Are 274 Schiavo threads too many?

I've been hiding TS threads since last night. Started out as a means to simply clear my GD page, but it became a kind of experiment as more and more and more came along.

Now it's 274 since midnight last night. It'll be more after I post this.

Oddly enough, some on this forum are getting angry at those who think 274 threads are too much. They think somehow that their voices and their concerns are being stifled, when in fact they have 274 separate places to share their thoughts.

So...

300 by dawn! 300 by dawn!

:)

YOu think there will ONLY be 50 more?

Don't they?

Please say they do.

I say 400 by dawn

Ehem .... you know ...

But you know, this is the only case like this in all the world.

On edit: There is one good thing that's come out of this for me, personally. I am now sure that I'm on a whole bunch of "ignore lists."

...just 'cause the bill got passed.

This will go on tomorrow, and the next day, and the next...

AAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

Make it Stop! Make it Stop!

My finger's all twisted from hiding these damned things.

Thanks for another Schiavo thread, Will :)

Even though the constitution got turned on it's ear tonight, all you have to gripe about are the thread amounts.

I used to respect you.

to voice your disgust.

:eyes:

to merely suggest restraint.

This is like vanity thread after vanity thread.

Got compared to Tom DeLay in another thread.

It's 290 now, by the way.

290.

Therefore, Will Pitt = Satan.

j/k

;-)

Hi Will Pitt!

Is it because some of us care so much about a woman's right to die? Is it because we care about the abuse of separation of powers, state rights and congress being where it has no business being?

People here spout their anger about a wrong all the time and because so many of us are outraged and expressing it, you call it vain???

Is it vain to complain about how many times you(Will Pitt)has to work so hard at hiding threads?

It's simple really...ignore what you don't care about. Start threads you do care about or kick up threads you care about.

No one is preventing you or anyone else from not starting a thread. I think the ones who wish to control and squash conversation are the vain ones.

It's better than having no one to talk with about it.

(I'm making it im my pants right now.)

;)

Have I missed something?

How's Al Gore doing as President?

:evilgrin:

--now I'll include this one in the lot.

It's hopeless...

The Schiavo threads or the people whining about the Schiavo threads.

It's not the discussion, it's the lack of focus.

Find a thread. One that's out there. You'll get to say your piece.

But no, everybody feels they have to start their own. Nobody's reading the ones that are out there, 'cause the same references and questions keep coming up over and over and over and...

Yes. It's important. Critically so. Yes, it's sad. Pitifully so.

But. It's not the only thing happening out there.

And I don't think anyone's trying to 'control the discussion' or 'whining'. We're just venting here.

It isn't the vast number of threads, but the lack of organized and focused discussion having so many threads causes.

It's chaos and that's why we see the same arguments being posted over and over again.

It's like spinning wheels.

By my math, it takes 39 TS threads to get an anti-TS thread going. I'd say the TS threads have a dominant position.

There is a lot to say on this whole subject, and new thoughts and ideas come to light often (especially when drinking I might add). I see it less as 'threads' and more as questions one might throw out amongst a group of friends, or perhaps comments.

I am somewhat surprised really that there are not more. You think about something, pose a question or comment, and examine feedback - a natural thing to do - especially in a case like this that last for days or weeks.

It is a hot topic, much like the primaries were - each day brought something new or re-ignited something old. If we could say all there was about something in a few threads it would get dull here real quick. So for me, 274 is just an indication that we are alive and well and thinking, reflecting, wondering.

cough *OCD*

bad typing fingers.

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Enough time at the chalkboard? I promise to not reply or say anything about this ever again.

On edit: Hid many yesterday and this morning but when I got home from work tonight...........just couldn't resist...... am I forgiven?

Just asking. B-)

merit?

Wow.

wanting to force YOUR beliefs on everyone else we can start disagreeing again.

of our country. It's been getting a lot of posts including plenty from me but this case is very symbolic of where I fear this country is headed.

That it stirs emotions across a broad based group of people who feel outrage. One does not have to feel less or more because one item is larger then the other in the scheme of things, outrage is just outrage.

Whichever side of the fence one falls on in this issue, it elicits emotions - for one side it is a life and death struggle, for another it is a rights issue, throw in the constitution (both state and federal) and the courts, lots of media coverage, and one can see that BOTH issues would indeed make for a large thread count.

On the Rosa Parks thing too - I am sure there were some who would argue that it was not an issue for the feds and that it should be handled at a lower level, it was just a bus seat afterall they may say - this is about killing someone (or letting them die).

At any rate, both issues touch a nerve - that does not lessen one because the other.

involved in this case matter? What about separation of powers? Why can congress disregard the lawfully adopted laws of Florida that govern this issue and the Florida Courts that interpreted the laws? Doesn't that concern you?

:shrug:

My comments have zero to do with the merits of the case or the issues involved.

287 threads is too much.

That's it. That's all. Clear, plain English with a little simple math. One more time:

287 threads is too much.

:shrug:

Get the point?

If the majority of posters didn't think this was important, they wouldn't create the threads and they wouldn't respond to the existing threads. The threads would just die. Why this bothers you is just beyond my ability to comprehend. Sorry, I don't get the point of your frustration or your outrage!

If it weren't for your attempts to censor GD, I would never have looked at the issues involved, so you have but yourself to blame for my posts and I thank you for encouraging me to learn about Ms. Schiavo and the issues involved. Thanks :hi:

either.

On Edit: Just to be clear, am talking about THIS thread, with attendant "Alert"---

("Alert") on the grounds of (might as well go for it): Grandstanding, showboating, sucking-the-oxygen, the usual. Posting now before the 200 mark.

Even yours.

Especially when you come in and see that 286 threads exist on EXACTLY THE TOPIC you want to discuss, and you post another thread anyway.

I am, by comparison, a vanity post piker compared to what has been going on here.

And you know it, snarky comments notwithstanding.

who think that KKKarl Rove should set the agenda for the media in general and DU in particular. After all, they are doing the will of the lord high executioner, the most exalted, the very manifestation of Jesus on Earth, the most revered incarnations of perfection, Rev. Moon and Chimpy the Great.

Have not heard a word from them on this whole thing, on either side of the issue. They are generally active and rallying on major issues (at least I thought they were), so where are they now (no pun intended)?

for Women speaking up on behalf of this woman. They're apparently in the husband's corner for this fight.

Advocacy or compassion for her would conflict with something far more important to them- defeat for anyone who dares to frame an issue using Judeo-Christian standards.

been taking count! *gasp*

Well don't blame me. I didn't start any. :)

So there. :P

I saw your FYI post about this the other day, and agree. The republicans are masters of the distraction issue, and this one's a whopper.

I think they're giving us a clearcut issue to vent over, hoping we'll exhaust ourselves and not be able to pay any kind of serious attention to, say, neanderthal judicial appointees????

LOL! GMTA! Exactly what I call the Rethugs' judges.

after YOUR thread on the subject, Will, there was nothing more to say. As long as you got YOUR thoughts out, that's all that matters.

Did it get you >274 hits to your website?

:D

I think Congress should vote on it.

I strained my finger hiding threads two days ago and I only got to about 50. Such stamina, I'm impressed.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3313139&mesg_id=3313139

Can you say "over reach"?

People that have family members die like this know better, that 8% are just despicable in my book.

The Toronto Star had a huge picture of Schiavo on the cover today. This brought up a disucission between some friends and myself. It was concluded that a) she is being absolutely used by multiple people. ie right wing fundies, crazy right-to-lifers, and the media who just LOVE sensationalism. and b) This is a complete distraction because there are a million other horrible things happening and this is such an easy issue to divert to.

I think it's despicable. Let her die peacefully and let that be the end of it. Not that it really matters to her at this point...she is so brain-dead that she probably doesn't even know she is alive.

Welcome to DU Canadiana! (Wish I were where you are)

:hi:

and I have *some* interest in this. But things are being repeated over and over and over again in thread after thread. Everything could have been said in about 5 to 10 threads total without any problem at all.

274 is too many.

The boy knows a good diversion when he sees one! Eh, Vern?

Turd Blossom may have jumped the shark on this one...

But, yeah, it did provide a few days of total distraction...

I'd be more interested in 275 threads that discussed the constitutional issues involved, and perhaps outlined a strategy of ten meaningful things DUers could take part in to address those threats to a democratic government that appear to be part of the national hysteria. I suppose I'd be happy with 27.5 threads. I'd even settle for 2.75 such threads.

:wow:

Gannon / Guckert threads.

or is that here here? Either way, I agree!!!!

and the only perscription is more Schiavo threads. :)

:evilgrin:

Or is there?

Since you seem to be the self-appointed arbiter of good taste on this subject.

Just wondering.

Sid

Sid

now it can end.

Ahhhhh....

I feel better already :)

If you cut off a thread then two shall take its place.

That said, I believe that if the formula TS=5y((x+8)(2x)), where x=10 and y=20 is attained then we need to take a stand... :)

Talk about it 'til the cows come home. No reason to shut off debate, just to talk about protests, war, debt, and joblessness.

One at a time is enough IMHO.

And I've never put anything on ignore before.

What the hell is wrong with DU?

"Too much is ALWAYS better than not enough!"

- J.R. "Bob" Dobbs

the question of our times....