Tim
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« Reply #80 on: January 23, 2012, 08:59:AM » |
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I understand the issues around using your actual name, but the taking on of an online persona is a problem for many. What about using an old nick name ? The idea being "be what you is and not what you ain't." I can't remember the character on Rocky and Bullwinkle but it's a very good idea. For instance mine as a young guy until I was a grown man was Tutto. It's Italian for all. I'm sure you all have one.
The other issue is brnging down the men in black on Vox. We should be able to write comments without being inflamatory or anti-semitic or racist. We should be able with seeing Sebelius' edict concerning the pill etc., that we are being singled out for persecution. Let's not give them ammo. There are thirteen internet Catholic organizations which have come to be called the "dirty dozen". They were singled out as possible right wing home grown terrorists. Many of us are on those lists, let's not end up in Fema camps, huh, please ?
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StrictCatholicGirl
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« Reply #81 on: January 23, 2012, 09:44:AM » |
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In addition to what I said on page 3 or 4, I would hate to see the forum close down just as I'm 13... er, 12 posts away from the big 10,000!!
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« Reply #82 on: January 23, 2012, 09:44:AM » |
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Ol Dirty Papist
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« Reply #83 on: January 23, 2012, 10:36:AM » |
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Requiring posters to post under their real names could allay much mischief. I'm quite willing to do so. The trouble would be confirming that they are in fact using their real names.
Posting under real names would be very bad professionally for some users. The early Christians didn't meet in the catacombs for the heck of it. They weren't stupid and weren't seeking their martyrdom. A bit melodramatic, don't ya think? Yours, Fernando Umberto Garcia It is a bit melodramatic, but at the same time I don't want anyone showing up to my work place because of a disagreement we had over Marian apparitions. Also, what if my boss were gay? I can't imagine having my name show up on google under a traditional catholic forum would do me any favors. |
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Ol Dirty Papist
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« Reply #84 on: January 23, 2012, 10:37:AM » |
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I'd either clean house or shut down if it were me. I wouldn't want to provide a soapbox for disgruntled trads to come and spew their antisemitism and holocaust revisionism.
Says the clown with the anti-Christ as an avatar  Meh, took it down. Seems pointless now that the negative fish factor is gone. |
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Vox Clamantis
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« Reply #85 on: January 23, 2012, 10:47:AM » |
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I understand the issues around using your actual name, but the taking on of an online persona is a problem for many. What about using an old nick name ? The idea being "be what you is and not what you ain't." I can't remember the character on Rocky and Bullwinkle but it's a very good idea. For instance mine as a young guy until I was a grown man was Tutto. It's Italian for all. I'm sure you all have one.
The other issue is brnging down the men in black on Vox. We should be able to write comments without being inflamatory or anti-semitic or racist. We should be able with seeing Sebelius' edict concerning the pill etc., that we are being singled out for persecution. Let's not give them ammo. There are thirteen internet Catholic organizations which have come to be called the "dirty dozen". They were singled out as possible right wing home grown terrorists. Many of us are on those lists, let's not end up in Fema camps, huh, please ?
tim
Yeah, that's a funny thing about all this sort of thing. Say the way-wacky "right-wing extremist," bigot, skinhead, Nazi, truly tin-foil hat types are right: so they're talking their stuff all over my forum -- and guess who'd get to go to the camp? ME! Oh, boy! Like I want to go to a FEMA camp because of someone else who can't watch his big mouth. Great! Not very chivalrous of these self-appointed knights LOL |
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Someone1776
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« Reply #86 on: January 23, 2012, 11:07:AM » |
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I understand the issues around using your actual name, but the taking on of an online persona is a problem for many. What about using an old nick name ? The idea being "be what you is and not what you ain't." I can't remember the character on Rocky and Bullwinkle but it's a very good idea. For instance mine as a young guy until I was a grown man was Tutto. It's Italian for all. I'm sure you all have one.
The other issue is brnging down the men in black on Vox. We should be able to write comments without being inflamatory or anti-semitic or racist. We should be able with seeing Sebelius' edict concerning the pill etc., that we are being singled out for persecution. Let's not give them ammo. There are thirteen internet Catholic organizations which have come to be called the "dirty dozen". They were singled out as possible right wing home grown terrorists. Many of us are on those lists, let's not end up in Fema camps, huh, please ?
tim
Yeah, that's a funny thing about all this sort of thing. Say the way-wacky "right-wing extremist," bigot, skinhead, Nazi, truly tin-foil hat types are right: so they're talking their stuff all over my forum -- and guess who'd get to go to the camp? ME! Oh, boy! Like I want to go to a FEMA camp because of someone else who can't watch his big mouth. Great! Not very chivalrous of these self-appointed knights LOL ROFL |
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« Reply #87 on: January 23, 2012, 11:53:AM » |
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It is a bit melodramatic, but at the same time I don't want anyone showing up to my work place because of a disagreement we had over Marian apparitions. Also, what if my boss were gay? I can't imagine having my name show up on google under a traditional catholic forum would do me any favors.
Aren't we supposed to speak the truth, publicly, whether it wins us any favors or not? "Traditional Catholicism" is Catholicism. It is Christianity. We should no more fear being numbered as traditional Catholics as we should fear being called a Christian. If a gay boss fires us for being Catholic, then we should accept it as the price we pay for proclaiming our faith in a world that hates it. |
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Someone1776
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« Reply #88 on: January 23, 2012, 11:55:AM » |
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It is a bit melodramatic, but at the same time I don't want anyone showing up to my work place because of a disagreement we had over Marian apparitions. Also, what if my boss were gay? I can't imagine having my name show up on google under a traditional catholic forum would do me any favors.
Aren't we supposed to speak the truth, publicly, whether it wins us any favors or not? "Traditional Catholicism" is Catholicism. It is Christianity. We should no more fear being numbered as traditional Catholics as we should fear being called a Christian. If a gay boss fires us for being Catholic, then we should accept it as the price we pay for proclaiming our faith in a world that hates it. The Early Christians were cowards for meeting in the catacombs. They should have all run around Rome proudly saying they were Christians and tried holding mass in the Roman forum. |
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« Reply #89 on: January 23, 2012, 11:59:AM » |
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It is a bit melodramatic, but at the same time I don't want anyone showing up to my work place because of a disagreement we had over Marian apparitions. Also, what if my boss were gay? I can't imagine having my name show up on google under a traditional catholic forum would do me any favors.
Aren't we supposed to speak the truth, publicly, whether it wins us any favors or not? "Traditional Catholicism" is Catholicism. It is Christianity. We should no more fear being numbered as traditional Catholics as we should fear being called a Christian. If a gay boss fires us for being Catholic, then we should accept it as the price we pay for proclaiming our faith in a world that hates it. The Early Christians were cowards for meeting in the catacombs. They should have all run around Rome proudly saying they were Christians and tried holding mass in the Roman forum. And not until Vatican II did we again see such a blatant display of Christianity being practiced with concern for the world around it. |
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