Boy's mom dies when 911 thinks he is joking

[Peanut]

I'm quite aware of all these things. My point is, do you really need to be such a prick whenever one of these things pops up? We all get that you're "Mr. Anarky" hardcore, fight the establishment guy.

[Anarky]

Originally Posted by Peanut

I'm quite aware of all these things. My point is, do you really need to be such a prick whenever one of these things pops up? We all get that you're "Mr. Anarky" hardcore, fight the establishment guy.

I don't do this for personal whatever... respect or kudos or whatever. I do it because it makes me sick to see what they're doing to us all. And I don't really care if you decide to listen to me or not, and I can't tell you everything since I'm just scratching surfaces and there's so much more to it. If you want more information (more indepth and more varied), then read Noam Chomsky's "Media Control".

And another thing: I don't fight against the state or the establishment, I fight for the people.

[Brodie]

Why are you even a mod? Just cause you opened a temp forum when someone screwed this place up? That's earning it. Awesome.

"I fight for the people."

I'm sure you fight nightly, too. With as much time as you spend away from the computer. You're not V.

[Peanut]

How I got my modship taken away for getting angry in one post, while Anarky runs around inciting flames in just about every topic is beyond me. I guess it really does come down to who you know.

[iris]

Originally Posted by Anarky

I don't do this for personal whatever... respect or kudos or whatever. I do it because it makes me sick to see what they're doing to us all. And I don't really care if you decide to listen to me or not, and I can't tell you everything since I'm just scratching surfaces and there's so much more to it. If you want more information (more indepth and more varied), then read Noam Chomsky's "Media Control".

And another thing: I don't fight against the state or the establishment, I fight for the people.

I completely agree that, on the whole, society does a bad job of talking about the larger issues. Supply and demand plays a huge role, and the demand is for candy. Do you suggest that they be forced to eat their vegetables?

It sounds great to say you're fighting for the people, but you have to be fighting against something (otherwise it's shadowboxing). What is it?

[Katie]

*sigh* see we can't even talk on a broad basis civily. I don't think Anarky is attacking anyone personally...he's just stating his opinion.

It's an interesting conversation...and the board has been a little slow lately...I am kind of enjoying it....is that wrong?

[Anarky]

Originally Posted by iris

I completely agree that, on the whole, society does a bad job of talking about the larger issues. Supply and demand plays a huge role, and the demand is for candy. Do you suggest that they be forced to eat their vegetables?

See, that's where the big dilemma lies. People don't want to hear about the big stuff any more. And when you do tell them that there's something "outside the box", they either don't know what to say, calmly agree or they want to rip your head off. I prefer the first two options but the latter is like 95% of the people.

And that's just the point where I hate myself for not having paid better attention in marketing lessons. When you're treating information as goods, then you can apply marketing laws to it. You'd need a way to make them want to hear the important stuff. So, if you have any suggestions... shoot.

It sounds great to say you're fighting for the people, but you have to be fighting against something (otherwise it's shadowboxing). What is it?

It differs from issue to issue. But mainly it's two things: Politics and media. At the moment it's the media around here, since there's nothing political going on. I can't just say "I'm against XY" or "I stand for everything ABC says.", because life isn't that easy.

[Sewer Bull]

Originally Posted by Katie

*sigh* see we can't even talk on a broad basis civily. I don't think Anarky is attacking anyone personally...he's just stating his opinion.

It's an interesting conversation...and the board has been a little slow lately...I am kind of enjoying it....is that wrong?

Actually, your news revealed kinda bigger and rather crucial problem - the reliability and trustworthness of some public services, especially its telecommunication operators. Accidents like that happen worldwide, I heard of more hardcore situations (even in my country) when an operator refused to help, because he/she thought it was just a lame joke. This type of actions leaves the society in a quite uncomfortable uncertitude regarding its potential need of future emergency aid (think you could be in the mother's place and no one comes to help you) - because it does clearly show that the whole system doesn't work well. And that's why this news is very important for the masses.

Hence the emotions.

[KROW]

Wow.

I think the hostility towards Anarky is a bit misplaced. The reason (in my view) he's a mod is because of the way he deals with negative posts. I read through this whole thread and saw that he -- seemingly -- kept his cool even though he was being bombarded about his opinion. Hell, he even used the word, "please."

But on the other hand, like Katie said, we can't discuss what Anarky claims are topics of the big picture because it's against the rules. So we're left with the smaller issues that only happen once in a lifetime to one in a million people in the world.

I suggest we leave all these personal subjects aside before we're not even allowed a Current Events forum.

[Mars-Chan]

..............

Guys...enough!!!

This forum is supposed to be for fun, not to fight out who's opinions mean WHAT!

If you all want to fight it out, do it somewhere than OTHER than on the forums!

Thank you. *Bows out*

[Krang]

Due to Anarky's continual trolling in the Current Events section, he has lost his posting rights in it until further notice. It's fine to have an opinion that is not very popular, but the way he was expressing it was very disrespectful to the thread starters (and everyone else for that matter).

Originally Posted by Peanut

How I got my modship taken away for getting angry in one post, while Anarky runs around inciting flames in just about every topic is beyond me. I guess it really does come down to who you know.

I didn't even see what he posted until now, so excuse me if I don't have the time to be on the forums 24 hours a day. Next time give me a chance to react before making baseless accusations. And the reason your moderator duties were reduced is far more elaborate than that (in fact, I posted 3 separate examples in the thread where I informed you of your demotion, and that was far from the only time it happened), but this is not the place to discuss that.

And one more thing, just to clear things up, the only topics that are forbidden here are religion and politics. Beyond that, anything goes as long as it is within the Forum Rules.

[R-iZZy]

Yeah, I saw this on the news, the yesterday. Sad stuff! What's worse is the kid actually seemed like a level-headed kid.

[Dr. Doom]

He ain't gonna be level headed for long.