Here Is This Small Proposal!

[Blongkoy]

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It is about time this Forum regains its respectability and intelligence. But at the rate this one poster variously named Tempest and Tempest 2 and whatever else romps with his/her shameless fanatical propaganda, I now believe this Forum will further be drawn closer each day to shamelessness, fanaticism and mindlessness.

I am all for the discussion of the merits of pro- and anti-GMA feelings. But such discussion has now deteriorated to name-calling and enterprising propaganda effort. So I decided to boycott all threads with posts by the so-called tempest and tempest 2 and other styles. You too can do the same thing if you so desire peace, maturity, balance and intelligence. Discussing with this person is a waste of time, self-respect and enlightenment:

1. tempest did call this Forum biased simply because his bias was a bit overwhelmed by other biases. This is simply insanity.

2. tempest did call anything and everything biased --- from newspapers to magazines to personalities --- simply because they did not fit to the mold of his running amok with innuendoes, misconceptions and plain erroneous assumptions.

3. tempest did call for boycott.

So why should I read him? And why should you read him? It is now time to remove or impeach this agitator from this Forum and stop all the abuses of this poster before it ruins our day.

[FK]

impeach this agitator from this Forum

what offenses did he commit? I believe the offenses that he committed? I think hasta ang mga taw nga makig-tubay niya og lalis nga wala'y au is also guilty of this offense.

so I think the best way nga ma undang ni is kong dili sab ni siya patolan ... kong magpadayon gihapon siya og reply og trash talks... then I believe he should be banned.

[FK]

I read all the responses but it seems no one is addressing the issue about the additional number of congressmen and additional number of court judges and employees.

Nobody even presented a reason why federalism should be adopted even if it means additional expenses on the part of the federal government. And you are just talking about 1 federal state. What if the Philippines will transform itself into a 12 federal states? You can just imagine the expenses that will be entailed if this federalism will push thru. You can just imagine the fiscal strain that our limping provinces will suffer if this ambitious but unrealistic proposition should be insisted.

I dont oppose federalism per se. But at what cost? Is this feasible. I am afraid that if this insisted the federal states cannot survive and will simply fold up. Look at our economy. It cannot even sustain the central government. How much more if you create another 11 more just to accomodate the propositionof GMA. In the end, its the taxpayers that will bear the brunt of this crazy and ill timed idea.

To raise revenue, each state will impose its own taxes. My goodness. I cant imagine how much percent will they impose on the people. Aside from that, the federal government will collect the so called Federal Added Tax or FAT. Surely this FAT will suck our people dry that eventually they end up look famished and malnourished.

Let us not anchor our argument on fantasies and suppositions. Lets be realistic. Federalism is not feasible at this point in time. Not to mention that the issue of parliamntary and federal form of government is only used as a means to deflect the heat of Garci tape on Gloria. This proposition is obviously employed to divert the attention of the people from the real issue of the day - - - that of a President losing her credibility, her ability to govern and losing the support of the people.

and another blah blah hahaha eat your heart out dude! hahahaha

from another thread... mao ni ako pasabot tan-awa onsa klase reply ang gi-post?

kong dapat badlongon si tempest... it should not be limited to him/her only.

[diem]

I agree with FK... tempest/2 isn't the only member whose behavior in the forum is horrible... we should just calmly remind the other members to remain courteous--

We all share the freedom of expressing our ideas and opinions, let us do so responsibly and with decorum, respecting each other's convictions.

[M@rv|n]

sorry guys but i agree with sir Blongkoy's proposals :P

[giver_bert]

bro blongkoy's statements are indeed true.. however, per my observation, what exacerbated the situation also has to do with some people who don't seem to know when to pull their horses back.. let him do all the ranting he wishes so long as it's in accordance with the forum's established rules, otherwise let the site admins do the spanking..Â*

i seriously think plunging into discussion a with a first class idiot, makes you no less than him/her.. (general statement only)

[potterboy]

his rants dsnt coincide with the results anyways. if the mods decide to have a no-nonsense political forum then its best to have oppositions in the threads. mods have already created merged articles for his hatred for gma...

...still he grows them like mushrooms.

still, hes turning the forum boards of this side as his own. let the sitekeepers warn him. and if he dsnt heed... i am confident theyl ban the heck out of his spamming.

we know whats happening to the country. and we know what GMA did. and what i really dnt like about this guys is the way he posts describing our point of views. he is insulting. his persona on this forum is insulting. unless he wont speak of cebuanos that way, hell gain our respect as a presentor of the anti-gma's.

while u rave about whats there and whats not... mind u tempest... ur very own MANILA is not the Philippines.

[vern]

I have put a ban on tempest. I want to be clear though that this ban was not because of what he had to say. People will disagree and will have opposing views, that is a given in any discussion, and iSTORYA welcomes it. The ban has nothing to do with his views, but the way has has chosen to convey those views, by constant spamming, by constantly posting similar threads, and by his constant refusal to heed not only my requests but the requests of other moderators.

To the others, I hope none of you feel squeezed that you might be banned because of what you have to say, because that simply won't happen.

[Blongkoy]

I have put a ban on tempest. I want to be clear though that this ban was not because of what he had to say. People will disagree and will have opposing views, that is a given in any discussion, and iSTORYA welcomes it. The ban has nothing to do with his views, but the way has has chosen to convey those views, by constant spamming, by constantly posting similar threads, and by his constant refusal to heed not only my requests but the requests of other moderators.

To the others, I hope none of you feel squeezed that you might be banned because of what you have to say, because that simply won't happen.

What Vern's decision tells us is that we can disagree without being disagreeable. The abuse I was referring to in the earlier post was the sequestration of this Forum for such an enterprising fanaticism.

Now I know how mindless fanatics could lose an important space by insanely sequestering it.

Prepare for tempest 3 and 4 and 5 and so on.

[Wind Shear]

How about i ban siya using IP address ban asa mogamit si tempest (1 and 2)? Ang naka-apan lang, ma-apil ang walay labot.