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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:08 PM
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Poll question: Should we post every candidate's website piecemal into GD-P2004?
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Mattforclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:10 PM
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1. It's been done before!
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:10 PM
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2. Any valuable information on a candidate's position is worth reading
Edited on Mon Mar-08-04 12:11 PM by nothingshocksmeanymo
bassed on some of the ignorant statements made on this site about Kerry, it is clear many have not read his site. If it serves to clarify his policy for those at DU who would prefer to lie about his positions, then it is a good thing.

I think the incessant whining by those who simply hate Kerry is a fucking joke.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:11 PM
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3. The ENTIRE freakin' website?
Give me a BREAK!

:wtf:
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:14 PM
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7. You can hide a thread if you can't handle the truth about Kerry
That is that a site allegedly dedicated to ousting Bush has carried some of the most freeperish distortions of the man and his record and his ideas.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:17 PM
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9. Oh, for Christ's sake!
Edited on Mon Mar-08-04 12:18 PM by Padraig18
It has NOTHING to do with 'can't handle the truth about Kerry'! It has everything to do with hijacking the front page of GD-P2004 with C+P verbatim postings from the Kerry website.

Edit: typo
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:20 PM
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14. Again, hiding the thread
will "free" the frontpage of GDP2004 for you.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:21 PM
Response to Reply #14
18. Again, not posting wholesale bopilerplate from the Kerry website...
would be an EQUALLY-viable solution.
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:30 PM
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30. Not going to happen
so it's not very viable
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:23 PM
Response to Reply #9
21. No it doesn't
making sure people are CLEAR on a candidate's positions is relevant to discussion.

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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:24 PM
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24. By posting the ENTIRE website here, one piece at a freakin' time?
Give me a break!

:wtf:
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:28 PM
Response to Reply #24
28. So what? It isn't copyrighted material..it is relevent to discussion
and you can hide the threads. Why the hysteria over someone creating a thread you don't like?
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:30 PM
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29. *A* thread???
Try UMPTEEN threads? Why should I HAVE to hide every post? Why doesn't the poster use some common freakin' SENSE in posting?
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:35 PM
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39. There may be several but they are all informative...as is this thread
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:36 PM
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44. They'd just as informative...
... if people would go to the damn website and read them there.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:37 PM
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45. Yes there would be more informed posts about Kerry's positions if
people actually read them.
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littlejoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:36 PM
Response to Reply #29
41. A lot of people have questions on many issues concerning Kerry.
I see nothing wrong with Murikan Democrat coming to the aid of inquiring minds.

Helps clear things up.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:38 PM
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46. How many pages of policy positions are there?
Each post takes up on subject line. If, in theory, there are 100 positions, that would be over 3 pages here at GD-P2004. Don't you see a SLIGHT problem with that?

:wtf:
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 01:22 PM
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49. No, I see absolutely no problem
.
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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 01:32 PM
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50. I do, taking the thought to its logical extreme.
There are 5 candidates who have not withdrawn: Kerry, Kucinich, Sharptonm, Dean and Edwards (the latter 2 suspended' their campaigns, but did not terminate them). Taking that logic, and assuming 100 policy positions each, tyhat is 500 subject lines, or almost 17 pages BEFORE you get to anything that is not copy and paste bopilerplate from a candidate's website.

Seems a bit.... 'insensitive' toward other posters, frankly, to do that.
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 01:35 PM
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51. I disagree
The only way those threads would result in "17 pages BEFORE you get to anything that is not copy and paste bopilerplate from a candidate's website" is if you ignore the posts that were made in response.
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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 01:41 PM
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52. Let's not argue about how many angels can stand on the head of a pin.
You know the point I'm making, and it's a valid point.
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 01:42 PM
Response to Reply #52
53. I disagree
and it's not a valid point IMO. You can click on the "Ignore Thread" button. It's simple and easy to do.
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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 01:49 PM
Response to Reply #53
54. Why should you HAVE to?
That's a better question.
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 01:54 PM
Response to Reply #54
56. You don't have to.
If you don't have a problem with people posting factual information, you could leave those threads visible.

If for some reason, having factual information about Kerry's positions posted on DU upsets you, you have the option of hiding the thread, or not visiting DU.

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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 01:57 PM
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58. I have other options, as well.
Edited on Mon Mar-08-04 01:57 PM by Cuban_Liberal
I can also engage in a public debate regarding the propriety of SPAM-ing an entire website into this forum one copy and past piece of boilerplate at a time, too, if I prefer.
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 02:13 PM
Response to Reply #58
59. Well if you think
someone is spamming the messageboard, you should just hit 'Alert' and let the mods deal with it. Spamming the message board is against the rules.
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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 02:14 PM
Response to Reply #59
61. I'm aware of that.
I know the rules well enough.
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 02:14 PM
Response to Reply #58
60. Yes, you can engage in debate
Has anyone complained that you're participating in this thread?
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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 02:15 PM
Response to Reply #60
62. Yup, sorta.
But the rules prohibit me from naming names...
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 02:16 PM
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64. Then hit the alert
The mods can handle that, and it's a seperate issue than the so called "spamming"
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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 02:19 PM
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66. I'm well aware of how the board functions.
But thanks for the advice, any way... :eyes:
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 05:45 PM
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88. I disagree
You seem to be missing an important point concerning free speech
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 05:51 PM
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90. I disagree with your disagreement.
I think you're missing an important point about cluttering the front page with pure copy-and-paste boilerplate from the Kerry website. If everyone did the same thing for THEIR candidates, the first 20 pages of GD-P2004 would be nothing but mindless boilerplate.

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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:20 PM
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15. Most are just regurgitation what they read / hear / see
I share your frustration with the RW sources, but until we as a society start being WAY more critical about what we accept then it will continue.

I don't think people posting this stuff mean to actively support those distortions, I think it's that they didn't support Kerry in the primaries, so if they find something that might sway support towards another candidate they'll post it, regardless of the source (*sigh*).

What this should tell us, though, is how unbelievably powerful the whore media still is, even among people we expect to know better.
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:23 PM
Response to Reply #15
20. RW sources aren't speculating that Kerry will start a draft
but DUers are. It's not the media. It's the distorters
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:31 PM
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33. Well to be honest I wouldn't know what they're doing
I don't pay attention. It's pointless.

However there were statements by HRC in the press not too long ago that had pundits disucssing a draft. Are you sure it didn't come up in relation to that story?
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:34 PM
Response to Reply #33
36. No it did not
and you know that because you have posted in the threads
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:12 PM
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4. Regardless of what the poll says
I know I will continue posting from Kerry's website unless the rules strictly forbid it. I doubt that will happen
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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:13 PM
Response to Reply #4
5. It's a question of PROPORTION, not content, for crying out loud.
:eyes:
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:14 PM
Response to Reply #5
6. Yes, I realize that
and my opinion has not changed

:eyes: yerself
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RichM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:18 PM
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11. Will you copy big huge slabs of droning boilerplate that no one will read?
Or will you limit the posts, to reasonable & well-chosen excerpts?

If it's the latter, no one would object. If it's the former, what would be the point?
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:19 PM
Response to Reply #11
12. No, I will not
I think some pepople are smart enough to actually read the material in order to post knowledgeably. YMMV
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:16 PM
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8. Of course not.
Edited on Mon Mar-08-04 12:16 PM by redqueen
A press release or an article I can understand but the boilerplate? Only if in response to a question I'd say.

And in answering a question -- pasting pages and pages of text that are just barely associated with the thread / post / question is just silly and makes it seem as if you're not familiar with the candidate's position. Posting only the relevant portion would suffice, along with a link to the entire text for reference.
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:17 PM
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10. That would really suck if the truth of Kerry's positions were posted
as well as the distortions. :eyes:

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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:20 PM
Response to Reply #10
13. That's not the point.
Currently, GD-P2004 is being hijacked with an attempt to post the entirety of Sen. Kerry's 'poliocies/position' portion of his website here.
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:21 PM
Response to Reply #13
17. Hit the "ignore thread" button
and gdp2004 "liberate" GDP2004 from those evul hijackers
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:23 PM
Response to Reply #17
22. Use discretion in posting.
Don't pretend that I'm talking about anything more than wholesale c+p of entire pages of boilerplate from the Kerry website into GD-P2004.
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:25 PM
Response to Reply #22
25. Use discretion in reading.
Just read the stuff you are interested in.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:27 PM
Response to Reply #25
27. Sorta hard to do when the c+p...
Edited on Mon Mar-08-04 12:27 PM by Padraig18
keeps shoving everything else off the goddamned front page...
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:31 PM
Response to Reply #27
32. Hit the "Ignore thread" button
and your gdp2004 front page will be "liberated"
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:32 PM
Response to Reply #32
35. Better suggestion:
Why doesn't the poster use some common sense before SPAM-in the entire front-page of GD-P2004 with bolierplate lifted wholesale from the Kerry website?
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:34 PM
Response to Reply #35
38. Not gonna happen
bad suggestion
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:35 PM
Response to Reply #38
40. The poster has no common sense?
Is that what you're saying?
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:36 PM
Response to Reply #40
43. I am saying
It's not going to happen
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:24 PM
Response to Reply #13
23. It's my point.

I don't know why you have a problem with people posting what they want. Why does it bother you? Just don't read it if you don't want to. No one is forcing you.

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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:26 PM
Response to Reply #23
26. If you don't see the rudeness in the behavior...
I can't explain it any better.
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:36 PM
Response to Reply #26
42. I don't see rudeness
and I am always suspicious of things that people describe as if it were "self-evident" and "common sense"
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:50 PM
Response to Reply #26
47. I think it's rude to presume to tell people what they should and shouldn't
post.

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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 01:18 PM
Response to Reply #47
48. He's not, as far as I can tell.
It seems to me he's not saying they CAN'T post from Kerry's website, but rather that they should use some judgment and courtesy to other posters regarding how MUCH they post in a given time frame, a not unreasonable request, IMO...
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 01:50 PM
Response to Reply #48
55. Well, I think you're wrong.

I thank those who are taking the time and trouble to post the truth of Kerry's positions here, so they can be contrasted with the lies and distortions.

I appreciate the judgement and courtesy they've shown by simply posting factual information, instead of engaging in ad hominem attacks against those posting the distortions -- a temptation that is not always easily avoided.

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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 01:54 PM
Response to Reply #55
57. What 'ad hominem' attack?
Edited on Mon Mar-08-04 01:54 PM by Cuban_Liberal
There's no ad hominem attack in the initial posting that I can see. As regards 'proper behavior', I would think one could be equally-concerned with whether someone SPAM-ing a candidate's entire site into GD-P2004 wholesale is 'proper'.
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 02:15 PM
Response to Reply #57
63. The ad hom referred to
are the ad homs people make against those who seem to be disruptive. IOW, not you and not in this thread.
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 02:18 PM
Response to Reply #57
65. You've obviously misunderstood me.

You've read into my post an accusation that I did not intend to make.

You seem think it is rude to post factual material on DU, and seem to be ignoring the fact that spamming the board is against the rules, and something that is to be dealt with by the moderators - who are given the responsibility of determining when someone is doing that.


I, on the other hand, think it is rude to complain that you object to other people expressing themselves in the manner they choose, especially since it is entirely within your control whether to read those expressions or not.


That's an honest difference of opinion.

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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 02:23 PM
Response to Reply #65
67. I think you misunderstand me, as well.
I don't think it's rude for people to post factual material here, not at all. What I DO think is rude is posting a gazillion threads in a 12-hour period which are nothing more than copy and paste boilerplate taken in toto from Sen. Kerry's website.

Think about it this way, if you will. Let's say you had just spent 2 hours writing a thoughtful post and compiling links, sources, etc., posted it and then had it BURIED underneath 15 mindless copy and paste jobs from someone's website. Wouldn't YOU consider that at least slightly rude? :shrug:
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 02:32 PM
Response to Reply #67
69. No, it's not rude
If the Kerry threads are not found interesting, no one will post to them, and they will sink. If the "creative" thread is interesting, people will post to it, and the thread will "float" to the top.
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 02:33 PM
Response to Reply #67
70. We disagree, it's as simple as that.
When I said you misunderstood me, I was referring only to the ad hominem comment.

I am sure we understand each other perfectly, we just disagree.

It is possible, you know.

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seaglass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 02:37 PM
Response to Reply #67
72. I know you know how to kick your own threads, so what's
the problem?
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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 02:53 PM
Response to Reply #72
73. Nice cheap shot.
But :wtf: does that have to do with ANYTHING? :eyes:
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 04:56 PM
Response to Reply #73
75. It's not a cheap shot, it's a simple observation,
and it's not a mystery to anyone what s/he meant by it either.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 05:02 PM
Response to Reply #75
79. It IS a cheap shot. n/t
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 05:11 PM
Response to Reply #79
81. Because it's true? That makes it a cheap shot?
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 05:17 PM
Response to Reply #81
82. No, it's being a cheap shot makes it a cheap shot. n/t
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 05:26 PM
Response to Reply #82
83. It's a cheap shot because it's a cheap shot? OK
Edited on Mon Mar-08-04 05:27 PM by Feanorcurufinwe
lol -- is that the logic you use to form the rest of your opinions?
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 05:30 PM
Response to Reply #83
84. It doesn't take deep thought to...
... call a duck a duck.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 05:52 PM
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91. Deleted message
Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.
 
seaglass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 04:58 PM
Response to Reply #73
77. You were complaining about threads sinking, there's a
solution.
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Hav Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:20 PM
Response to Reply #10
16. keep it short and simple
Just post the distortions.
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:22 PM
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19. If it bothers anyone...
the hide thread option is available.

Otherwise, I think it's always a good thing to get the candidate's take on issues out to the population. This may be the only way some people get the news.
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:32 PM
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34. Now *THAT'S* rude!
Funny, but rude :-)
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Hav Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 12:34 PM
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37. Thx for your effort
But I think that each of the issues deserves an own thread.
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BL_Zebub Donating Member (473 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 02:35 PM
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71. Whatever happenned to DU's copyright rules anyway?
I'm reasonably sure that more than 4 paragraphs of Kerry's website have been copied in each of these spam threads.
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 04:57 PM
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76. Maybe if you think there are rule violations, you should hit 'Alert'
Just a thought.

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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 04:59 PM
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78. It's not a violation of copyright
Kerry's material isn't copyrighted, and Kerry wants this stuff promoted as widely as possible.
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 05:03 PM
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80. I know that, and so do the mods
I think you meant to reply to the other poster.
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BL_Zebub Donating Member (473 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 05:37 PM
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85. Then post a link
Instead of the whole goddamn page. Those who want to read Kerry's website are welcome to do so. But I assume the reason his campaign went to all the trouble of creating a website and leasing server space for it, was so people would go THERE to read about Kerry's positions.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 05:41 PM
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86. Ya think, BL_Zebub?
A link--- what a concept! :P
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 05:46 PM
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89. Not going to happen
not even if you paid us not to
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mikehiggins Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 04:46 PM
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74. Just Clark's. n/t
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 05:43 PM
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87. HELL, YES! Maybe we can get DUers to read their
issue reports that way.
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MurikanDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 06:14 PM
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92. SEE EARLG RESPONSE
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EarlG ADMIN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 06:23 PM
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93. I've answered your question in ATA
So I'm locking this thread now.
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