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Wow pinch me. For the longest time I thought that these people would never be taken to court for slander because they always stuck to really sweeping hate-group narratives ie "men of the atheist community (insert iniquity here)", and ironically doesn't count as slander (ironic as that "million deat...

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FrankGrimes wrote:TF re: BlockBot:

That was very well done, thanks for posting it.

No probs. :) And feel free to join us. :)

ftfy :) But otherwise, :popcorn: Good luck in your upcoming slander suit Miss McCreight. A comment from that thread, "helping" by adding claims of illegal behavior: http://i.imgur.com/Kjf5VDV.png?2 and another (wonder what reactions this one will engender; note the credentials up front as being "et...

ftfy :) But otherwise, :popcorn: Good luck in your upcoming slander suit Miss McCreight. Wow pinch me. For the longest time I thought that these people would never be taken to court for slander because they always stuck to really sweeping hate-group narratives ie "men of the atheist community (inse...

Well good on Jen McCreight, who has taken the bold step of publicly naming Lawrence Strauss Krauss, repeating several anonymous rumors of his sexual harassment, and wrapped it all up in a big, "I can't swear by this, but I've just been told this repeatedly." http://www.freezepage.com/1375936890NTXQ...

TF re: BlockBot:

From my better half (g/f): How does posting accusations online help the psychological recovery process? What often helps is to ensure that the perpetrator is appropriately dealt with legally. We are lucky these days to have specific legislation to deal with these matters properly. Although it is imp...

Also, best of luck with your cat Phil.

Also, can someone explain to me why this isn't a criminal matter involving the proper authorities? Because no one, including the alleged victim has reported it to the police. She could also always get a restraining order. Thank you and please excuse my ignorance. Meanwhile, PZ and the peanut galler...

Pitchguest wrote:The smoking gun?

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/ ... tells-all/

I hope PZ knows what he's doing.

Seems a lot like trial by public opinion at this point.

Also, can someone explain to me why this isn't a criminal matter involving the proper authorities?

<snip> Not working on my AinulidalÃ« theme today, the hearing is getting worse. Did I miss something? You ok? My right ear is not working anymore. I have to wait for my father to come back from Italy to go get checked by an ORL (new French rules, if I don't get his [because he's my declared doctor]...

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:<snip>

Not working on my AinulidalÃ« theme today, the hearing is getting worse.

Did I miss something? You ok?

Okay, I have add something. Stephanie is in fact very clever. She does not say that online harrassment caused Melody to develope PSTD. She just says "after", i.e., establishing a temporal relationship between the two. The reader is left to deduce a causal relationship. Clever isn't it? Good catch.

I think attacking Melody on the PTSD thing is pretty stupid. Do you guys have any fucking evidence that she's lying? Or is it just your super accurate "gut" feelings? I personally hate reading about psychological conditions online because for some reason everybody seems to be an expert on mental co...

Graves' disease is an autoimmune disorder that is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism. Other symptoms associated with the disease are goitre, ophthalmopathy, and psychiatric manifestations such as mood and anxiety disorders and, sometimes, cognitive dysfunction. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub...

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR9k02ptX7GPtnB5QJ_U6-nvFyltf4dx6Q619mRchEyJ9AWRYgsoA For those wondering, the condition is Graves ophthalmopathy . It's not contagious. Graves' disease is an autoimmune disorder that is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism. Other symptoms associated with...

Hi all, just dropping in to say a huge thanks to ool0n for making my week way more enjoyable than it would otherwise have been. And especially to all pitters who've helped. Some hilarious but also insightful and intelligent posts over the last few days - especially Aneris, Steersman and everyone who...

FrankGrimes, sorry to jump on you. Thaumas posts stuff he's interested in at his Facebook page, where he invited people to come find him: https://www.facebook.com/wonderist . He has said (on 2 occasions that I recall) that he has thought about a blog; once was about a year ago, and I think another ...

I propose giving wonderist a blog page at the new blog site. Seriously. I thought anyone (or, anyone with some connection to the Pit, perhaps) could just register & ask to set one up? Has Renee turned anyone down? (I haven't been following the process closely but didn't think they were being meted ...

I propose giving wonderist a blog page at the new blog site. Seriously.

And how pray tell will this stupid petty issue bite anyone in the arse? You don't think you're taking this a little out of proportion? How? What, Sam Harris will stop popping 'round for wednesday canasta? Oh shit, there goes Cunt's sunday brunch with Wills and Kate? You mean I shan't be the keynote...

Totally agree with steersman. As an onlooker I've been watching wonderist dealing with the tedious wall of snark from the adolescent clique. Wonderist has improved and reduced the onanism in his post whilst welch has disappointingly increased his. The fact that lsoumas repeated missteps bordering o...

The sexuality thing with Greta and crew on the other hand was kind of creepy, I didn't last 5 minutes trying to listen to that one. Would it have been better if Greta's mic was muted so you couldn't hear her pendulous meat-flaps ululating? https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7446093568/hC161A697/ Yeah, pr...

As a dues-paying member of Procrastinators-R-Us, I decided to take a quick look at the academic work of Richard Carrier, and what I found was far worse than even my meager expectations. You might recall from up-thread it being mentioned that Richard Carrier was extremely upset that someone put a li...

Lsuoma wrote:Hey, Australia - you is our BITCHEZ!!!

Australia are their own bitches. It's like someone said to the boys before the match "go fuck yourselves" and they took it kinda literally.

Lsuoma wrote:People, just fucking shut up about the TV/GZ shit or I'll shut the pit down for 48 hours.

:clap:

TheMan wrote:
FrankGrimes wrote:[grammarnazi]

Clarence, it's "I couldn't care less".

"I could care less" implies that you do actually care even if only a little.

[/grammarnazi]
Or

I couldn't care any less...

That would be even better.

[grammarnazi]

Clarence, it's "I couldn't care less".

"I could care less" implies that you do actually care even if only a little.

[/grammarnazi]

Has anyone else considered we are unwittingly taking part in a carefully constructed social experiment here? The Originator has carefully left out just enough detail for firm conclusions to be difficult to make, and people are imagining various intents/misunderstandings and/or late night conversati...

Fucking quote fail.

I'll ignore the embarrassing and overly obvious sarcasm but if you cant see the inconsistencies then you're just being willfully ignorant. You don't ignore something by referring to it. Well, you're a pretentious fuck aren't you? Very endearing. You couldn't take the time to actually take my argume...

Look, I'm not saying she was trolling. I think she just posted some stuff without thinking and was probably caught up in the moment. Either way, who cares. Bottom line, no pile on and definitely inconsistent and not exactly sincere. Hi Frank, Please please please forgive me for using the term "pile...

Harassment policy? That comment made me smile then I realised they will have one, even if not formalised. If someone disagrees with them they will be kicked, strawmanned or both. Of course it won't be worded that way but is what will happen. The exception is if they get someone they can all abuse a...

Because its kinda funny. From the FTB facebook conference page: "Wowza - that's 300 likes! You like us. You REALLY like us! Thank you. You know what this means, right? Only 100 more likes until the next status update celebrating 400 likes! Goals, people. Gotta have goals." https://www.facebook.com/...

Because its kinda funny. From the FTB facebook conference page: "Wowza - that's 300 likes! You like us. You REALLY like us! Thank you. You know what this means, right? Only 100 more likes until the next status update celebrating 400 likes! Goals, people. Gotta have goals." https://www.facebook.com/...

Abbie : Virology (ERV, to be precise) John C. Welch : IT, published author, three books, two assists, one solo. One of the assists was the only book, that I'm aware of on OS X Server 1.X, and sold quite well for a bit. dresq : Clinical and forensic psychology Skep Tickle : M.D Barn Owl : Teaching a...

JackRayner wrote:Great compilation there, FrankGrimes. On point. http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x17/ ... hand10.gif

Thanks. Took a while but seemed like it needed to be done. Doubt I'll get a backdown in light of this amazing new evidence.

I agree. What pile on? What I saw was bullshit getting called pretty early on and as far as I'm concerned, kudos to the people that did that. Now that I've supplied the quotes please show me this bullshit. I might well regard her as too vulnerable - but she does not seem insincere. As for pile on -...

It would have helped if she had managed to describe her problem so that there was something to be sympathetic about. Instead, she produced vague accusations of Justin 'trivialising' her concerns, so I understand the 'ugh' response. Seemed to me, before the pile on, that she was willing to listen to...

And I'm going to speculate again, 'cause that's what I do. Why the Evo Psych thing? Again? Well, the second love of his life got a spanking with her pathetic attempt at scientific criticism so the white knight had to come to the rescue. Thing is, he failed as well. When are conference organisers goi...

What does Justin V do when he's not harassing women all over the world?

Damn, sorry Jack, skipped you. Abbie: Virology (ERV, to be precise) John C. Welch: IT Skep Tickle: M.D Barn Owl: Teaching at medical school John Greg: English Literature Steersman: Pain in the ass, Ph.D Phil Giordana: Musician, skydiving instructor Sacha: dog expert, and managing director of Gender...

Just listened to ReapSow/ally fog.

Wow. "I have no dog in this fight and I don't know enough to comment but your side needs to back off." Fucking nob.

Brave Hero was damned good with Karla and Ellen Beth. Apart from the shitty audio at times, well done and thanks.

:clap: Nice work Mr Stawkins :clap:

I have no idea if I'll get 'sent to my room' for this post, sadly. But I'm posting it anyway because I feel there are legitimate issues being discussed in it. It's long, yes, but I do not see an easy way to shorten it...... I hope Lsuoma is willing to discuss this before he takes immediate action. ...

Renee at one point was pondering starting a blog network; I don't know if she decided to drop the idea or not. I think this was the spur I needed. I have a shit ton of space on my server. It's just a matter of installing WP in a network mode and getting things rolling. Checking into that now. Have ...

FWIW, regarding the proposed blog. I don't generally read blogs. The whole idea seems a bit wanky to me. From what I've seen, the celebrity blogger posts something then walks away from the conversation while all the plebs basically argue whether or not their hero has got it right. That's why I rathe...

I personally don't find Wonderist's posts to be particularly annoying. Instead, I find many of them interesting. Though they might not be filled with dazzling wit, it is nice to occasionally read a post that isn't just someone telling someone else to fuck off in a humorous manner. I don't always ag...

I missed out on all the con goodness *sad*. But it couldn't be helped. I was at my parent's house in Central New York and it's terribly flooded out. Probably no FEMA aid either. Fucking sucks. Rain for the rest of the week as well and I wish we could send it out west. "Pray for CNY" because fuck if...

By the by... I can't be the only person who's completely disinterested in the topics and speakers at these women in secularism shit conferences. I couldn't be more bored by this sort of shit and I go to lengthy talks on fucking international standards for fun. I've seen only clips of conversations ...

This bit by Steersman is still bugging me (regarding my old sig on growing a thicker skin): Which she seems to have forgotten at â€œthe moment of truthâ€. So to speak. Steersman, are you indicating at some point I started to whine about other people's words? Trying to get a handle on the nature of...

C'mon, give him a break. His heart wasn't in it. It was actually in NY at the time. I always get this " Same Time Next Year " vibe out of the way he sniffs around her and is always talking about her.... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078199/ I guess I've known too many late-middle-age, cheat-on-their...

This try-hard trolling always reminds me of this:

Hunt wrote:It's terrible when people babble about Texas Instruments. I hate that.

Well, he does seem to have a chip on his shoulder :rimshot:

And JV... I hope my donation helped pay for at least a Guinness or two, maybe some Irish haggis even?

Well done and I hope your flight was ok.

I'm hardly a troll, motherfucker. You just ignore all of the content of my posts and then get mad about the way I say things. This is why you're a cunt. :doh: Doh yourself, motherfuck. Wonderist invited me here, and now he's got buyer's remorse. He knew what he was getting. I was linking videos to ...

ffqc wrote:
Wonderist wrote: He had plenty of warning. No excuses for ignorance. Deus definitely troll too.
I'm hardly a troll, motherfucker. You just ignore all of the content of my posts and then get mad about the way I say things. This is why you're a cunt.

:doh:

When did the 'pit turn into a stupid Facebook conversation?

Freezpage of PZ Myers' remarks at #EWTS2013: http://www.freezepage.com/1372516292YGGZJCNTHJ Deepity. I paused reading here: But still, secularism is necessary. Itâ€™s the floor of basic decency, itâ€™s the start, and not the be-all and end-all Someone being a decent person is an independent variabl...

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