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  1. "Now don't overreact. If we go after it early, before it metastasizes to a bone, the majority of these prostate cancer cases are beatable."

    "Go after it how?"

    "Irridation therapy."

    "That's fantastic. That's wonderful, because, as it turns out, that's exactly the portion of my anatomy I'd like to see exposed to radiation."

    "You'll have to take an hour or two off work for each treatment. We should start right away. How's next Monday?"

    "To burn a hole in my a**? Sounds good. Then I still have the weekend. [pause] Could you possibly be any more humorless about this?"

    "I don't believe so. No."

    ----

    "You got a cop quote?"

    "A what?"

    "Quote. You know, they talk, you write, we print?"

    ----

    "Are you telling me these banker schmucks lost $5 million of the Mob's money?"

    "Dumbfellas, huh? Unwise guys."

    ----

    "There's something I'd like to discuss. I didn't want to bother you upstairs. I feel an obligation to... act on this directly with you because I think we have a good - I think we have a good relationship... and I'd like to take it further. And I think the way to do that is face to face. You know, you and I, face to face."

    "Alicia."

    "Yeah?"

    "I'm gay."

    "Oh! Umm... well, I mean, I wasn't - I mean, that's fine."

    "Alicia?"

    "Yeah?"

    "I'm kidding."

  2. Nope.

    "You work for the city. It was your turn."

    ***

    "The right foot, are you out of your mind? The offer is rescinded. How stupid do you think we are? What do you think I get when I put two and two together? Three? Three and a half?"

    ***

    "Aw, Jesus, Bernie. Come on with the smoke. You know the doctor found nicotine in my urine again."

    "Then keep your d--- out of my ashtray."

  3. Be Good Where Everybody Knows Your Name?

    Irreconcilable Differences

    New quote (I've seen this movie done on this game before, but it's been pages and pages and pages).

    "The bullet came out of the wall. Why did the bullet come out of the wall?"

    "To get to the other side?"

    ---

    "When did you get so paranoid?"

    "When they started plotting against me."

    ---

    "Oh, Henry, this might interest you. The mother whale in the Ukraine had triplets."

    "She told me she was on the pill!"

  4. CK,

    Now you've got at least two of us watching you.

    We don't believe you had the consent of the "maker of the quote," but if you did and you can show it to us, we'll be waiting for it.

    This is a simple site with fairly simple rules. We expect them to be followed, and when they are not we take action. If you have a problem with that, or can't handle it without resorting to childish namecalling, then perhaps you can take the time to read the rules provided to you in private by Greasytech, a moderator with integrity.

  5. There has to be a balance between letting people run rampant on one hand and nitpicking every post with a creative way of inserting a dirty word on the other. There are a few words in this thread that could probably use a little moderating. Sometimes we err on the side of free speech, and sometimes we err on the side of cordiality. The posts we're specifically discussing haven't been edited, after all. But if anyone doesn't want a comment from a mod on why they're not allowed to use certain words, don't invite the mods to comment by calling them "paranoid" for censoring a few words we wouldn't say in His presence.

  6. And, did you all know that the moderators have exchanged the word pu$$y, for the word, "wimp"? What a funny way to censor the word "pu$$y". Go ahead and type the word "pu$$y" correctly, and see what you get. You'[ll get the word "wimp". Weird. Youall are getting way paranoid to censor words like that....

    How about showing a little maturity and using sensible words instead of going for the base, especially as you are presenting yourself as a Christian while trying to figure out ways to use inappropriate language? We censor words because we want a clean site. If anyone should be expected to agree with that judgment, we would think it would be the Christians on this board.

  7. If this is not intended to be a site of profit to the chiristian church, I'd like someone who represents the site to clearly state such - that it's not a christian site, but just a place for any person whosoever to ramble on about one particular religious group.

    This is not a Christian site. It is a place for any person interested in discussing The Way International, from whatever perspective they bring. It's primarily for former members, but you don't have to be a former member to post here. You can be a current member. You can be a "never been way" human being.

    If your process of recovery is a Christian one, God bless you. If your process of recovery leads you away from Christianity, it is not this site's mission to change your mind or heart on that.

    Christians are welcome here, and welcome to share their views. Non-Christians are welcome here, and welcome to share their views.

    Play nice. :)

  8. We have no intention of censoring anyone. :)

    However (and seriously)...

    Several recent posts have caused concern at Greasespot Café because of extended quotes of copyrighted material. We are not lawyers, and we don’t pretend to be. Internet law when it comes to copyrights can be tough to navigate, but that shouldn’t stop us from establishing some ground rules about what we should and should not be doing.

    According to U.S. copyright law:

    Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include—

    1. the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;

    2. the nature of the copyrighted work;

    3. the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and

    4. the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

    Using this as our framework, Greasespot Café suggests the following:

    News articles and research articles may be quoted at some reasonable length (a few paragraphs), but not in their entirety. Please, if you’re going to post a news story, post a portion of it, and add a link to the original story.

    Do NOT copy and paste whole sections of text from books. A line, a paragraph, even several paragraphs can be okay, IF you are commenting on the subtance of those paragraphs. You can’t just post all these things for our reading pleasure. Do not quote an entire chapter of a copyrighted work unless you have the written permission of that work’s author. (This does not apply to works that are in the public domain, though why anyone would want to copy and paste Oliver Twist is anyone’s guess).

    Many news organizations remove their photos from the web after a certain amount of time passes (the same goes for articles). Newspapers are very protective of their rights when it comes to photographs, but the reality is that people hotlink to photos all the time. If you’re going to do it, please provide a link to the page where you found the photo. Most of the uses of photos on Greasespot seem to comply with either fair use or standard practice on message boards. With as many posters as we have, our inability to police everyone does not absolve any legal obligation we may have. Quite simply, we’re not lawyers. If any site contacts us to complain about the use of one of their images on this message board, we will have no choice but to remove the image immediately and without notice.

    To sum up:

    Do not quote entire articles. Quote the relevant portion and link to the rest. This goes for opinion articles as well.

    Do not quote entire chapters of books. Quote a relevant portion if you’re going to comment on it.

    Hotlink sparingly. Our use of photos and music has not been intended to infringe on anyone’s copyright, but simply put, if we hear from the owners and they want us to remove anything posted here, we will do so immediately and, again, without warning.

    We’re going to hold to this as policy as much as is reasonable. We’re not trying to be cops, nor do we ask anyone else to police each other’s posts on this matter. Consider this informal, and subject to change as our knowledge of Internet and copyright law increases.

    Thanks for understanding.

    The Mods.

  9. ©1984-2006 Chick Publications, Inc. All rights reserved.

    They have the right to post it or plaster it wherever they want. Under fair use, we have the right to reproduce part of it for purposes of discussion, but we do not have the right to reproduce ALL of it without their permission.

  10. Folks, please be careful about posting lengthy excerpts or entire articles, especially without any indication of the original site on which it appears. There are copyright laws.

    Link to the articles, quote the points you want to make sure we get, but trust us to go to the link and read the entire article for ourselves.

    Thx.

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