OK, that's talking goldfish dealt with!
Bring on the gods!
Hi, I'm Mick
-
JimC
- The sentimental bloke
- Posts: 73433
- Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:58 am
- About me: To be serious about gin requires years of dedicated research.
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Contact:
Re: Hi, I'm Mick
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
And my gin!
And my gin!
Re: Hi, I'm Mick
"Mick,
While your defence of homophobia, for example, has always been a cause for concern, latterly the majority of your posts have appeared to the mod team, and to a large number of members, designed specifically to goad your fellow contributors, rather than being merely controversial or combative.
For example, your contributions to the Hello, men. You're all a part of rape culture, "Grow a pair": Mayor's advice to victims of bullying, and Duh-kins 'God Delusion' threads, and posts such as this, this, and this, demonstrate an inclination to deliberately and systematically provoke strong adverse reactions from other members. This is considered trolling. It is unacceptable, and when undertaken over a period of time becomes ever more unacceptable by repetition.
Your banning has not come out of the blue, nor should it be the surprise you suggest: you have been advised on several occasions and have had a number of warnings; you have even been suspended previously, all for very similar kinds of posting. The mod team felt that the possibility of you amending your style was extremely unlikely, in fact you seemed to be pushing the limits even further in the past few months.
This was not an easy decision to make and had been under consideration for some time, but the number and nature of reports you were making against other members suggests you were aware of the fragility of your position. Your claim that you didn't even know you were "at risk" reinforces our decision that your behaviour was unlikely to change and we see no reason to reverse this decision.
The moderation team now considers this matter closed."
I defended homophobia? This mod is something else. This TWOTH feller.
While your defence of homophobia, for example, has always been a cause for concern, latterly the majority of your posts have appeared to the mod team, and to a large number of members, designed specifically to goad your fellow contributors, rather than being merely controversial or combative.
For example, your contributions to the Hello, men. You're all a part of rape culture, "Grow a pair": Mayor's advice to victims of bullying, and Duh-kins 'God Delusion' threads, and posts such as this, this, and this, demonstrate an inclination to deliberately and systematically provoke strong adverse reactions from other members. This is considered trolling. It is unacceptable, and when undertaken over a period of time becomes ever more unacceptable by repetition.
Your banning has not come out of the blue, nor should it be the surprise you suggest: you have been advised on several occasions and have had a number of warnings; you have even been suspended previously, all for very similar kinds of posting. The mod team felt that the possibility of you amending your style was extremely unlikely, in fact you seemed to be pushing the limits even further in the past few months.
This was not an easy decision to make and had been under consideration for some time, but the number and nature of reports you were making against other members suggests you were aware of the fragility of your position. Your claim that you didn't even know you were "at risk" reinforces our decision that your behaviour was unlikely to change and we see no reason to reverse this decision.
The moderation team now considers this matter closed."
I defended homophobia? This mod is something else. This TWOTH feller.
Re: Hi, I'm Mick
Here are the "trolling" posts he exemplified:
http://www.rationalskepticism.org/news- ... l#p2013310
http://www.rationalskepticism.org/news- ... l#p2006577
http://www.rationalskepticism.org/news- ... l#p2016238
http://www.rationalskepticism.org/news- ... l#p2013310
http://www.rationalskepticism.org/news- ... l#p2006577
http://www.rationalskepticism.org/news- ... l#p2016238
-
JimC
- The sentimental bloke
- Posts: 73433
- Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:58 am
- About me: To be serious about gin requires years of dedicated research.
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Contact:
Re: Hi, I'm Mick
Very fussy mods over there; we have a much less sensitive trip wire for mod action...
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
And my gin!
And my gin!
Re: Hi, I'm Mick
That was more about who was saying it, not what was being said.
-
FBM
- Ratz' first Gritizen.
- Posts: 45327
- Joined: Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:43 pm
- About me: Skeptic. "Because it does not contend
It is therefore beyond reproach" - Contact:
Re: Hi, I'm Mick
JimC wrote:OK, that's talking goldfish dealt with!
Bring on the gods!
The evidence for them, that is..."A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
-
JimC
- The sentimental bloke
- Posts: 73433
- Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:58 am
- About me: To be serious about gin requires years of dedicated research.
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Contact:
Re: Hi, I'm Mick
We can eat talking goldfish, we can dine on gods!FBM wrote:JimC wrote:OK, that's talking goldfish dealt with!
Bring on the gods!
(I'm getting a little weird, aren't I - it's the medication for my cold... As soon as I get home, I'll combat its strange effects with gin...)
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
And my gin!
And my gin!
-
FBM
- Ratz' first Gritizen.
- Posts: 45327
- Joined: Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:43 pm
- About me: Skeptic. "Because it does not contend
It is therefore beyond reproach" - Contact:
Re: Hi, I'm Mick
What could possibly go wrong?
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
-
JimC
- The sentimental bloke
- Posts: 73433
- Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:58 am
- About me: To be serious about gin requires years of dedicated research.
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Contact:
Re: Hi, I'm Mick
Like the time in the 70s when I dropped a tab of acid then ate some magic mushrooms...FBM wrote:What could possibly go wrong?
Definitely needed a joint to calm things down a little...
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
And my gin!
And my gin!
-
FBM
- Ratz' first Gritizen.
- Posts: 45327
- Joined: Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:43 pm
- About me: Skeptic. "Because it does not contend
It is therefore beyond reproach" - Contact:
Re: Hi, I'm Mick
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
Re: Hi, I'm Mick
Well Mick, at least you have a new home here now.
Any of the RS folks who think your posts need public rebuttal can tune in anytime they like.
Any of the RS folks who think your posts need public rebuttal can tune in anytime they like.
Re: Hi, I'm Mick
Yup.
Moving on...
Moving on...
-
orpheus
- Posts: 1522
- Joined: Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:43 am
- About me: The name is Epictetus. Waldo Epictetus.
- Contact:
Re: Hi, I'm Mick
I agree with the first sentence, but not with the second. Certainly philosophers of the past were less knowledgeable than thinkers of today. But that isn't the same as intelligence or thinking ability. In Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson said that the ancient Greeks "though utter shitheads in many ways, were terrifyingly intelligent people". I think he's got a point.rEvolutionist wrote:When most of the population is uneducated and struggling to survive day to day, it's not surprising that philosophers of the time appeared to be intellectual giants. By today's standards, most of them are pretty pedestrian thinkers.
(For example)
-
orpheus
- Posts: 1522
- Joined: Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:43 am
- About me: The name is Epictetus. Waldo Epictetus.
- Contact:
Re: Hi, I'm Mick
I do like Aquinas on aesthetics; he had some rather profound observations. At least, as filtered through Joyce and put into the mouth of Stephen Dedalus.Svartalf wrote:and a real waste of thinking... just to think what Thomas Aquinas could have accomplished had he done real science rather than glossing on nonsense...Xamonas Chegwé wrote:It's easy to boast.Mick wrote:Catholicism boasts some of the West's greatest thinkers, just so you know.
(BTW, Happy Bloomsday 2 days late, everyone!
)
Last edited by orpheus on Wed Jun 18, 2014 8:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I think that language has a lot to do with interfering in our relationship to direct experience. A simple thing like metaphor will allows you to go to a place and say 'this is like that'. Well, this isn't like that. This is like this.
—Richard Serra
—Richard Serra
-
orpheus
- Posts: 1522
- Joined: Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:43 am
- About me: The name is Epictetus. Waldo Epictetus.
- Contact:
Re: Hi, I'm Mick
Sorry - just wanted to jump in on those two points. Carry on.
I think that language has a lot to do with interfering in our relationship to direct experience. A simple thing like metaphor will allows you to go to a place and say 'this is like that'. Well, this isn't like that. This is like this.
—Richard Serra
—Richard Serra
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests