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Which raises another question. Do we know anyone who's gone missing recently?

Has anyone seen Paul Osborne lately?

Heh heh heh heh.

No comment.

But if anybody wants some free Jack Daniels, I hear there are fifty-seven gallons of it sitting unclaimed at a residence in the Dallas area. The previous owner had left in order to replenish his obviously dwindling supply, and seems never to have returned.

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Will that change their effectiveness?

No, they'll still fulfill thier primary function of identifying (and self-diagnosing) the paranoid delusionals who wear them.

Of course, lead poisoning is not a new danger inherent to the change, nor will the the taxpayer shell out a dime for the additional material, as the "volume" of a tin-foil hat is occupied almost exclusively by the head of the wearer, and the lead there comes pre-installed.

The letter does explain a great many things though, as the gross symptoms of extreme lead poisoning are indistinguishable from the "normal"behavior of the typical anti-Mormon.

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Actually, I was wrong. The Church monitors 6,500 anti-Mormon websites, not 6,000 as I originally said. The evidence is in the attached file.

You are kidding, right? Where did you get this piece of nonsense?

CJ, read what I said in the post that you quoted, especially the part about the evidence being in the attached file; then go back to my post earlier in the thread and open the attached file (it is a PDF). :P

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CJ, read what I said in the post that you quoted, especially the part about the evidence being in the attached file; then go back to my post earlier in the thread and open the attached file (it is a PDF). :P

I read the attached file. It is nonsense. Real Church leaders do not talk like that or write like that. Where did you get it?

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I read the attached file. It is nonsense. Real Church leaders do not talk like that or write like that. Where did you get it?

It came from an invitation to participate in a business plan competition posted on BYU's website. The URL in the PDF file shows that it came from BYU. The webpage was taken down shortly after it was posted because the disclosure of the extent of the monitoring activity caused a big hubbub on the Internet.

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Absolutely.

With enough equivocation, it is almost always possible to find "peace in our time."

Call it what you will, I'm just embarrassed that it took me ten pages to realize that I have better things to do in my life than read and respond to acrimonious judgments passed against individuals whose scholarship threatens certain members of the forum. Better things to do, like well, um... almost anything.

But here's a novel suggestion though: perhaps instead of worrying about equivocation and creating multiple posts explaining how evil/apostate David Wright is and celebrating his excommunication, maybe those who feel threatened by his work should redirect that effort to providing answers to his observations. Now there would be something worthwhile to read!

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No, they'll still fulfill thier primary function of identifying (and self-diagnosing) the paranoid delusionals who wear them.

Of course, lead poisoning is not a new danger inherent to the change, nor will the the taxpayer shell out a dime for the additional material, as the "volume" of a tin-foil hat is occupied almost exclusively by the head of the wearer, and the lead there comes pre-installed.

The letter does explain a great many things though, as the gross symptoms of extreme lead poisoning are indistinguishable from the "normal"behavior of the typical anti-Mormon.

Has a correlation been established between the wearing of these hats and the "normal" behavior of the typical anti-Mormon?

If so, is it a cause or an affect?

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There is something anomalous about arguably the most unorthodox church in Christianity requiring strict orthodoxy from its members.

Well, the goal is to be of one heart and one mind.

So, if it's not happening by the work of the spirit, then you know.....haul out the howitzers! :P

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Thanks for blowing my cover, Tsuzuk.

Or is this the "watching the other hand" bit?

Captain Poopie Pants, Away!

....As long as that wasn't Popeye....

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Thanks for blowing my cover, Tsuzuk.

Or is this the "watching the other hand" bit?

Captain Poopie Pants, Away!

It should be noted that, for this analogy, I have more than two hands.

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Ummm, that was so supposed to be a secret.

(Now, where did I put those Danites?)

Do you remember the best way to keep a secret?

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There is something anomalous about arguably the most unorthodox church in Christianity requiring strict orthodoxy from its members.

All the Best!

--Consiglieri

Would that be strict unorthodoxy, then?

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This is not the first time Dan has been caught red-handed.

Monday, Oct 16, 2006, at 08:37 AM

Daniel C. Peterson Admits Being An "Agent" Of The Strengthening Church Members Committee

A poster on FAIR brought up the Strengthening the Church Members Committee, apparently disquieted that such a thing even exists. During the course of the thread, most posters, notably Charity, tried to pooh-pooh away the OP's concerns, labeling them "conspiracy theory," and generally making fun of the whole thing. But what's interesting is that Prof. Peterson himself has actually functioned as an "agent" (his own word) for this committee:

Daniel Peterson wrote:

"[sic] .. was once sent out, a number of years ago, as a kind of "agent" of the Strengthening Church Members Committee. My mission? To try to help a member of the Church whose apostasy was threatening his marriage and causing anguish to his very active wife, children, and parents. (The wife and parents, and his stake president, has asked for help.) The weapons of choice? Talking with him for about four hours in Salt Lake City, in the presence of his wife and stake president, and recommending some readings."

Four hours? In a confined space? And he wants to claim that the SCMC is some kind of innocuous "newspaper clipping service"? He's got to be kidding. Further, his denials on the matter are of the "he doth protest too much" variety:

Daniel Peterson wrote:

"It's not much more than a (very) small clipping service. Trust me on this one. There is no spying or covert action. No trappings of "Mission Impossible." No non-Scientologist Tom Cruise.

Some critics have severely overheated imaginations. "

It is worth pointing out that, even if he is correct and it's only "a (very) small clipping service" (and "service" seems an odd choice of words), the "operation" would still involve people combing through newspapers, journals, blogs, etc., etc., and this really doesn't seem like a very small task. It seems that Lavina Anderson was far closer to the mark when she labeled SCMC an "internal espionage" organization. In any case, DCP appears to be in "deeper" than some may have thought.

How does he keep slipping through our fingers?

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