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Message 9 of 167 (387933)
03-03-2007 5:47 PM

Reply to: Message 1 by Tusko
03-03-2007 11:13 AM

I was just wondering what anyone else thought of it.

I think the more clearly and frequently the pogo weasels go on public record, the better.

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Message 59 of 167 (388168)
03-04-2007 10:40 PM

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03-03-2007 7:09 PM

Tusko writes:

But do you know what the really sick thing is? The more that people take the piss by altering this godawful site, the more this proves to people inclined to take it seriously that the evolutionists/atheists/onanists are a nasty bunch who should be avoided: the more it proves that Wikipedia is biased - which to them is clearly synonymous with wrong.

Isn't that the biggest tragedy of all?

Well, it's pretty stupid all round, but I don't think it rises to the level of tragedy. It is deliciously appropriate that no certain distinction can be made between sincere idiocy and its parody on Conservapedia.

The use of our magnificent brains to create and maintain ignorance and bigotry--now, there's tragedy. Everything else is carnival.

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Message 103 of 167 (388361)
03-05-2007 6:58 PM

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03-05-2007 6:37 PM

Re: Wiki bias

Quetzal writes:

Interesting. I vaguely remember a former colleague (a teacher) who absolutely disallowed wikipedia as a reference in term papers she assigned. Maybe it was more an issue of primary vs. secondary sources. I don't suppose Chronicle is freely available on-line?

My She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed, Dragon Lady Perfesser of Literature and Composition, will not accept encyclopedias as cited references in undergraduate research papers, though a bibliography entry for general background is no problem. That seems reasonable to me.

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Message 141 of 167 (388820)
03-07-2007 11:44 PM

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03-07-2007 1:34 PM

Tusko writes:

I agree that its very amusing that you can't tell the parody from the chaff - an entirely unintended side-effect of the project I imagine... unless its a brilliant parody all round.

Life, the universe and everything leave me with similar questions. I find myself guffawing at the most awful "realities": reading conservapedia is like looking at a sunset you could never paint because it's too richly cliched to be believed.

Have the gods gone mad? Is absurdity the ultimate, irreducible particle? Is my sense of humor degenerating into hebephrenia?

Stay tuned.

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