Did the thread get pulled? I guess an ad hominem attack on two people who specialize in such wasn't okay?
I can only assume that the moderators took it offline to add Rich Douglas and Steve Levicoff to the list of choices.
Ah, yes. Because Steve and I just follow a person's every post and respond with ad hominem attacks while praising the benefits of the fake and/or unrecognized degrees we've sought or earned. Yes, that's it. Shoulda known.
Yes, along with another that was designed as a response to the first. Just in case anyone thinks we're playing favorites, I got home from work at 12:20am, logged on at 12:40am, and both threads were moved to the admin forum by 12:45am.
Yes, along with another that was designed as a response to the first. Just in case anyone thinks we're playing favorites, I got home from work at 12:20am, logged on at 12:40am, and both threads were moved to the admin forum by 12:45am.
Re: Re: Where's Steve's Poll? The Fairness Doctrine now being employed by Degree Info is to be highly commended and we can all show our appreciation by eliminating ad hominem attacks, sarcastic remarks, biting criticisms, and surreptitious insults via third party posting. My days of engaging in such have ended. Any joiners?
I know I reported it to the moderators, it didn't seem to add any value, and just spurring on more personal attacks. Thanks to the moderators, who may be hearing more and more from the "masses" that the crap has to stop!!!
Me too... Even if they are directed at me. I was disappointed I wasn't important enough to be listed as one of the proposed deportees....
I don't see how anyone could want Rich on the list. On the other hand, I was disappointed to see that Steve started the poll in the first place. Maybe even he regrets it. Its not that I have anything against him, its just that.... well... I have always been very impressed with him and his command of his domain. 6-8 years ago, he was by far the most interesting poster on AED and I still love reading his posts. I just thought that poll seemed overly petty -- especially for him. Please Steve, tell us someone else hijacked your account.
Puh-leeze, people, don't take yourselves too seriously. Of course it was me that posted the poll, realizing in advance how tacky it was (and intending it to be that way). And with the full anticiation that Bruce wouldn't disappointment me in my expectation of his usual high standards, and knowing that it would be removed. It is a given that Rich and I will always be attacked by wazoos who hold phony degrees - that comes with the territory when you are known for exposing degree mills, or when you maintain a standard of not buying into mickey mouse or (most, but not all) unaccredited schools. My only disappointment is that Rich, who has indeed established himself as a distance education expert, replies to said wazoos at all. (Perhaps the only reason I don't bother is that I've been at the game longer and don't get major jollies from cocksmanship games. To me, when it comes to the Knightsbridge and Cal Coast yahoos, there is no contest.) But get real, folks - thsi is the Internet, and the flames that one occasionally sees here on degreeinfo.com are very mild, even when compared to what still goes on at a.e.d. Tomorrow: With whom from degree info.com would you most like to have sex? (Okay, I confess, that's a joke. This time tomorrow, I'll be having dinner with a certain Dennis H. that many of you know . . . with whom I am not having sex.)
Exactly. If the originating poster would be rebuked immediately, there would be no need for an exchange.
It is truly official... I am totally out of touch with this board's reality! Not only did I really enjoy the posts, heck, I even responded to the thread! Do the math... less than 30 posts in several years... speaks for itself. Come on, why pull it? This was fun! Lighten up, kids! Hey, why not move the thread to the just for fun section, eh? Why delete it? Maye I'm alone on this, but I was truly looking forward to whatever Levicoff et al had to say on the issue of who whould be banned... I repeat: it was fun! Anyway, Steve, I really hope you are kind to all those Mini owners out there. It is one thing to be intimidated by your ideas, yet another thing to be intimidated by your B-train! Cheers, Dan
Oops!!! Man, I really AM out of the loop! This poll was already on the off topic forum... oh well. In the immortal words of Chris Farley: "Give me cancer now!!!" Dan of the declining I.Q.
Please ask him to drop-in here, many of us haven't forgotten his excellent contributions to the a.e.d. group!!
As Kirk said to McCoy in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, "That's what happens when you miss staff meetings."