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Czuch: "so thats it then???? Im taking my ball and going home??? If I cant post 9/11 links, then im outta here?"
Actually, AD is right, in one sense. I came here to open doors of thought, make points most don't think about. I've done that. What I've talked about takes a lot to absorb, and can't be absorbed at all without serious & time-consuming study. I could be wrong, but I question whether you or anyone here will put in that kind of effort.
The "one thing" AD talked about....the fall of the towers...can be used as the lever to bring the whole official story down. It just takes the courage of conviction. But there are other "one things", equally valid. The standown of NORAD on 9/11...the behavior of Bush on 9/11....all the prior knowledge of the impending attacks...etc.
But a dead horse is a dead horse. I'm only here to make points in discussions of real importance, on issues that effect us & the world. I'm not really here to play online games & pop in once a while for a one-liner on the Politics DB. I am mission-oriented.
Because of that, it is true, I have to be able to post on the issue that concerns me, because to me, it is the important post to make. To this point, AD has not blocked any of my posts. But he has maneuvered to put himself into a position to be ABLE to block them, with an official excuse for doing so to explain his moves. And his continual posting of these "new guidelines" are intended to announce the fact that the board needs to be controlled, and he is going to do it.
I'm not much interested in a controlled board, except the basic need to not use profanity & to keep discussion more or less civil. Nor will I consent to allow my debating opponent to use his authority as a moderator to "guide the debate."
Now, we could debate all day on whether he is actually attempting to do that. Although, strictly speaking, such a debate is already off-limits, and a challenge of moderating principles is supposed to be handled by PM. Now, I'm not here to attack or harass the moderator. I'm here to discuss what I like to discuss, make the points I like to make, copy-&-paste items of interest, provide links I consider useful, etc. When the moderator tells me I must begin censoring myself or he will do it for me, he goes too far, in my opinion.
You said, again: "so thats it then???? Im taking my ball and going home????"
That's a good analogy. The playing field must be even & competitive. We don't need an umpire with a personal stake in which team wins....whatever the reasons for that stake, or whatever the game. Otherwise, sure, why not go home? When I played pee-wee football, we were undefeated and went into a team's stadium where the local refs were determined to give the other team the game. Finally, shortly into the 3rd quarter, our coach looked at the team and pointed up the bleachers and said: "To the bus!" We left the stadium in mid-game. I've always admired him for doing that.