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Dan T. Morris  Send message Joined: 19 Feb 06 Posts: 29 Credit: 1,714,413 RAC: 0 
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Dear Seti@home Staff 05/27/06 Since 2001 I have ran your program in hopes of helping find that faint signal that would tell us that we are not alone. And for all to know I am a United States Viet Nam era disabled Vet. So with this in mind I bring you to your user of the day. Silverhaze. I take exception to the fact that a child is let to post my countries flag upside down, and then you promote him. I for one like so many others love our country and have given more than most to protect it. It is my belief that this project is a scientific one and not a political billboard. Please take this posting off of your main page and please let’s keep this project a race to find life, and not a place to show your political views on. Thank You. Dr. Dan T. Morris Account number Used in URLs 8350106 Profile: SilverHaze HOME PARTICIPATE ABOUT COMMUNITY YOUR ACCOUNT STATISTICS SETI@home member since 6 Apr 2003 Country Austria Total credit 73,872.18 Recent average credit 18.46 SETI@home classic workunits 4,800 SETI@home classic CPU time 13,975 hours Team Wissensarmada Computers View Personal background I'm 19 years old and an austrian. Personally, I'm very interested in space science. I like to watch the sky with my "Meade Explorer 4500". It's a quite good teleskope. I've finished a technical school a few month ago. Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home I like watching the sky imagine that there are other creatures in this large universe doing the same. I can't belive that we are the only life in the big universe. It would be an enormous waste of space. I want to help searching for extraterrestrial life. Your feedback on this profile Recommend this profile for User of the Day: I like this profile Alert administrators to an offensive profile: I don't like this profile HOME PARTICIPATE ABOUT COMMUNITY YOUR ACCOUNT STATISTICS Copyright © 2006 University of California ID: 318899 ·  |
 Sleestak  Send message Joined: 22 Jun 01 Posts: 779 Credit: 857,664 RAC: 0
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Scary Capitalist  Send message Joined: 21 May 01 Posts: 7404 Credit: 97,085 RAC: 0
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By posting that you are a U.S. vet, you've exposed your political views. Would you have them start by deleting your post? The task would not be an easy one since they would also have to ban religious comments as well as any talk about how sciences has affected politcs/religion. The fact he's a veteran tells us nothing about what part of the political spectrum he's on......He hasn't voiced an opinion on that. Founder of BOINC team Objectivists. Oh the humanity! Rational people crunching data! I did NOT authorize this belly writing! 
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BrainSmashR  Send message Joined: 7 Apr 02 Posts: 1772 Credit: 384,573 RAC: 0
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What do his political views have to do with some punk posting disrespectful images anyway?   
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Sleestak Send message Joined: 22 Jun 01 Posts: 779 Credit: 857,664 RAC: 0
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By posting that you are a U.S. vet, you've exposed your political views. Would you have them start by deleting your post? The task would not be an easy one since they would also have to ban religious comments as well as any talk about how sciences has affected politcs/religion. Scientific/psychological trends. If he was not proud of it, he would not say anything about it and it also seems that Silverhaze flying a flag upside down bothers him. Was the upsidedown flag what inspired this anti-political post statement? If that's not a statement on political stance, I guess I don't know what is. Why did he take time to say he's a veteran to say this is a scientific board? This reminds me of the amendment proposed to make flag burning illegal. Bad idea. This country was formed because people fled political, speech, and religious oppression. Continued additions of amendments reenforce the oppresin that our fore fathers ran from and fought against. Once it's illegal to burn a flag (omitting and fire codes), people react with a backlash. It's human nature/psychology. People will gather privitely to burn flags and some will probably post video of it on the net. It's likely to strengthen underground moments in the U.S. that carry anti-U.S. sentiment and now they will have been given a SYMBOL with an ACT to strengthen their beliefs with ritual (flag burning). Possibly, this is comparible to the bible and prayer or attending church when it was illegal for those who fled to North America in the first place. This is has serious ramifications. Let's not give them the power of an act on a symbol and if you believe in your symbol, stand behind it and represent it. Don't give it power to act against you. TEAM LL ID: 318987 · |
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Sleestak Send message Joined: 22 Jun 01 Posts: 779 Credit: 857,664 RAC: 0
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BrainSmashR Send message Joined: 7 Apr 02 Posts: 1772 Credit: 384,573 RAC: 0
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You are openly invited to try burning an American flag in my presence. Backlash would become the understatement of the year. BTW, you're a fool if you think the founding father's would support that action or consider it freedom of speech.
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Sleestak Send message Joined: 22 Jun 01 Posts: 779 Credit: 857,664 RAC: 0
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You are openly invited to try burning an American flag in my presence. Are threats allowed in the forums? And you called me a name... That's mature... I have no desire to burn the flag. I have better things to do that burn flags or fight people like you. Besides, my statement was about a flag being upside down, not burning it. TEAM LL ID: 319000 · |
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Sleestak Send message Joined: 22 Jun 01 Posts: 779 Credit: 857,664 RAC: 0
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BrainSmashR Send message Joined: 7 Apr 02 Posts: 1772 Credit: 384,573 RAC: 0
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Riiiight ......and criminals are empowered when they are getting butt slammed in the pokey, huh? Think about what you just said. Do people murder because it's illegal? Do people do drugs because it's illegal? No, the law isn't and never was the catalyst for the crime.
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Sleestak Send message Joined: 22 Jun 01 Posts: 779 Credit: 857,664 RAC: 0
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I'm not sure how drugs and murder are related to burning a flag which is legal if not in violation of fire codes. Because it's a piece of fabric and it's always legal to burn fabric. Anyhow, because I think that you are overly agressive and prone to violence without much of an education, I'm disempowering you. Message 319012 - Posted 28 May 2006 2:12:41 UTC Last modified: 28 May 2006 2:14:55 UTC This post has been filtered (rating: 0) and the user is on your ignore list, press here to view this thread without filtering TEAM LL ID: 319018 · |
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BrainSmashR Send message Joined: 7 Apr 02 Posts: 1772 Credit: 384,573 RAC: 0
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Typical leftism. You can't disprove the FACT that law isn't a catalyst for crime so you ignore the person who proved you wrong, thus making you feel like you have "won" because you no longer have to see the common sense proof that you are not. If you guys paid attention every once in a while, instead of closing your eyes to the truth, losing elections wouldn't come as such a shock to you.
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Jeffrey  Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0 |
Because I believe in the ideals of my founding fathers. Unfortunately, most Americans don't seem to understand what this means anymore... ;) ID: 319043 · |
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Sleestak Send message Joined: 22 Jun 01 Posts: 779 Credit: 857,664 RAC: 0
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Oppressors or those who have never been oppressed, probably never will understand the founding fathers plight and reasonings for limiting the amendments and allowing the states power to decide. If anyone wants to make counterpoints to what I've said without name calling and threats to my physical being, feel free. TEAM LL ID: 319061 · |
Qui-Gon  Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 2940 Credit: 19,199,902 RAC: 11
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Oppressors or those who have never been oppressed, probably never will understand the founding fathers plight and reasonings for limiting the amendments and allowing the states power to decide.I think Dr. Morris was unhappy with the disrespect being shown on the SETI main page. Political views are expressed all the time in various forums provided here, and the Doctor's comment is itself a political view, but the main page is not the appropriate place for such an offensive display. ID: 319091 · |
Misfit  Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0
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Hello Dan. The selection of User of the Day (UOTD) is automatically randomly generated from the thousands of profiles in the SETI database. No live person actually picked out that profile. Check out my profile pic to see something better. It's something I put up for this Memorial weekend. me@rescam.org ID: 319161 · |
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BrainSmashR Send message Joined: 7 Apr 02 Posts: 1772 Credit: 384,573 RAC: 0
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Oppressors or those who have never been oppressed, probably never will understand the founding fathers plight and reasonings for limiting the amendments and allowing the states power to decide. 1. The founding fathers placed no limit on the number of Amendments which can be placed in the Constitution. Try reading Article V. 2. If the founding fathers believed in Socialism, then they would not have formed a Republic and written the Constitution of the United States. 3. To imply someone has to be a victim before they can understand cause and effect is ludicrus. Can you not feel the heat of a flame or do you have to be burned before you know fire is hot?
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Dan T. Morris Send message Joined: 19 Feb 06 Posts: 29 Credit: 1,714,413 RAC: 0
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Dear Seti@home Staff Are some of you so blind to see that I was trying to let you all know, to respect each ones country and to keep this project a good one. As to my political views. I am proud to be who I am, and I would never discrace another persons country flag. ID: 319728 · |
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Dan T. Morris Send message Joined: 19 Feb 06 Posts: 29 Credit: 1,714,413 RAC: 0
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Hello Dan. The selection of User of the Day (UOTD) is automatically randomly generated from the thousands of profiles in the SETI database. No live person actually picked out that profile. Thank You VERY MUCH Dr. Dan ID: 319735 · |
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