General Discussion Of Moderation Procedures (aka 'The Whine List')

Whatever the merits or demerits of proper caps versus all lowercase, this question pales to insignificance to me compared to the actual content of certain posters, Dawn Bertot to name perhaps the worst offender. At least arach knows the correct meaning, usage and spelling of the words he uses. It's infinitely easier to read and understand someone who speaks English and uses the wrong capitalization than someone who butchers the language but puts caps where they belong.Some have suggested that Dawn is a non-native English speaker. If he has confirmed this, I've missed it. While my experience with non-native English speakers is not vast, I do not get the impression that Dawn is one. I get the impression that Dawn has heard a lot of big words and leaped to erroneous conclusions about what they mean. (His history here of leaping to unwarranted conclusions supports my impression.) Either way, there is no doubt whatsoever that he cannot clearly say what he means, unless he actually means to write nonsense, a proposition I cannot reject out of hand.All this is by way of commenting that the brouhaha about capitalization seems to elevate form over substance. If we're going to suspend arach for mis-capitalization, I would ask that serious consideration be given to suspending those who choose to abuse the language. Even if Dawn is a non-native English speaker, I would argue that his continued misuse of vocabulary after several have pointed out his errors rises to the level of deliberate, or at least intentional disregard. Since I have yet to see him offer anything that advances any discussion in any meaningful way, his presence would not be missed.

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Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson

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We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat

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It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate

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...creationists have a great way to detect fraud and it doesn't take 8 or 40 years or even a scientific degree to spot the fraud--'if it disagrees with the bible then it is wrong'.... -- archaeologist

So, they're not racists. They're just religious bigots.Isn't that nice? Edited by AdminPD, : Warning

Once again, the facts do not support your delusional ranting.In the Romney the Bully thread, your first post was Message 104 in which you said: Not only had nobody called you a name, your name hadn't even come up in the thread before your first post.In the Fox news = false news thread, your second post was Message 171 in which you said: This was in response to jar asking for clarification of your claim, made in your first post, that threads critical of Obama are closed ion the first 15-30 pages. Nobody had insulted you in any way.In your sixth post in the News on Religion in Our Goverments thread, Message 48, you said; AZPaul3 didn't insult you in that thread, either before or after your post.In the More Awesome Obama thread, your Message 49, your first post in that thread, said: Again, you had not even been mentioned in that thread before your post.In the New Tennessee Monkey Law! thread, nobody even mentioned your name before your first post in that thread, Message 28, in which you said: (Emphasis added)Perhaps that might be an apropos place to stop, although I'm sure there are many more examples

You are so transparent it's hysterical.You don't "engage" with me because when you post something that's not true, I prove you are wrong with facts that you can't make disappear with schoolyard insults and name calling. You've got no response to my proof that you don't just respond to other people's insults in Message 473, and you know you'll lose my challenge in Message 221. You know that the only thing left to you is to ignore me and call me a troll. But you're not fooling anyone. Everyone reading this knows you're a blowhard with no substance behind you.This is a debate site. If you don't want to debate, why are you here? You've said you like to flame, is that it? Are you so inept at simple flaming that you can't survive in a flame rich environment so you have to come here where you know people won't flame back?You really are pathetic.

Keep in mind that AE's definition of "troll" is to say something he can't refute.

For what it's worth, I'm on Faith's side on this one. She did nothing but express genuine interest in the topic.