A Serious Proposal

[Randy Carson]

Randy, I would seriously suggest that if the environment here is not to your liking, that you either go some place where it is, or create your own.

We aren't going to fragment the subforums further and add additional layers of rules to satisify your preferences - and frankly, I'm not the least bit interested in discussing the matter further, either.  We certainly aren't going to be creating zones where speech is restricted any more than it is in the open forum because doing so is inconsistent with the core values of the owner and management of this site.

Fine.

But it was never about satisfying my preferences exclusively...or did you not notice what TheRocketSurgeon wrote?

[Jackalope]

I agree with Rocket, and that's where I got the idea for a separate subforum.

No, you don't. You completely misunderstood him, and took away from what he said what you wanted to hear, and not what was actually being said.

Which, sadly, appears to be business as usual.

[Napoléon]

So, in essence, a sub-forum for people to play by your rules, and by what you constitute as serious discussion.

I'm quite surprised to be honest, I never thought anything you posted was serious in the first place.

Oh wait.

[TheRocketSurgeon]

I agree with Rocket, and that's where I got the idea for a separate subforum.

No, you don't.  You completely misunderstood him, and took away from what he said what you wanted to hear, and not what was actually being said.

Which, sadly, appears to be business as usual.

Thank you!

[Losty]

Okay. That pup ain't sad. SteelCurtain is not only super smart (don't recommend you go toe to toe on grades or schools with him) but one of the nicest most even tempered guys I know. Also just plain nice. Really.

Also a bimbo

[Nay_Sayer]

There already is a subforum for the collective evidence for god, Can't you see it?

[Cyberman]

It's a no-brainer, CL.

Oh, so that's why you came up with it.

But no one in management here can bring themselves to agree to any proposal that I make without losing face.

Or it might - just might - have something to do with what we've all told you. Now, grow up and stop sulking.

[Minimalist]

Quite honestly, I'm tired of talking about Randy, and I'm tired of him baiting us into talking about him.  

I think everyone should just refuse to post in any of his bullshit threads until he turns over a new leaf.

That would be never.

[Spooky]

[Faith No More]

That would be never.

Which is kind of my point.  Randy is never going to change, and we can't control that.  So, we have to change what we can control, and that is how we react to him.  I'm guessing Randy would completely forget our web address if we all just stopped replying to him.  He's an antagonizer and getting his kicks out of our responses to him. If we refuse to feed the junkie, he'll get his drug elsewhere.

But I get it. Reading Randy's garbage makes you want to smack it down, and pointing just how bad his nonsense is makes us feel better ourselves.  At some point, however, we have to take responsibility for perpetuating his stupidity.  It's easy to tear him down, though, but personally, I feel that low-hanging fruit loses its taste after a while.

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