

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Post by Toontown » Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:15 pm

In defending his decision, the scientist noted the "remarkable bile" directed at the site's moderator, which "suggests to me that there is something rotten in the Internet culture that can vent it. If I ever had any doubts that RD.net needs to change, and rid itself of this particular aspect of Internet culture, they are dispelled by this episode."

I'm frankly sorry Dawkins backed down from this statement. He was correct.

The proposed new mode of moderation is the cure for what ailed RDnet. The forum had become little more than a propaganda tool of the radical left. The political forum, in particular, was awash in reams of 'Merika-badmouth dweezleblabber, dominated 24/7 by a small cadre of smug, overbearing, obsessive rag-mouths.

Those who became hysterically outraged and ran away screaming were precisely the ones who needed to be gotten rid of.

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Post by ficklefiend » Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:31 pm

rag-mouths?

What kind of slang is that, have you just flown in from the 1950's?
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Post by Ilovelucy » Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:00 pm

ficklefiend wrote:rag-mouths?

What kind of slang is that, have you just flown in from the 1950's?
Sorry son, can't hear ya, too many pinko commie freedom hatin' rags in yer mouth!!!
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Post by Toontown » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:23 pm

ficklefiend wrote:rag-mouths?

What kind of slang is that, have you just flown in from the 1950's?
There was no such slang expression in the '50's.

What kind of slang is that? That is original slang. Originated by me. As is "dweezleblabber".

Don't you get it? Rag. As in "on the rag". "Ragging". "Ragging on..."

Fits perfectly.

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Post by Blondie » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:26 pm

Alan C wrote:Mmm, t'was hypnotic.


Oh shit, it's changed.
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It was drivin' me nuts! I couldn't read other peoples posts. :D
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Post by Toontown » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:32 pm

Ilovelucy wrote:
ficklefiend wrote:rag-mouths?

What kind of slang is that, have you just flown in from the 1950's?
Sorry son, can't hear ya, too many pinko commie freedom hatin' rags in yer mouth!!!
Just out of curiosity...is Asperger's Syndrome a common affliction among pinko commies?

Just wondering. It would explain a lot. Such as the literal-mindedness, and the need for "structure". Even if the "structure" is nightly political lectures. Or the comforting routine of the Collective...

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Post by jd » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:35 pm

Hmmm - more assertions of Aspergers, seemingly without reason or sense. Fred Kite, is that you?

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Post by Blondie » Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:17 pm

I have Asperger's and I don't consider myself a pinko commie. :ddpan:
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Post by Alan C » Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:17 pm

Toontown wrote:
Ilovelucy wrote:
ficklefiend wrote:rag-mouths?

What kind of slang is that, have you just flown in from the 1950's?
Sorry son, can't hear ya, too many pinko commie freedom hatin' rags in yer mouth!!!
Just out of curiosity...is Asperger's Syndrome a common affliction among pinko commies?

Just wondering. It would explain a lot. Such as the literal-mindedness, and the need for "structure". Even if the "structure" is nightly political lectures. Or the comforting routine of the Collective...
Do you suffer from this?
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Post by Horwood Beer-Master » Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:42 pm

jd wrote:Hmmm - more assertions of Aspergers, seemingly without reason or sense. Fred Kite, is that you?

:levi:
I was thinking it was Seth.
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Post by Blondie » Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:55 pm

Horwood Beer-Master wrote:
jd wrote:Hmmm - more assertions of Aspergers, seemingly without reason or sense. Fred Kite, is that you?

:levi:
I was thinking it was Seth.
Oh noes.. I hated that twat.
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Post by FedUpWithFaith » Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:57 pm

I was thinking it was ThorHolland

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Post by Horwood Beer-Master » Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:03 pm

Anthroban wrote:
Horwood Beer-Master wrote:
jd wrote:Hmmm - more assertions of Aspergers, seemingly without reason or sense. Fred Kite, is that you?

:levi:
I was thinking it was Seth.
Oh noes.. I hated that twat.
Who didn't?
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