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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Heaven

« on: January 22, 2014, 09:29:00 AM »

Funny, the local Catholic priests would have me believe that it's us who are The Chosen Nation™.

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Flat Earth Community / Re: PR Brainstorming

« on: January 22, 2014, 08:47:29 AM »

Also, if Tom is going to be the official spokesperson, could he at least change his avatar? We can't let C. Wayne Holland, DDS of North Carolina unknowingly become the public face of the latest Flat Earth Society splinter group.

He's hit the point where a reverse Google image search of his avatar suggests a text search for "Tom Bishop", and usually finds no references to C. Wayne Holland. It's pretty much his trademark at this point.

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Flat Earth Community / Re: PR Brainstorming

« on: January 22, 2014, 12:38:55 AM »

We're (the Council) already doing this. Tom agreed to be the one to contact the press, since he's more or less our president. the only reason this site is still going.

Please refrain from being Crusty in the upper fora.

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Show me proof of a flat earth.

« on: January 21, 2014, 08:24:40 PM »

I can't possibly make this whole thing easier to understand and he still doesn't get it, so the conclusion logically follows.

An ad hominem that logically follows (at least in your view - I'm not gonna waste my time discussing that) is still an ad hominem, and it still does not contribute to the conversation. Just don't be that guy.

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Show me proof of a flat earth.

« on: January 21, 2014, 05:03:50 PM »

Did you miss math class or something?

Please, argue against the argument, not the person. Ad hominems are not welcome here.

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Flat Earth Community / Re: PR Brainstorming

« on: January 21, 2014, 05:00:25 PM »

Send out a press release to talk about the scism in TFES and what that means for the movement.  That sort of thing always gets them going.

I second this. This is probably the best first move we can make.

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Flat Earth Projects / MOVED: PR Brainstorming

« on: January 21, 2014, 12:29:25 PM »

This topic has been moved to Flat Earth General at Tom Bishop's request.

http://forum.tfes.org/index.php?topic=1166.0

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Flat Earth Community / Re: The Zetetic Council

« on: January 21, 2014, 03:22:13 AM »

The police is separate from the government here?  Huh...

At least that's the intention, although I wouldn't necessarily make it a distinction between the police and government.

The Council and forum staff are meant to be entirely separate, and there should ideally be no overlap in our remits, as to avoid conflict. Ultimately, the responsibility of both the Council and forum staff should be to the society/forum members.

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Flat Earth Community / Re: The Zetetic Council

« on: January 21, 2014, 02:49:31 AM »

Its your job to make sure the mods are doing their jobs.

No, it's ours.

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Flat Earth Community / Re: The Zetetic Council

« on: January 21, 2014, 01:04:20 AM »

Haha the FAQ and the wiki eh? Then what was the council even for? Any muppet can do that.

Well, what did you expect? It has been clear since the beginning of the idea of the Council that forum staff would be in charge of the technical stuff. You seem extremely bitter about very simple facts, and yet you offer no alternative, or anything of use, really.

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Flat Earth Community / Re: The Zetetic Council

« on: January 20, 2014, 11:29:28 PM »

My input on the Constitution and council:

Am I allowed to post on this forum so long as I don't act like a dick?
If yes then I don't care about anything else.

That's our remit, not theirs. The answer, however, is yes.

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Show me proof of a flat earth.

« on: January 20, 2014, 08:35:00 PM »

rottingroom sounds like he is drunk again.  Don't worry people, he can't actually hurt anyone.

Please refrain from ad hominem attacks in the upper forums.  It's especially poor form for a mod.

I have to agree. Please tone it down.

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Flat Earth Community / Re: The Hebrew conception of Earth.

« on: January 20, 2014, 03:07:20 PM »

Define "new atheists".

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The new "Family Jewels"

« on: January 19, 2014, 11:29:10 PM »

That sounds preferable to having the energy go to waste.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The new "Family Jewels"

« on: January 19, 2014, 09:42:47 PM »

I even saw a family turn their relative into energy, store him on a battery and powered a little light bulb in some kind of memorial thing.

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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: Mathjax support

« on: January 19, 2014, 12:43:49 AM »

Bump so I don't forget.

bro

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Return of the Messiah!

« on: January 19, 2014, 12:37:47 AM »

What the fuck is even going on in this thread?

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Flat Earth Community / Re: The Zetetic Council

« on: January 18, 2014, 09:15:09 PM »

You can't just wait for input forever. Make a draft and show it to others for discussion.

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Flat Earth Community / Re: The Zetetic Council

« on: January 18, 2014, 01:04:12 PM »

As I said, I was expecting more people to actually give some input on the council. I'd like to have a more concrete idea of our role, responsibilities, rights, etc. before saying something official.

To my understanding, writing a constitution was supposed to be the first task of the Council, but this is being ignored for some reason.

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Technology & Information / Re: Coinye, a Bitcoin spin-off, is being sued by Kanye West

« on: January 15, 2014, 03:01:54 PM »

Who actually uses bitcoins, anyway?

Rushy