It is not a straw man. Lotus is holding the position that lurkers needs to be protected from... us, our discourse? More so, they need a safe place to land. For me that is a very condescending view towards whoever would read this. I am merely ridiculing hers and others position, not trying to misrepresent her. If you can not see that this has happened as a way to criticize Alanzo then I suggest you do a search on it.
Ok, I am not defending Alanzo. I think he has a lot to answer for with how he has handled himself since he came back.
I am simply pointing out that he has a god damn right to be here, and whilst participating, should be treated with the same respect as you would want yourself. The golden rule. I've explained my reasoning on this already.
No. I don't think Alanzo holds to that either.
Why is it so hard to grasp the concept of a forum?
When have people here ever not held extremely different positions? Sometimes even more polarized then they are now?
Here's one classy example, I was trying to find another thread but I found this nugget instead, it's an old drama over the perceived Freezone stalking. the reason I post it is because it holds a special spot in my heart. That post is one of the major reasons why I never ended up in the Freezone or anything like it. I realized that rather then just leaving Scientology and still believing in the "tech", I was gonna kick the habit completely.
You think drama is bad? I don't. I remember this as the "Freezone which hunt", this and other threads such as this one.
https://www.forum.exscn.net/threads/esmb-and-the-freezone-lets-have-it-out.6350/
I do wish that the civil tone would come back though, but I think 2008 was an entirely different era, where a lot of posters felt that there was more value in the written word, in comparison to how it is today.
God I wish Nexus was back.
Edit: Oooh I found another golden one, started by Alanzo even.
https://www.forum.exscn.net/threads/trolling-for-business-on-esmb.9682/