If thou gazest long into the Pit, the Pit will also gaze into thee

And thats even ignoring the fact that it's pointless to try to debate with these dishonest leeches in the first place. Expose their greedy scheming to the world, don't legitimize it by sitting at their feet. It seems you and Cromwell are making roughly same argument against the utility of debate, a...

UnbelieveSteve wrote:
jimthepleb wrote:@Damion Is it the 6 of diamonds?
It's a 9. Yuo're raeding it wrnog.

I think there are three sixes. Probably just a typo.

Lee Moore is one of the hosts of A-News along with Reap.

If this stupid debate ever actually takes place its going to need massive disclaimers that, actually, Justin Vacula speaks only for himself. His opinions may not be the opinions of other people, he has no power over other people, he's a totally self-appointed "representative". I don't think he has ...

So all Justin has to do is persuade every atheist on YouTube, Twitter, and every other English-speaking forum to stop using sexist language (and a few select naughty words) and also get them to stop acting badly toward women in real life, and then Adam will somehow be able to call off the accusation...

... One modest suggestion for everyone here: if you are comfortable commenting in other venues and can do so without being an incredible douchebag, you should. At least, go and show support when a public figure sticks their neck out to stand up to this hatemongering dogshit that gets spewed by the ...

Diplomacy is only possible when both sides are willing to engage. Given the current depth of the batshittery on the cranial-rectum scale, I don't see this being successful. However, if I have time, I'm game. It would work against them to engage and they probably know that. They would have to define...

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:The posts were:
Test
And
Testing again
I think I'm being too controversial right now...

Didn't PZ announce that Slymepitters are all pre-banned? Think he might have called it the 'LYMEPIT' rule or some such...

My bad, just found the other thread. Thanks, Dick.

Just in case anyone wants to discuss that topic, ad nauseum...

Just saw a comment on Stephi-poo's recent post on FftB from Bennie. He is (lurking) under the impression that we are unhappy that anyone is going to WIS2. Um, are we? As I haven't gotten that impression. Well, considering that they are all "good sceptics" they can see for themselves....... Actoally...

Just saw a comment on Stephi-poo's recent post on FftB from Bennie. He is (lurking) under the impression that we are unhappy that anyone is going to WIS2. Um, are we? As I haven't gotten that impression. I'm unhappy that not *enough* people are going to generate anything resembling an interesting d...

I'm uncomfortable with the term census as used here. A census is a serious attempt to gather data on an entire population. In this case, the relevant population would be millions of secular Americans. Using accepted census methodology on a small self-selected sample of the population? Bad juju. Sub...

Mr Danksworth wrote:
rocko2466 wrote:Hey, we all know OB coined "Rebitchka' for RW. I was thinking of "Rebeerca" as a shout-out to her alcoholism.

Speaking of which, where did the term 'Twatson' originate?

Not entirely sure, but first I heard of it was on Justicar's blog.

Rebeerca sounds like something drunk feminists would wear to keep from being raped in elevators. I didn't think they needed more defenses than the unnaturally colored hair and projectile vomiting of 12 hours of bar food and vodka and tang to defend themselves. I see we have another TAM veteran on b...

http://i.imgur.com/dtsuwsx.png Well that settles it. Everything is perfect and there is no reason for self reflection. I have no knowledge of her doing a bad job getting speakers (for CFI DC) and organising events. My issue is one can do that and still be a divisive figure that is incapable of seei...

Which religion is more godless, Laveyan Satanism or Theravedan Buddhism? Bit of a toss up from where I'm sitting. I don't see any form of god concept in either one (I admit I only now wiki'd Theravedan Buddhism), but while both philosophies have their fair share of pseudo-science and "woo" inherent...

Setar just compared his life in Vancouver to Glob's in apartheid South Africa. Hey, I live under an oppressive white supremacist regime! And they didn't have to take the franchise away from 90% of the population in order to get elected... Oh good grief. The shit at A+ almost makes me wish I was a t...

How much notice will that give him? Effectively none, but perhaps enough to spare him the bus trip. It's a damn shame there even needs to be a discussion. Did I mention this is all a social experiment? ;) Hypothesis: CFI has turned their backs on their founding principles of free inquiry and ration...

The 'Women in Secularism 2' harrasment policy is here: http://www.womeninsecularism.org/policy.html [spoiler] POLICY ON HOSTILE CONDUCT / HARASSMENT AT CONFERENCES Purpose and Scope of Policy The Center for Inquiry (CFI) and its affiliates, including the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and the Coun...

If you have an hour to kill, this is an example of two slyme, ranting at victim. [spoiler][youtube]Q99J9df7inE[/youtube][/spoiler] OMG DOXXXX! That's BirdTerrifier on the left, BTW. Our guest is one of those women in secularism that we've been hearing about. We were talking about how fanhood and tr...

Hey okie demon, watched your latest godcast, good to see you're an Ulster zombie too, i'll send you tickets to ravenhill. One point i would like top open up, is the nature of the pyt. While yes i agree we as humans do lean to the in/our group thing, (evo psych may have something to say about that r...

Za-zen wrote:How much notice will that give him?

Effectively none, but perhaps enough to spare him the bus trip.

Ah - seeing the rest of the policy - I see the CFI is keeping a secret black list - so much for "naming names". Record-Keeping CFI and its affiliates will make a written record of all complaints/incidents as soon as practicable. These records will be used in connection with implementing this policy...

In other words, nobody involved in creating it has the slightest background in sociology. I'm uncomfortable with the term census as used here. A census is a serious attempt to gather data on an entire population. In this case, the relevant population would be millions of secular Americans. Using ac...

I don't think they bothered asking in the survey, just the vague combined question. Feminists, and especially fallen, formerly-scientific, feminists like PZ, will assume that men caused their discomfort. And also that the discomfort was a sexual one. How can they tell it apart from let's say, maybe...

Not just non-randomly, but pretty much the worst kind of non-random process: self-selected convenience sampling . People who take the survey are quite likely to be those who spend too much time in online forums and/or reading atheist blogs, which is bound to skew the results. Even this can be overc...

Don't get me wrong. I have no clue what the denominators are. The point is, neither does PZ. And you're right, this is only one of the basic problems with the 'analysis' provided. Even if the numbers are reasonably large, they need to take into account the fact that the data has been collected non-...

Even if the denominators of those percentages turn out to be reasonably large, I'm willing to bet my entire homeless charity fund that they still wouldn't be representative of the conference circuit, which gets most of the blog attention but relatively few of the actual people. Most secular people i...

There are homeless people I've seen begging on the streets near me with elaborately cut and dyed hair. I never could understand it. This one old homeless man stepped out in front of me to beg ("sorry, I don't have cash, sorry, sorry") and he had an immaculately maintained black wool coat and I've b...

Za-zen wrote:He commited the cardinal sin of thinking sulky might be a person, he did it on twitter too for all to see. He by definition lost his slyme. It fell from him in a self defrock, and he was left naked, and known.

Links or it didn't happen.

There are homeless people I've seen begging on the streets near me with elaborately cut and dyed hair. I never could understand it. This one old homeless man stepped out in front of me to beg ("sorry, I don't have cash, sorry, sorry") and he had an immaculately maintained black wool coat and I've b...

Michael K Gray wrote:
fascination wrote:Like I said though, I feel for trans people.
Turn on the light.
Then you can just see them, rather than feel for them.

I'm groping for an analogy here.

Heh! Just watching a BBC 4 program I snagged on thebox.bz about model train enthusiasts. Towards the end they are talking about the new generation who grew up watching (rather than reading) Thomas the Tank Engine, and pointing out that this generation tends to model modern, urban railways rather th...

THIS. A THOUSAND TIMES... etc Even those people who grab you in the street asking for charity money (by regular Direct Debit) provide me with more reason to donate - but here's the thing: loads of charities are good causes (Operation Smile, for instance), and you can't donate to all of them. So jus...

Good idea. I'm ignorant about paypal, contributing to the pit was the first time I've ever used it. The email addy I use for my paypal acct is my real name. I don't care if Lsuoma knows my name, but I wouldn't want most people to know. Maybe if I change my email addy, it would make it truly anonymo...

Sumthin' interesting. https://twitter.com/aratina/status/294257679680024576 http://i.imgur.com/2AS5b5x.jpg Ok. I'll bite. WTF are they talking about?? Maybe men who've signed up for that women in secularism thing? They are probably going over every male (and maybe females too) who has bought a tick...

debaser â€“ sounds like unintelligible RAF banter to me

[spoiler] Notice this comment here I made at avicenna's latest about Nat Reed, http://freethoughtblogs.com/amilliongods/2013/01/24/the-lappy-is-dead-long-live-the-lappy-charity-for-a-charity-case/comment-page-1/#comment-35950 Not even an acknowledgement. But priorities are priorities. Every time we ...

I didn't even know there were and mods, but then an apologist introduced me to the â€œProctological Argument for the Existence of Modâ€ with starts with from the idea of a tapeworm than which none longer may be retrieved.

Notice this comment here I made at avicenna's latest about Nat Reed, http://freethoughtblogs.com/amilliongods/2013/01/24/the-lappy-is-dead-long-live-the-lappy-charity-for-a-charity-case/comment-page-1/#comment-35950 Not even an acknowledgement. But priorities are priorities. Every time we pay for d...

I'm sorry if this was posted earlier and I missed it: https://mobile.twitter.com/nataliereed84/status/293916264961830914 I suppose Myers will now take this into account and change his stâ€” pfft Hahahaha, I couldn't finish that train of thought with a straight face. But learning about Natalie's sit...

I'm sorry if this was posted earlier and I missed it:

Presumably he is vibrating frenziedly

Lsuoma wrote:
KiwiInOz wrote:
d4m10n wrote:Your board, your rules, Lsuoma. Too bad they aren't written down somewhere for reference.
Perhaps we need a code of conduct.
You missed a :rimshot:

I'm still losing my shit over the BIGGEST TAPEWORM IN TEXAS.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Your board, your rules, Lsuoma. Too bad they aren't written down somewhere for reference.

Foreign *people*

Hey, Francisco Bacopa, I can supply you with lots of addresses in Southeast Texas. Just look in the telephone directory. Here's one for you, Bacopa: <SNIP> I hear there are some real misogynists living there, plus it's within easy walking distance for you. Just pack up your blue paints and stencils...

Obviously. Shes done precisely that ("The speaker feels uncomfortable so you cant come"). I'd love to be wrong, and see Justin welcomed and allowed to participate. however the childish behavior I've seen from the other side and various signals they've already sent suggest he's going to be removed. ...

KiwiInOz wrote:
sKepptiksowat wrote:... So, if you want me to work on something for your youtube or what have you, pm my ass.
You have a donkey?

A donkey who takes your messages?

Wow.

That is so cool.

As a seminary dropout, I seem to recall something about the Second Coming of Balaam's Talking Ass.

AbsurdWalls wrote: Every time I read a post from you I think you spend your whole life on OK Cupid.

For years, I thought that was a *local* dating site, just because of the initialisation. No, really.

I'm quite impressed at some of the fantasy violence coming out of the community of late, including J. Conlon's imagined acid attack on Benson and J. White's imagined kneecapping of her opponents. Not to mention Wowbaggerâ€™s fantasy of burning a woman to death, which was a little while back now. Can...

http://i.imgur.com/cWxDtY7.jpg http://i.imgur.com/9gsKuFF.jpg Plan ahead Vacula. Preemptively communicate with Melody's boss before you are painted as a total rage-filled woman hater. If you want to push back against Slocumâ€™s banhammer bandwagon, Ron's e-mail is rlindsay [at] centerforinquiry [do...

Just wait until one of the skepchicks has kids and want to attend a conference without childcare facilities. Then we'll hear all about it. Back in the day, I went to Skepticon 4 with three other families from around OKC, and everyone took turns watching the kids while they tore up the hotel room. T...

I find the omission of child care arrangements for WISC astounding, especially considering the amount of rhetoric about making conferences more welcoming for women that comes from the blowhards such as Hensley. Why is childcare so readily assumed to be primarily a women's issue? I'm personally much...

Louis, I've got a question for you, or rather sort of a challenge. 1) Go back to Pharyngula and pick out a handful of substantive characterisations of what SlimePitters are and/or what they do. 2) Come back here and post them, with links. 3) Prove at least half of them to be reasonably accurate, usi...

& sorry, I might add this to Damion re: the doxxing earlier - We had a similar situation when JV put Melody's details on the 'pit. No it's not doxxing per se if the person uses their real name and has that information readily available, but it's not a nice thing to publicise especially if it's the ...

Lsuoma wrote:Tidies and Fuglemen, I give you:

The Mildew Pit!

FTW!!!

It's generally agreed here that this sort of shit is at best unnecessary and at worst unethical (available freely by Google search or not). And how do you know they got the right Jerry Conlon? Unethical implies reasonably foreseeable negative consequences as a result of such a post. What would thos...

J. Marion Sims was a pioneer of lady-science.

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