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from der Teufel Friday, April 04, 2008 - 00:05 (Agree/Disagree?) Ahhh, sorry I was bending down to your level by saying "you sucked." It was just a guess and I take it back. <3 (reply to this comment)

from der Teufel Friday, April 04, 2008 - 00:01 (Agree/Disagree?) Wow, it's not this site that sucks; but you do (at least from what I gather from your 'article'). You might be a perfectly decent person, but from what you wrote that's just hard to believe. Anyhow, instead of complaining about people's useless comments and telling us how smart you are, why don't you actually integrate your so-called intelligence into your article...etc? Now I'll be a hypocrite just for the sake of giving out my criticism, even though you probably won't give it a second thought (or even a first): You see, you were telling people in your article how ridiculous this all sounds. But you're just adding to all of it. Save it, next time. (reply to this comment)

from cassy Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 13:35 (Agree/Disagree?) There is no 'goal' to this site, it's a place to chat and post articles -- freedom of speech!-- Something the family never allowed. It can be a concept difficult to understand at first, especially since we weren't allowed to express ourselves for much of our lives. But once you understand that, you'll get that people are individual and regardless of whether someone is 'bright' or 'dumb' in your opinion, they still have a right to express themselves. (reply to this comment)

from 2ndtime Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 06:13 (Agree/Disagree?) HAHAHAHA god this is sooo good. you bozos are all way off 1 - i am not in the fam havent been for 2 years. 2 - I AM 16....so yes i am an adolescent 3 - just because i am a TEEN doesnt mean i dont have good spelling! just because the rest of you didnt use your brains to learn anything doesnt mean I DIDNT. 4 - the two casses of misspelling happened really because i was typing quickly, did not read over my article, not to mention was on a unknown keyboard. happy? If you guys cant take any criticism, dont expect other ppl to. but man.....thank you that made my day....i never laughed so hard seeing you all thinking im some fam adult. that was classic! (reply to this comment)

From double Saturday, February 16, 2008, 10:17 (Agree/Disagree?) Wowee! 2ndtime!! (What a clever name! Awesome!) You're absolutely right that I can't take criticism. Though I can take a penis -if you know what I mean!- even if other "ppl" can't! You made MY day - if you know what I mean!! - you fast typing "adolescent TEEN" you!! I love 16 year olds! They're awesome!! Mail me!!!!(reply to this comment)

From neez Saturday, February 16, 2008, 15:33 (Agree/Disagree?) I see. Fight stupidity with stupidity eh?(reply to this comment)

From wow, get a room already! Saturday, February 16, 2008, 12:32 (Agree/Disagree?) (reply to this comment)

From The Devil ® Friday, February 15, 2008, 03:06 (Agree/Disagree?) Two years? hey I broke up with jesus two years ago. Are you still sleeping with him? Have you seen him around?(reply to this comment)

From yep Friday, February 15, 2008, 15:03 (Agree/Disagree?) last i heard he was making you a Devils food cake. (reply to this comment)

From vix Friday, February 15, 2008, 03:17 (Agree/Disagree?) OMGOMGOMG (Oh, I hope that's not a horrible insult), I WANT TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!! Do you ever chat? If so, I await your gracious company.. (reply to this comment)

From The Devil ® Friday, February 15, 2008, 19:18 (Agree/Disagree?) It's not an insult. Ganesh and I go way back. All those available hands, not to mention that long trunk...sigh One of these days I will make the earth flat again(long story) and do away with these infernal mortal timezones!(reply to this comment)

From Samuel Friday, February 15, 2008, 05:57 (Agree/Disagree?) I'm pretty sure it's Oddman.(reply to this comment)

From vix Friday, February 15, 2008, 06:04 (Agree/Disagree?) It was really more of a conceptual question, but thanks. (reply to this comment)

From Big Sister Tuesday, February 12, 2008, 09:08 (Agree/Disagree?) Actually, I was the one person who thought you were an adult. Several people directly disagreed with me; only a couple agreed. So, calm down cause that's not even close to everybody. I think people here give and take criticism very well.(reply to this comment)

From rainy Sunday, February 10, 2008, 12:01 (Agree/Disagree?) With all that great spelling you've got under your belt (Thank you, Childcare Handbook!) you might also like to add the apostrophe key to your repertoire. You will find it located next to your right pinky. Comes in handy when typing contractions. Try it! You just might like it!(reply to this comment)

From its really good Friday, February 15, 2008, 21:01 (Agree/Disagree?) sorry old habits die hard.....still having nightmares about that damn dog............Kiddie viddies suck A**(reply to this comment)

From vix Sunday, February 10, 2008, 06:52 (Agree/Disagree?) For the record, I didn't think you were an adult at all. To me, you sounded very much like a teenager, and the only thing your use of 'adolescent' said to me was that you were trying to sound more clever than you are. Or maybe, if I were to be particularly generous, that english is not your first language. I also disagreed with the opinion that your views and opinions sounded like that of an adult. I thought your article betrayed a glaring naivety and the typical thought process of an 'on board' family teen. Whether or not you're in the cult now, you manage to sound just like a cultie. Don't worry, you'll hopefully grow out of it. Good luck with finding yourself. (reply to this comment)

from Reality 101 Sylabus Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 03:21 (Agree/Disagree?) 1. The world is full of idiots. 2. This site is part of the world. 3. This site contains some content generated by idiots/ idiotic content.. 4. If you want intelligent debate, start it. I'm given to understand it's generally initiated by putting forward a hypothesis and the defending it. 5. Generating idiotic content or compalining of "general bogusness" contributes to the idiotic content referred to in point 3. 6. Your post caused a massive spike of bogusometer. (reply to this comment)

From Fish Wednesday, February 06, 2008, 16:55 (Agree/Disagree?) In point of fact, points 1,2 and 3 constitute a false syllogism. Proper deductive reasoning would show that if "The world is full of idiots" and "This site is part of the world" then "This site is full of idiots"(reply to this comment)

From neez Wednesday, February 06, 2008, 23:53 (Agree/Disagree?) Wouldn't "this site is partly/partially full of idiots" be a more correct deduction?(reply to this comment)

From Fish Thursday, February 07, 2008, 02:07 (Agree/Disagree?) Like the good professor stated, "full" is somewhat ambiguous. That being said, you cannot go from "full" to "partially full" using formal deduction. (reply to this comment)

From neez Thursday, February 07, 2008, 21:47 (Agree/Disagree?) Clearly the world isn't 100% full of idiots. So the good professor clearly meant "The world is partly full of idiots" etc etc. And my bank account goes from 'full' to 'partially full' all the time thanks to deduction. No I won't argue the semantics of that statement.(reply to this comment)

From Fish Thursday, February 07, 2008, 21:51 (Agree/Disagree?) That's both illogical and stupid. You must be an aussie.(reply to this comment)

From neez Thursday, February 07, 2008, 21:57 (Agree/Disagree?) Yeah we had this conversation before Fish. *yawns*(reply to this comment)

From Reality 101 Sylabus Professor Thursday, February 07, 2008, 00:08 (Agree/Disagree?) I was going to argue with him about it. But the problem has to do with use of the word "full", which means filled to capacity. It may be correct to suggest that if the world is full of idiots, there are nothing but idiots in the world and thus on this site. Buuuuuuuuuutttttttttttttttttt. ........... It's an incorrect assumption that idiots create idiotic content. That's not in the hypothesis setup. So fish isn't really wrong or right, the whole argument is bogus to start with. Not meant to be taken seriously.(reply to this comment)

From neez Thursday, February 07, 2008, 00:14 (Agree/Disagree?) The glass is half full...of air.(reply to this comment)

From neez Thursday, February 07, 2008, 00:16 (Agree/Disagree?) Hot air to be more precise.(reply to this comment)

From Dr PoopFossil Wednesday, February 06, 2008, 19:02 (Agree/Disagree?) You may be right. The problem is with the use of the word "full", which generally means "filled to capacity" or consuming all available capacity. (reply to this comment)

from neez Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 01:38 (Agree/Disagree?) I'm thinking just another shit and run. (reply to this comment)

from shikaka Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 18:06 (Agree/Disagree?) Firstly, congratulations on having your spiritual hymen so savagely penetrated by the forces of the vandari. Consider your movingon cherry popped! Im sure your physical one is long gone, if youre an adolescent in the Family. I've developed an action plan for you...it should help you realize great success and popularity here with the movingon community. Step one: Nobody cares what you think. So here...have a nice big cup of shut the fuck up! Step two: Repeat step one. Have a Nice Day! (reply to this comment)

from Phoenixkidd Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 08:45 (Agree/Disagree?) 2ndtime, You don't have to be on this site! These adults are coping with their past, butt out! Okay sorry, I am usually not so mean, but seriously, adults may do crazy things too. Try hypnosis, needles in your face, detoxing, memory relapse therapy etc...these are many things "adults" do to try to cope with a traumatic event. And if you don't think many of us here went through traumatic events, you are so sadly ignorant and without compassion to this "lost" generation. I used to go and hide in the bathroom or attic just to have a place to be alone in crowded homes where there was absolutely no privacy and I was constantly scrutinized and used as a whipping boy for any "frustrated" adult in the house---GET A LIFE AND GET OUT! (reply to this comment)

from Randi Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 08:18 (Agree/Disagree?) This is not a site for family teens. It's a place to vent, chat with someone who knows where you're coming from, share news or suggestions for example. Its an open forum site more or less. One does not need to rationalize about its greater or whatever purpose. I personally do not care one tiny bit what any family teen or adult will think when/if they read what I have to say. Their opinions, thoughts and perhaps consequent decisions, are not my concern. I personally am not interested in rescuing or "converting" any of them.... Many have tried. When they want to get out, they will...not before. This is not a pro family site... if you're so interested in "hearing both sides," I suggest you hook up with some current members. We know both sides brother... we were raised in it!! (reply to this comment)

from murasaki Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 04:50 (Agree/Disagree?) LOl, that's too funny. I wonder if all family members think that just because we are no longer blindly following the "truth", that we now go out of our way to destroy the fam. I think it's rather presumptuous to assume that this site is frequented with the sole and coordinated purpose of infiltrating current members with our "bitterness and lies". What's the purpose of your post? Is to wake us up to error of our ways or to stimulate us into being more effective in destroying the family? Some kind of weird reverse psychology maybe? (reply to this comment)

From figaro Tuesday, February 05, 2008, 04:59 (Agree/Disagree?) Well, they think the universe revolves around them and since we are not a part of them anymore then we MUST be dedicating our lives to trying to stop them, they can't grasp the concept of someone simply not caring at all about them. They have deluded themselves so severly they honestly think everything is always about them. They are a lot like high school cheerleaders, they can't wrap their minds around the idea that someone just doesn't care about them at ALL!(reply to this comment)

from figaro Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 04:41 (Agree/Disagree?) "so if I - a relatively dumb young person - think its dumb...thats pretty damm dumb if you ask me." Most dumb people will think that anything they don't quite understand is dumb no matter how intelligent it actually is. In fact, the more intelligent it is, the less they understand it and therefore the dumber they will claim it to be. You say you like logical and intelligent debates? Consider this; logical, intelligent debates include the siting of instances and examples, followed by a line of reasoning. None of which you have done. So you either just contradicted yourself, or proved you don't know what, a logical, intelligent debate is and therefore are no better then the people you are critisizing. Just my humble opinion, feel free to correct/debate me. (P.S. "damm" is spelled "damN") ;) (reply to this comment)

from Big Sister Monday, February 04, 2008 - 19:16 (Agree/Disagree?) Nope, I don't buy it. This was not written by a kid. The author is an adult. First of all, there are way too many correctly spelled words, not-to-mention adult vocabulary and complete sentences. Yet the piece is clearly written without the use of spell check because curiosity and definitely are spelled wrong and it's and its are misused. Secondly, I don't think adolescents call themselves adolescents...ever! And since when do teens say things like "adults usually have a brain"? This is an adult point of view. As is this sentence: "The vicious method of expression so commonly seen here will repel much more than draw." where both the language and the opinion have the tone of an officious adult or parent who is accustomed to giving advice to children. (reply to this comment)

From neez Monday, February 04, 2008, 23:19 (Agree/Disagree?) More interesting is the use of the inverted apostrophe. Whatever the fuck thats called.(reply to this comment)

From rainy Tuesday, February 05, 2008, 01:06 (Agree/Disagree?) And even MORE interesting is the fact that "2nd Time" begins their article by stating that they are a "first timer".(reply to this comment)

From neez Thursday, February 07, 2008, 00:27 (Agree/Disagree?) Why is that?(reply to this comment)

From murasaki Tuesday, February 05, 2008, 05:40 (Agree/Disagree?) My favorite bit is where they say they're an adolescent and have "seen both sides" of the family. Most of the more serious abuses I'm aware of occurred before the Charter, which would be before said adolescent was born. Typical....12 years old and they've seen it all and know it all. ;)(reply to this comment)

From neez Monday, February 04, 2008, 23:15 (Agree/Disagree?) You might be right(I dont think u r), but all things considered...meh 2ndtime said nothing I haven't heard before numerous times, she brings nothing new to the table. She seems to think the 4000+ members of this site all have the same mindset, and are all striving to ahceive some sort of "goal". 90% of the article is complaining about the lack of rational debate. But she doens't raise a single point worth debating...so again...meh(reply to this comment)

From madly Monday, February 04, 2008, 21:39 (Agree/Disagree?) I'm sorry, but who cares? Just another opinion that they have a right to express... not really worth delving into that deeply, is it?(reply to this comment)

From sar Tuesday, February 05, 2008, 08:37 (Agree/Disagree?) I agree. The other deeply seems far more worth delving into. (reply to this comment)

From madly Tuesday, February 05, 2008, 22:01 (Agree/Disagree?) ;) xxx(reply to this comment)

From figaro Tuesday, February 05, 2008, 21:30 (Agree/Disagree?) LOL(reply to this comment)

from Samuel Monday, February 04, 2008 - 06:22 (Agree/Disagree?) This site was made to irritate closed minded people like you. (reply to this comment)

from steam Monday, February 04, 2008 - 06:10 (Agree/Disagree?) You mention that people employ a strident tone that is off-putting, and does not help others to take the point being made seriously. However, if you would apply that filter to your comment, you may be surprised to find it was not crafted in the manner you imply should be used when making a point. Would you consider this point to be a fair critique of your post? (reply to this comment)

from illogical idiot.... Monday, February 04, 2008 - 05:20 (Agree/Disagree?) all I can say is that if you feel this way about this site and TF then you are a lucky soul, well in some respects, if what is expressed within this site is deemed by you as insanity then that hopefully means you havent, and will hopefully never experience the extent of the damage TF inflicted, and for that, even in your apparent narrow mindeness in regards to the fact lots of different things happened to lots of different people, but then again your intuitive and mature response obviously sourced from your infinite wisdom and experience has maybe set us straight, we all must have imagined our lives, or maybe it was the time in our lives when we let "the devil" in right? please....enlighten us all to the real truth, as it would be a shame to think we've wasted our time on putting our lives back together because of something that never happened, it was so mice of you to clear things up for us all..... (reply to this comment)

from Jedran Monday, February 04, 2008 - 04:32 (Agree/Disagree?) If you consider yourself a relatively dumb person perhaps you should consider that your opinion of this site may just be a reflection of your own lack of intelligience. (reply to this comment)

from neez Monday, February 04, 2008 - 01:58 (Agree/Disagree?) This is an open forum. It doesn't have any "goals". What exactly is it you would like to debate? (reply to this comment)

from rainy Monday, February 04, 2008 - 01:14 (Agree/Disagree?) This site contains a wide range of personalities, subject matter, and intelligence levels. I'd say your findings say more about the particular articles that attract your attention than the site itself. You can't call the whole Internet immature if you spend all your time surfing the celebrity gossip pages can you? (reply to this comment)

from DeeJay Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 23:01 (Agree/Disagree?) I had a few similiar thoughts when I first came here. Read more, think before you judge. There are alot of intelligent people on this site that raise valid questions and employ solid logic. Granted anything can be called semantics but that's for each individual to decide and/or debate. This is a place people come to ... pull up a chair, rant, rave, whatever. You will find some people you click with mentally and others that you don't. Whatever the case, no one is here to prove anything. No one is here to convince the youth within the family that they are wrong. For me, I come to listen to some people that share my past and once in a while, vent some feelings. Every once in awhile, I have a question answered, a missing car in my train of thought connected or just am reminded that I'm not the only one who has been through this fairly unique experience. You also are not forced to be here. If you feel there is something to be gained by looking here, do it. If not.......the internet is a big place. Go somewhere else. (reply to this comment)

From calmbomb Monday, February 04, 2008, 17:43 (Agree/Disagree?) ooooo, that was my favorite comment!(reply to this comment)

From DeeJay Sunday, February 03, 2008, 23:10 (Agree/Disagree?) I guess that I should add that yes there are some idiots on this site too. Whatever, they have the right to a voice too, even if it is an annoying one.(reply to this comment)