Cranks, Trolls and Other Blessings of the Online World

Sy is completely oblivious. Brad..since nobody here can understand a word of what he says I withold judgement. He could have the most bizarre form of dyslexia known and actually be saying something intelligent.In his own way he tries to participate and debate. Stephen and his soul mate Salty both had major meltdowns on this site..so I think that even if they do not admit they are cranks, Somewhere in their brains they know they are waaay out on the fringe.

Guess someone would have to talk to Brad in person...maybe next time I'm in Ithaca I'll look him up. I grew up there and am bound to go back someday for a visit. I guess one benefit is that even if he then knows my real identity, it will still be a secret at EvC since nobody would undertand what he was saying if he posted anything about me Dysrexia...how about Dysyamsu..an affliction whereby the person affected cannot form coherent thoughts period? I think it must be contagious since Stephen ben Yeshua got a really bad case of it. I think the plausibility that he will recover is pretty low.

You must have come after Peter Borger, Ten-sai aka zephan, salty and wordswordsman left...crankus maximus

I think salty wins the all time "most proclaimed exits" award. I think he even claimed he was insulted and leaving after his first post..he then continued for about a month.Syamsu could win the "how did I end up here?" award. I think he was looking for a website on detergents, only read the first two words on the site and then assumed he was in the right place because somebody in the laundromat may have told him so. Besides, Darwinism is clearly suppressing the debate on detergents based on ideology. Some guy called Dawkins said something about selfish jeans.

I have to side with wj on this. If a new creationist appears on the board with an argument we have seen hundreds of times before it means the person has 1. not even scanned the board casually before jumping in 2. has done so but is a troll. I see no reason to handle them with kid gloves. Those who enter with a moderate approach are usually greeted with moderation. Those who launch into a Fred Williams like diatribe against everyone and everything should not be extended a courtesy they themselves are incapable of extending. The preach and run types take off quickly, others moderate their behavior to fit in..on both sides. What's the problem? Moose should go to a scientific debate on a hot topic..if you think people gun for one another on this board you have not seen anything.