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Evolutionist tactics.

Arikay

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Considering the evolutionists were trouncing the creationists on the Evolution Fairytale forum and some of the mods had to resort to banning most of the evolutionists (Labeled as trolls) I really doubt the hacking of that board was some sort of evolutionists tactic to stop creationists.

Oh and yes, I was banned there for being a "troll." The total amount of trolling I did was to argue against Admin3 and then PM him and Fred to find out what was going on. No real explanation was given. Although considering how the bannings happend after that, it became apparent that the ban tool was being used in place of actual debate.
 
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Arikay said:
Oh and yes, I was banned there for being a "troll." The total amount of trolling I did was to argue against Admin3 and then PM him and Fred to find out what was going on. No real explanation was given. Although considering how the bannings happend after that, it became apparent that the ban tool was being used in place of actual debate.
Same here. I was suspended for being a member of another (skeptic) forum and labeled a troll for that reason. I asked for clarification but no real explanation was given (other than that I was threading on thin ice already, which isn't an explanation).
 
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Same here. I was suspended for being a member of another (skeptic) forum and labeled a troll for that reason. I asked for clarification but no real explanation was given (other than that I was threading on thin ice already, which isn't an explanation).

I don't know why you guys bothered in the first place. Fred has an exceedingly long history of being unable to think clearly, and is just in the game for the opportunity to congratulate himself. Onan would be proud.

BTW, is your demon kosher?
 
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I don't know why you guys bothered in the first place. Fred has an exceedingly long history of being unable to think clearly, and is just in the game for the opportunity to congratulate himself. Onan would be proud.

BTW, is your demon kosher?
Well, I must say that it was interesting for the time being. I thought the creationists there were actually a bit higher caliber than the ones we get over here. I expected to be banned, so that I got suspended was no real surprise.

My demon is impure. Kosher demons are hard to come by.
 
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Entertainment. :)
Fred seems nice, just confused. I was surprised that he didn't act as bad as I had heard, things went smoothly at first.
I find it very odd that they lost the forum when they moved to a new version (eliminating all the evidence of being trounced on their own forum) but the ban list of evil trolls (read evolutionists) amazingly made it. :)
 
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Tomk80 said:
Well, I must say that it was interesting for the time being. I thought the creationists there were actually a bit higher caliber than the ones we get over here. I expected to be banned, so that I got suspended was no real surprise.

Most non-YECS would visit that forum with similar expectations, I suppose.

My demon is impure. Kosher demons are hard to come by.

Well, trade up, for pete's sake. We can't have the flames being sullied.
 
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Arikay said:
Entertainment. :)

Just as long as your motives weren't noble, then. :)

Fred seems nice, just confused. I was surprised that he didn't act as bad as I had heard, things went smoothly at first.
I find it very odd that they lost the forum when they moved to a new version (eliminating all the evidence of being trounced on their own forum) but the ban list of evil trolls (read evolutionists) amazingly made it. :)

'stonishin', ain't it?
 
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Praxiteles said:
Well, trade up, for pete's sake. We can't have the flames being sullied.
Okay, just a sec.


*paints reverse pentagram on the floor and starts obscene ritual*
*sticks head around the corner*
euh, could you borrow me one of those virgins to use for the summoning. I seem to have run fresh out of virgins. I promise you'll get her back intact... more or less...
 
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I agree with Tom, I did expect a bit more of a challenge, without the backup of the scientists and learned people like on this forum, but review of Fred's site eliminated that, and further conversation fixed any expectation of a challenge at least from Fred.

The one thing that I was hoping for was a paper Fred promised (sort of) about C-14 dating and coal. Unfortunately he refused to post any detailed information about it in any thread including my C-14 thread I made (which got practically zero creationist reply). He said it refuted the T.O. claims about C-14 in coal. I wonder why I could never get him to give any information about it. :)

The forums did do some good, I remember seeing one creationists who supposably took off to another forum because of the heavy handed and one sided moderating.
 
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Tomk80 said:
Okay, just a sec.


*paints reverse pentagram on the floor and starts obscene ritual*

We have a room for that kind of thing. And don't forget to put the seat down and use the air freshener. Otherwise there'll be hell to pay from the women.
*sticks head around the corner*
euh, could you borrow me one of those virgins to use for the summoning. I seem to have run fresh out of virgins. I promise you'll get her back intact... more or less...

What? Do you think these things grow on trees?
 
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Addition: I still believe 33% that Fred is a parody that has managed to fool tons of people. His arguments come off as a Hovind parody and he even uses EAC hosting. :)


Tom: Why not just paint a normal pentagram on the floor then turn around? :)
If I paint a decagram on the floor, will my demon have more power than yours?
 
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Arikay said:
Entertainment. :)
Fred seems nice, just confused. I was surprised that he didn't act as bad as I had heard, things went smoothly at first.
I find it very odd that they lost the forum when they moved to a new version (eliminating all the evidence of being trounced on their own forum) but the ban list of evil trolls (read evolutionists) amazingly made it. :)

Not only that, but somehow every guest-book entry between Feb 15th and Mar 3rd was "inadvertantly" over-written when Fred "accidentaly" put a back-up copy of the guestbook up. His forum is under the sub-directory "/forum" while his guestbook is under "/guestbook_data". I fully admit to not being a genius in the relevant field but it's impossible to "inadvertantly" do something in the entirely wrong directory like that without trying REALLY hard.

BTW, some links for easy reading:

http://upate.net/fred.williams.htm
http://home.austarnet.com.au/stear/lesson_cre_ethics_rr.htm (seems he likes the number 3!)
http://www.evcforum.net/ubb/Forum12/HTML/000119.html
http://www.geocities.com/huxter4441/fredagain.html (this one's a tad hard to read)
 
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Arikay said:
The forums did do some good, I remember seeing one creationists who supposably took off to another forum because of the heavy handed and one sided moderating.

All this talk of heavy moderation reminds me of my early experiences with the internet back in the mid 90's. I was a member of a YEC listserv, the owner of which used to edit posts before they were sent out to the other members. (!)

Often this amounted to inserting editorial into the text of your post (annoying) or worse, deleting segments of your posts that he deemed undesirable. Sometimes my contributions went out to the other members reading like complete rubbish.

At least online forums, no matter how heavily moderated, allow your post to appear initially as you intend it.
 
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Bushido216 said:
Not only that, but somehow every guest-book entry between Feb 15th and Mar 3rd was "inadvertantly" over-written when Fred "accidentaly" put a back-up copy of the guestbook up. His forum is under the sub-directory "/forum" while his guestbook is under "/guestbook_data". I fully admit to not being a genius in the relevant field but it's impossible to "inadvertantly" do something in the entirely wrong directory like that without trying REALLY hard.

BTW, some links for easy reading:

http://upate.net/fred.williams.htm
http://home.austarnet.com.au/stear/lesson_cre_ethics_rr.htm (seems he likes the number 3!)
http://www.evcforum.net/ubb/Forum12/HTML/000119.html
http://www.geocities.com/huxter4441/fredagain.html (this one's a tad hard to read)

Hey there, Bushiboy! :wave:

John Stear's pages contain some good stuff. His site is still stuck in the web of the late 90's, but he still updates the content.
 
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DGE Project said:
I know peole will jsut make fun of me agian,

Do us all a favor and pour maple syrup on your keyboard. Thanks.

but I need to get the trugh out.

What's the "trugh?" Dictionary.com came back with no results.

I have been seing the ways tha t evolutionsts deal with arguemnts for creation.

By giving scientific evidence for our assertions! You and I bro are right on ;)

I have already started a thread about the political games that evos

Wait ... politics? I don't think so.

play, but I have since learned even more distrubin thingts.

Lyke wat m8?

There have been sites taht have iformation that evos are incapable fo dealing wiht so they hack the sites.

Prove it.

They think they can promote evolutionism by silencing all opposing views.

Prove it.

Creationist have never needed to do this. You don't see creationists tryng to hack talkorigins do yoU? IF evolution is really as supported by science as its believers say it is then evos wouldn't have to resort to using such tactics.

It's funny, you made a claim with no proof. Proof?

Now go ahead and ridicule me all you want.

Okay!

I don't care.

Huzzah to apathy!

It is my duty to make sure the tactics of evo hackers don't go unkonwn.

And it is my duty to point out how your claims are nonsense without proof.

You've been pwned. :) :) Have a great day! :) :)
 
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Bushido. Very interesting.

That Ari comment in the picture was great. Too proud = I chose to discuss it over PM instead of his forum. He reads like he has some power issues, as he was only happy if I did things his way.
Not wanting to play in his cooler was what got me moved from an unexplained suspension (most likely from disagreeing with him) to a ban.
 
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DGE Project said:
I know peole will jsut make fun of me agian, but I need to get the trugh out.

Yes, the trugh is important....

Creationist have never needed to do this. You don't see creationists tryng to hack talkorigins do yoU? IF evolution is really as supported by science as its believers say it is then evos wouldn't have to resort to using such tactics.

No, they just lie.

Now go ahead and ridicule me all you want. I don't care. It is my duty to make sure the tactics of evo hackers don't go unkonwn.

Yes, because you can't get the same information from a book....:scratch:
 
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