Posted by Cygnus on March 14, 1999 at 19:49:01 {MWM7sG9btoxsY}:
In Reply to: **You're the Wrong Kind posted by 5GJW on March 14, 1999 at 12:49:56:
: Sit where you wish, "veteran", that is your option.
Everything is an opinion. I've been here for over two years, and have been on all three sides (loyal JW, reformer, apostate), so I think I have some idea of what I'm talking about.
: The comparison was between Gary and Shawn, not Gary and (insert favorite combative apostate).
It's "Shaun." I've said in the past that many of Gary's posts aren't relevant to this board, or will scare off reformed minded JWs. I think some of Shaun's are that way as well. I believe too many people do take liberties with the 'free speech' we've been granted for so long. I'm as guilty as the next guy.
: I agree that some posts need to be deleted, for the reasons given in the FPP. The problem is that a few moderators are using the FPP as a law book, rather than a guideline, and are only applying it to one faction of the board.
Well, the FPP is pretty strict, even if used as a guideline. I've personally, as a Moderator, rarely ever 'enforced' the FPP. I'd rather see it rewritten, as I don't agree with many of its specifics and principles. But I don't run H2O, and neither do you.
: Loyal JW's and "harmless" apostates are exempt, for the most part.
There aren't very many of either present here, if defined that way by the JW community (this is a JW board). And I have removed posts by a few "loyal JWs" for violations.
: I also disagree that Gary is "harmless", I wish he was trying to support the WBTS. He is exactly what the JW's want in an apostate.
Gary hasn't converted one single person to his ideologies. As AF has said, Gary knows he is a clown; he revels in that
personality. I think more JWs would take him seriously than someone like, say, AF or Jan. Accepting Gary's BS isn't much different than accepting the WTS'. That's why he's "harmless."