Psychonaut said:
I will miss Azrael23's open-minded world-view & the way he could effortlessly remain polite and progressive in the face of overwhelmingly (to me) aggressive close-mindedness, hypocrisy, ridicule & outright abuse.
Do you not agree he was breaking the FAQ though?
I hope you don't imagine he was 'unfairly censored for speaking the truth' or something.
Your post reads like that of a fellow-conspiracist -- what's 'hypocritical' about finding bonkers made up nonsense from well dodgy sources tedious?
Can't say I'm too sorry if Azrael's ban ends up being perma -- obviously bonkers conspiranuts discredit and get in the way of GENUINE research and get in the way of proper questions aimed at applying a TRULY sceptical eye to the establishment. I'm a sometime historian trained in assessing ALL sources critically and sceptically, and trained in assessing the credibility or not of various sources**, and who from that knows how to assess the believability or not of EVIDENCE (or lack of it
). In that role, I found the way Azrael uncritically and unquestioningly regurgitated any old bollocks dragged off prisonplanet and similar, while abusing anyone sceptical about his 'alternative versions' as gullible dupes of the establishment, to be totally cringeworthy and a total embarassment.
**Can't say I possess the necessary sense of application and hard work to follow these principles throughthese days , but I know a dodgy source and a made up 'theory' and a COMPLETE avoidance of Occams Razor when I see them!
And as for 'closedmindedness' ... people should mind that their 'minds' are not so 'open' that their brains fall out, in a much repeated but entirely valid axiom .... in this context.
In the paper on Sunday ...
Conspiracy Theorist ... One who disbelieves everything they read in the newspapers, but believe everything they read on the internet ....