WordWolf

I have 2 responses, both from the heart. A) It's about fricking TIME someone at ces/stfi actually FEEL SOMETHING when hearing about lives being ruined, and doctrine that did damage- that THEY PUSHED. THEIR doctrines and THEIR practices are hurting people. Not EVERY person-but does that excuse them? Are those who ARE hurt "disposable"? What we've heard so far is SPIN CONTROL. "Our doctrine is correct." "By my book." "Join our group if you really want to know what we teach." All of that has all the warmth of an infomercial. If they care about the PEOPLE more than they care about the organization, some hurt feelings are the LEAST we can expect from this. Then again, it's not like Momentus grads actually are experts in trying to not-hurt people, or to fix what they break in a way that doesn't hurt OTHERS more in exchange for making themselves feel justified. B) Aw, you were caught damaging people's lives, or ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH, and people said some things about you for your laziness or incompetence.... Cry me a river. You volunteered to LEAD. That means you put THEM as paramount, not YOU, not the ORGANIZATION. Every reaction so far seems to be "save the organization!" rather than "save the people!" And the calls for compassion are for compassion towards THE LEADERS, aka THE ONES THAT CAUSED THE PROBLEMS, and not THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN HURT. There's something seriously UNCHRISTIAN and MERCANTILE about how this ORGANIZATION is run. And it strikes a few of us as FAMILIAR. "Save the organization-the people are disposable." "The leaders are always right." "Know something bad? Better keep it hidden in the lockbox." They were carefully taught those lessons ONCE, and it doesnt sound like they've travelled very far from them. There's been some cosmetic changes, but God help the Christians! Once again, it's a roll of the dice- a flip of the coin. Heads, they help you grow, tails, they traumatize you and run your life.

That, apparently, must include the end, when he addressed the GSC crowd specifically and said Thank you for playing, and have a nice day.

This is when the Enterprise grabbed the Romulan cloaking device- after administering the Vulcan Death Grip to Kirk, isn't it?

Well, Sharon? Your turn....

Since I looked it up, I can confirm this was it. Your turn, QT. Pick a movie, then post a quote.

Ok, you've got me there...

*checks* But...but...on the GSC, I AM one of the younger guys......

I'm under the impression that it's supposed to be a compliment, albeit crudely put, as well. The context I'm familiar with-which, apparently, is different from what the women here seem to have heard it, is USUALLY from a guy closer in age to the women he's applying it to. The reason it's supposed to be a compliment of some sort is that it challenges the societal notion that there is a single image of beauty for women, and that image is locked into a young women of a specific age and a specific body type, and as soon as she's had a child, she's no longer attractive or anything like that. Sort of how the song "Baby Got Back" keeps getting cited as a song glorifying an alternate standard of beauty than the rail-thin anorexic magazine-cover model. Also crudely put, but I keep hearing that whenever the song is brought up. No, I'd hardly call it an anthem of empowerment, but I don't speak for everyone. So, in other words, the guy finds the woman attractive, and the fact that she's had kids doesn't change that. Not that she's old enough to be HIS mom or something. That's the context I USUALLY hear that about. On the other hand, that's not what some of the women here have heard, and "ew."

Ok, let's see. Firefox AddOns.... Adblock Plus is lots of fun. Between that and the popup blocker, it's amazing what I don't see.... CacheIt allows you to view the cache of a page. Handy if you don't want to access the page directly-or it's down. Dr.Web antivirus LinkChecker is for the truly cautious. Don't trust a link? Have it scanned for viruses before you even access it. Fasterfox allows tweaks for speed. Flashblock switches all Flash to a button to download, guaranteeing that annoying animation ads just remain a button. RedirectRemover speeds linking by jumping to the page at the end, skipping proxies in-between. That should be it for what I think EVERYONE would want, and is currently available. Others will have their own favourites.

I didn't find it necessary to add a skin. I'll want to doublecheck any Add-ons I recommend are still being offered, so let me get back to you on this one. (I don't think BugMeNot is being offered anymore, for example.) And no, I won't recommend all the ones I use, just the ones I think a lot of people would like.

[WordWolf in boldface.] ] [caribousam, Yourself and a few others have the habit of wild accusations and distractions when legitimate charges are made of harmful practices at ces/stfi.] [Like unstable religious folk who must virulently attack any legitimate discourse that paints their denominationin a negative light.] [Thank you for confirming this was a standard practice-there's this "conspiracy of silence", one might go so far as to call it-from many participants of Momentus. As if they're hiding an esoteric religious ceremony from outsiders.] [And a religious requirement to fast for a week is good for some-like the obese-and not-so-good for others- those who were at a healthy weight. And rain is good for some people- like farmers having a drought- and not-so-good for others- those with too much rain. Leaving aside the general statements, the idea of a program that's good for some and HARMFUL for others (let's not pretend it isnt by using weasel-wording) that is PUSHED-like Momentus was (and IS even after all that)- is disturbing. And if you are not disturbed that someone's pushing for your fellow Christians- for whom Christ died- to enter a program that will damage some of them considerably, then SHAME ON YOU. SHAME ON YOU for caring so little for the well-being of the little children, the beloved brethren of all ages, the venerable elders. ] [Ah, there goes the special caveat. The program, once again, is not flawed. It's only for REAL Christians "who can handle it." vpw used the same excuse when he felt like yelling at people around grounds. What's next-claiming it's God's Will that Christians be pummelled with psychologically-crippling stress, and that's why it's in the program?] [Nice try taking back the caveat. However, we've seen it LOTS of times already, whenever someone rabidly defends this program. (Not every defender, just the rabid ones.) "The program works fine, but if the Christian is flawed, they may break under pressure." Find me a Christian, anywhere, who is not flawed. I don't even think you were aware you used the stock defense- otherwise you wouldn't have tried to take it back.]

I didn't even get a chance to do the fun quotes... Yes, that was it. As to this one, I think it's "Symbiosis", the episode with the druggie planet and the dealer planet.

That was it. (Broke my usual rule about 1985-1986 because I figured it was famous enough.) Go!

No. And since I looked it up, I'm disqualified from guessing. But I can confirm that wasn't it.

Not the movie that contains BOTH quotes. Was that line really said in "Working Girl"?

So you don't want to know what "Add-Ons" we'd recommend for Firefox?

*looks it up* I think PB means the movie that also contains the line "You give me powders, pills, baths, injections, enemas; when all I need is love."

Well, if it's a toss-up, I'll post: "My anaconda don't want none unless you got buns, hon" (That's the song, not my own personal sentiments, mind...)

""The magnetic plasma guides are heating up." "They must've initiated the impulse prestart sequence." "What does that mean?" "It means this entire conduit is about to be filled with superheated plasma." "When you say superheated..." "Unless I can find another way out of here, we'll be vaporized. Is that clear enough?" "Crystal."

The usual "mail-client" for Firefox users is "Thunderbird." You might try that as well-I believe it's a stand-alone program, independent of Firefox.

Do you want us to start listing out favourite "Add-Ons" yet? One of Firefox's strengths is its customization level. It's easy to add a bunch of widgets that all all sorts of abilities....

May I recommend something? Both of you are normally a lot better than this recent exchange. May I suggest a little time away from the keyboard, maybe a brisk walk, and indulging in another activity before giving this a fresh look? It's done wonders for me when I get frustrated..

Was it "SCORPION"?

We could use another quote, a clue, or whether or not that was the correct answer....

Actually, wasway gave the correct song, and the correct name of an artist that performed it on a broadcast (or whose performance was later broadcast.) I'm not sure about Waysider's special provisos for that round, but it looked like WS agreed the answer was correct, eventually. (Maybe not.) I'd wait for Waysider to clarify. If Waysider wasn't being so specific, it would OBVIOUSLY be wasway's turn. Of course, if it IS wasway's turn, wasway can just cede his/her turn to you, and we move on. Just trying to stick to the few rules we have....