So in 48 hours of membership you've climbed to a position of declaring the forum worthless?

What's your point and ultimate goal here? To have the forum locked and everybody stop paying attention to anything ufo related?

It seems like it would affect a lot less people if you would personally just avoid the forum and let others carry on with what they choose to discuss.

Relax, it will pass.

In fact I make a prediction...

As soon as schools are back in session... yada yada yada... the young hoaxters will have other things in which to occupy their time.


At least we can hope.

Care to elaborate Weisheit ?

Or are you just going to post in this "hit & run" manner.

edit: spelling

[edit on 25-6-2007 by sanctum]

All the "There is so much BS" threads aren't really helping, you know.

We all appreciate an informed comment, and welcome lively debate.

Unfortunately, it appears both of those social niceties appear have evaded you, Weisheit, and from the replies received I'm sure you'll think better of just letting fly again. It serves no purpose, gets us nowhere, and only creates antagonism.

Argue salient points, show us your beliefs, discuss your opinion.

You said: 'If these people knew anything they would provide some evidence, you folks remember what that is right?'

Yes, we know what evidence is, and crave it all the time. But surely you will agree, isn't it logical that if "these people" truely have world shattering knowledge at their disposal, they are stuck in a place that few of us can even imagine.
Put yourself in their situation: how would it feel to see your fellow man seeking the answer to a question we've asked ourselves since time immemorial, and have the answer at your fingertips. Yet, you know that if you released this truth into the world, your own world could come crashing down around you.
That is an unenviable scenario.

We probably need the BS posts.There isn`t alot of credable evidence out here, having said that you need to read everybodies posts to be able to make a judgement.What is one members opinion isn`t always another members.The last thing we want is strict censorship, to the point a judgement is made without seeing the info.

Hoaxes can be annoying to people who believe but have difficulty getting there points across.But i think its just something that the mods can control and the longer term members are used to spotting.I don`t think ATS admin could totally illiminate them.

Originally posted by nescafe8572
We probably need the BS posts.There isn`t alot of credable evidence out here, having said that you need to read everybodies posts to be able to make a judgement.What is one members opinion isn`t always another members.The last thing we want is strict censorship, to the point a judgement is made without seeing the info.

Hoaxes can be annoying to people who believe but have difficulty getting there points across.But i think its just something that the mods can control and the longer term members are used to spotting.I don`t think ATS admin could totally illiminate them.

I agree, to an extent, but blatant bs peddlers can force discussion into a quagmire.
Strict censorship? No.
We're all about free speech. But the posts that are obviously designed to rattle our collective cage just to see how we react, in my opinion, really are a waste of time. Yes, some of them can spark a decent arguement, but that would not be the op's intention. It's fortunate that we are sometimes capable of pulling a gem out of the bs sewer.

And again, I agree that ATS admin couldn't weed out all of the hoaxs. But hopefully they could thin the ground a little.