sandstone
Artemis
Be gneiss, and don't take your friends for granite!
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Post by sandstone on Jun 22, 2008 8:47:20 GMT -11
holy cow, those people on the taps forums seriously dont have anything better to do. my skiffy avatar is a picture of drew barrymore. and sorry to disapoint but i am not her ahhh i am getting so much amusement from all this business michael, soo much amusement I'm happy that people are finding some comedic aspect to this. That's what got me in trouble in the first place. These people can dish it out but they can't take it. Well, for the record, I've now been banned from TAPS +18. After Adwean disclosed my identity in the forum yesterday I threatened the Admin that I would take legal action. Once my identity was disclosed, there were at least five libelous claims against me made in the Auerbach thread, all of which are preserved in lovely screen shots. I'm told the thread was removed. Michael I can't say I'm shocked by what you have told us, TAPS is not a very nice place. I've noticed Adwean still has an account. Again, that doesn't shock me either. It really boils down to the leadership of any organization. Jason wants people to believe what he says, or else. Sadly Michael, you are the "or else". As long as Jason is Jason, TAPS will be TAPS.
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Post by drmichaelrhodes on Jun 22, 2008 19:52:29 GMT -11
I can't say I'm shocked by what you have told us, TAPS is not a very nice place. I've noticed Adwean still has an account. Again, that doesn't shock me either. Sandstone, Yes, it's all very sad. People in these TAPS forums (including the Yahoo TAPS forum, which also banned me today) seem determined to insulate their heroes from rational critique. And their modus operandi is both direct attack and the more subtle art of...distraction. Michael
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sandstone
Artemis
Be gneiss, and don't take your friends for granite!
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Post by sandstone on Jun 23, 2008 2:10:04 GMT -11
I can't say I'm shocked by what you have told us, TAPS is not a very nice place. I've noticed Adwean still has an account. Again, that doesn't shock me either. Sandstone, Yes, it's all very sad. People in these TAPS forums (including the Yahoo TAPS forum, which also banned me today) seem determined to insulate their heroes from rational critique. And their modus operandi is both direct attack and the more subtle art of...distraction. Michael I guess that's why I mostly hang out in here. It is nice to be able to talk without fear of bannishment. I've read you posts (whats left of them) in some of the other forums, and there is nothing I've seen that warrents a ban. You present arguments intellegently. You don't use abusive language. They ban you because they find your ideas too upsetting and dangerous. These are the sort of people who don't want to know what their government does in thier name so they turn off the news and turn on American Idol. They vote for the candidate that looks good on TV, not the guy who's policies make sense. And they take no responsibility for the state the world is in, they just sit back and wait for someone else to tell them what to do. You can't expect people living in a fantasy world to thank you for trying to wake them up.
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Post by dmadcat on Jun 26, 2008 7:43:32 GMT -11
So! They know who you are not... but have they figured out who you really are... Mr IRVING GOLDMAN, Attorney of the late Lionel Twain! (queue short epiphany tune)
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Post by graphicsguy on Jun 26, 2008 8:42:14 GMT -11
So! They know who you are not... but have they figured out who you really are... Mr IRVING GOLDMAN, Attorney of the late Lionel Twain! (queue short epiphany tune) Okay, even I had to look that one up to remember why I knew the name Lionel Twain. Besides, I thought he was really Mr Jenkins, the owner of the abandoned amusement park (meddling kids... and that dog!)
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Post by xXSpookyXx on Jun 26, 2008 8:48:54 GMT -11
That's who I thought he was too! Surprise surprise..
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Post by graphicsguy on Jun 26, 2008 9:10:52 GMT -11
That's who I thought he was too! Surprise surprise.. He's either that or... Armin Tamzarian!
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Post by dmadcat on Jun 27, 2008 2:58:44 GMT -11
Okay, even I had to look that one up to remember why I knew the name Lionel Twain. Off topic, but... Heh, one thing I missed the first few times through that movie was the play on words... Lionel Twain = Lionel Train (a popular line of model trains) He lived at 22 Twain House.
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Post by LCellini on Jun 27, 2008 4:22:05 GMT -11
okay i need someone to tell me who this lionel twain person is...
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Post by JoeGeist on Jun 27, 2008 4:33:58 GMT -11
Murder by Death
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Post by bowl on Jun 27, 2008 4:36:50 GMT -11
So! They know who you are not... but have they figured out who you really are... Mr IRVING GOLDMAN, Attorney of the late Lionel Twain! (queue short epiphany tune) Okay, even I had to look that one up to remember why I knew the name Lionel Twain. Besides, I thought he was really Mr Jenkins, the owner of the abandoned amusement park (meddling kids... and that dog!) So appearantly we're not talking about "old man" Jeremiah Wickles from the Old Coolsville Mine which was going to be converted into a childrens mining camp...right?
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Post by graphicsguy on Jun 27, 2008 6:00:48 GMT -11
Okay, even I had to look that one up to remember why I knew the name Lionel Twain. Off topic, but... Heh, one thing I missed the first few times through that movie was the play on words... Lionel Twain = Lionel Train (a popular line of model trains) He lived at 22 Twain House. Methinks I'm going to have to get that DVD and watch it again.
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Post by 2spooked on Jun 27, 2008 11:30:34 GMT -11
Murder By Death is awesome!!! (Clue is pretty good too )
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sandstone
Artemis
Be gneiss, and don't take your friends for granite!
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Post by sandstone on Jun 30, 2008 3:39:29 GMT -11
I see TAPS is up to their old tricks again. If you go to Skiffy and check out the "Hey Beez" thread, you will see what I mean.
TAPS gave out some private information on its forum "outing" someone as a Skiffy mod. So if they don't like you, they now give out your personal information. This is the second time that this sort of thing has occurred that I know of. I guess banning people wasn't enough, so now they also intimidate people by allowing their privacy to be violated.
Pretty soon all TAPS will have left is the lurkers...
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Post by drmichaelrhodes on Jun 30, 2008 5:56:17 GMT -11
TAPS gave out some private information on its forum "outing" someone as a Skiffy mod. So if they don't like you, they now give out your personal information. This is the second time that this sort of thing has occurred that I know of. I guess banning people wasn't enough, so now they also intimidate people by allowing their privacy to be violated. Pretty soon all TAPS will have left is the lurkers... This all indicative of a certain sort of desperation on their parts. I was also informed this morning that in one of the TAPS forums someone made it a point to say that some people found out my identity. Not sure which identity the person is referring to...Loyd Auerbach? Gary Collins? the Blue Lady? Kris Williams? Thomas Aquinas? Atman? Some philosopher professor dude in California? What exactly? Michael
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