Perhaps you could make an argument as to why this thread should be moved to the pit rather just making an unsupported assertion and posting a link.
What is so lgttqatsdt about that?
Well, IMO its a rule that is selectively enforced.
Agreed. We don’t always see eye to eye on baseball subjects but I thought the board was lesser without you.
Same guy who once wanted a member drawn and quartered for referring to “Algore”.
I post here in in a disjointed and various manner. I will post for a bit and then ignore the site for years, but as (insert your favorite deity here) is my witness, I thought Marley was a she…
In this case, I think it would have to be Ishi Kore.
Wow. Not only is Marley a “he”, but he has been banned from blood donation due to extremely high testosterone levels which makes his blood dangerous to handle or receive. I heard.
I agree.
It’s a testament to the other Dopers that it turned into a reasonable debate after the OP poisoned the well like that.
I didn’t really get into that thread after reading the OP, but I’ll take your word for it.
Feh. I looked at that one when it was posted. But there’s no rule against well-poisoning in your own OP.
Offering up for debate whether or not a political party “deserves to be wiped from the face of the earth” is a tad more than “well poisoning”.
The thing is: Marley sees the tiny bit of goodness in a poster, much like a woman sees something in a man that no-one else sees.
Marleys’ moderation of Der Tris is obvious in this light.
Much like the Democrats’ love of Obama.
No-one is evil per se. Everyone has a point of view.
But when anyone’s idea of friendship or loyalty is allowed to be carried on or beyond their ideal of justice or honesty or decency … the result is not … beneficial … to anyone.
I assumed Marley was a woman because of her/his ability to see a spark of goodness in the midst of overwhelming ugliness.
As may be, Mace. But to act pre-emptively would be to take upon myself the role of controlling what the debates are instead of just moderating them. That’s something I don’t want to do.
Heck, if I left “Hitler=Pretty Nice Dude” threads go, I can let pretty much anything that’s not outright spam or trolling have a go at finding a real debate.
Nope. It’s controlling the tone of the debates, which is something Marley has said is a goal in the past. The OP would be perfectly free to start another thread in GD on the same subject that is not a rant. This happens quite frequently. As it is, we just re-enforce the behavior that leads to routine demonizing of the other side.