Opinion of jmfcst

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Go.

[Beet]

FF.

[Dr. Cynic]

I give him credit. He may have horribly misguided views, but he'll stick to them, no matter how much facts disprove them.

[Mr. Morden]

He'll always be an Atlas legend for breaking the news on Sarah Palin being McCain's running mate hours before the MSM reported it.

[angus]

He has my respect.  If I were ever charged with a crime, and was allowed to pick my jury from among the regular members of this forum, he'd be one that I'd choose.  He strikes as intelligent, impartial, sober, and a man of great integrity who would judge me only on the facts of the case. 

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Another one of those "he's been around for a long time so we let him get away with anything" users.

[Eraserhead]

Clueless, in more ways than one.

[Gustaf]

Gets a lot more flak than he deserves. I've never minded him despite never agreeing with him on anything.

[memphis]

I give him credit. He may have horribly misguided views, but he'll stick to them, no matter how much facts disprove them.

I don't see stubborness as a virtue.

[k-onmmunist]

Brainwashed by religion. I'm not voting either way because we don't know what his real views are.

[afleitch]

Suprisingly immature for his age and life experience, often doesn't read or disregards other peoples opinions in an argument so that it can't be advanced often resulting in doing this to catch his attention. Displays bi-polar tendencies and mood swings, often posts attacks/insults people then promptly deletes them. Often resorts to blatant trolling and gets away with it because he's one of the oldest members here (but has managed to rack up points of late)

And so on.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

FF!

[Landslide Lyndon]

A fruitcake.

[Hash]

A fruitcake.

Please stop insulting fruit cakes!

[patrick1]

Like everyone, he has has good and bad attributes.  I find him at times to be engaging and humorous.  However, on the bad side there are instances where he has used his religious beliefs as cover to demean people- which coincidentally I find contrary to those very religious beliefs.

[Torie]

He has a rather one track mind, but he's hardly a sociopath - just insecure. That is my little take on it all.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Part of the fixtures and fittings of this place. Of course were he a new poster, we'd call him a borderline troll and that's that. He's recent started moving towards problem-poster status, which is a little strange after eight (or is it nine?) years here.

[opebo]

One of the true exemplars of the vileness which is 'America'. 

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Part of the fixtures and fittings of this place. Of course were he a new poster, we'd call him a borderline troll and that's that. He's recent started moving towards problem-poster status, which is a little strange after eight (or is it nine?) years here.

Yeah he's doing it deliberately and trying to prove a point, although I can't figure out exactly what it is.......

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

Part of the fixtures and fittings of this place. Of course were he a new poster, we'd call him a borderline troll and that's that. He's recent started moving towards problem-poster status, which is a little strange after eight (or is it nine?) years here.

Well, I don’t like the fact something as subjective as “trolling” can be grounds for banning.  Sometimes, trolling can be an effective method to stir debate, like a teacher throwing out a controversial subject for the class to chew on.  Also, many of my cryptic threads, which ended up being accurate predictions, would have been considered “trolling” by many mods under the current rules.  And my threads featuring music videos to express a point or feeling would also violate the current rules.

To me, Leip as taken an effort to make the site family friendly and turned it into a system that doesn’t allow artistic forms of debate – the  mods are determining what can and cannot be discussed and what form the argument must take.  Posters should be given a chance to allow a statement or idea to “hang in the air” and then to expound upon it in their follow up statements.  As it is now, in order not to be considered a troll, one must spell out everything up front – mods are not allowing single statements to be used as a foundation for discussion .  The rules should allow someone to broadly sketch an idea on canvas and then to flesh out the picture as others join in the discussion.

Posting has become too ritualize, as if we have to fill out a standardized form in order to post. 

In other words – “Where’s my motivation?!”

(Of course, there are ways around the “trolling” infractions, but doing so actually makes trolling more interruptive.  Example – instead of a single trollish statement, a whole paragraph has to be written in order to show “thoughtful intent” to avoid an infraction.   My “Texas as a country” thread is a typical case – instead of me being able to yank someone’s chain by making a single “arrogant Texan" comment, I had to act as if I actually cared by making an entire thread on the subject, which only served to waste my time as well as the time of others. But, I digress.)

[Sam Spade]

Smart guy.

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

An intresting poster in many ways. His views are terrible, many of his interpertations of the Bible kind of strange, and his ability to post tl;dr arguments which are based completly on the idea that the Bible is always right is annoying, but now and then he actually makes quite insightful remarks that make a lot of sense and I've gotten the impression that overall he's a nice guy on the inside.

FF... err no. HP... nah not that either. I'll have to abstain on this one.   

[Joe Republic]

I often bring him up whenever I get into a real-life conversation about how awful Texas is.  He's the perfect representative for his state.

[Joe Republic]

My “Texas as a country” thread is a typical case – instead of me being able to yank someone’s chain by making a single “arrogant Texan" comment, I had to act as if I actually cared by making an entire thread on the subject, which only served to waste my time as well as the time of others. But, I digress.)

Why would you feel the need to post an "arrogant Texan" comment just to "yank somebody's chain"?  Can you see how that would be considered trollspam no matter how much effort you put into writing it?

[minionofmidas]

Complex. Most of what I might have said if I'd taken the time is here in some form or other.

But I voted FF. If maybe just for old times' sake