WOW, jcrows was BANNED?? & the pendulum thread HID? Re: That forum has become insane...cult like insane! Wombat

That's TOTAL Insanity. I KNOW (as surely as I know my own hand in front of my face), and I agree with you...Jeff WAS given full permission to post his sales of Lugol's on the VWT forum. I know because it infuriated me. There's a forum for sellers and it's always seemed to me like one of the strengths of CZ that sellers were NOT able to post their products & sales on various forums.

Early on when Jeff was telling people Lugol's was going to be "banned" when it wasn't going to be anything but "regulated"...I tried to point that out and got "sh-sh'd" for that because ::not a direct quote:: "jeff would always have Lugol's and that's a good thing". So I remember definitely remember Jeff being allowed.

And the thread about pendulums was HIDDEN/deleted? WHY? How could that have possibly threatened...OH, the pendulum reading might have indicated Iodine being the cause of something OR I guess your words and thoughts having "no practical utility" to one owner, means that your words and thoughts actually HAVE no practical utility. I am SO sorry you had to receive/endure that type of disrespectful insult & comment.

Therein lies the biggest travesty. Without a full, open flow of information & thoughts from ALL participants, the forum becomes a place where the true truth can never be found. As we all learned early on...not giving the entire picture or truth is a LIE. And in the case of a forum based on open truthful exchange of thought & information, disallowing the entire picture creates a forum based on ONLY the information allowed to be published (NOT the entire picture or truth). And to think of all the huge amounts of rants and ridicule the three of them put M/L through for months for doing exactly the same thing...and now they're doing exactly the same thing.

:::sigh::: I'd hoped beyond hope that it wouldn't be true ("absolute power corrupts absolutely")...but I can't think of a better way of putting it. Originally if anyone 'butted heads' with anyone the situation was allowed to play itself out (clearly showing & indicating who had a true heart for knowledg, learning, sharing & helping others and who had the ego-driven motivations). And THAT helped everyone to know the truth. Heck, we all make mistakes in learning...being willing to undo them (publicly even) is one of THE strongest attributes of sincerity & caring for others that anyone can exhibit. But now if I (or apparently anyone) runs into a situation wherein they feel they must state an alternative answer or thought, their answer/thought is disrespected, met with an insulting retort or *poofed away*.

I, too, could post several links showing night/day inconsistencies and quotes full of sarcastic insults & demeaning comments (to myself and others). But sadly (maybe gladly?) I don't have ANY desire any longer to beat the point to death (I'm certainly not saying you did! I'm glad to know that others as intelligent as yourself have the 'eyes to see'...it's really refreshing). I used to NEED to prove how "right" I was...now I just sigh, shake my head and do my best to respond like those I am trying to emulate in attitude and love (Jesus & Ghandi). But that's really tough to do when I see people I've come to admire & respect being banned & rudely insulted when offering their opinions & truths.

Yours in truth,

Unyquity