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[VELISARIOS]

Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen

Velisarios, all religious fanatics are dangerous, regardless of what religion they represent. Most of them are mental too.

Yes I agree fanatism is dangerous and if some one is fanatic can not control his self.

[VELISARIOS]

Originally Posted by Valerio Versace

Those of Scientology, in particular, are especially dangerous.

I agree.

[Elemental]

Originally Posted by Gav

I'm slightly surprised that we appear to have none on the board - or at least none who are [so far] willing to put their head above the parapet.

I think that speaks well about fencers.

We could make it our motto: "Fencing, wont find any sicentologists here!!"

(I work within 3 blocks of one of their celeberity centers )

[oiuyt]

Originally Posted by Elemental

I think that speaks well about fencers.

We could make it our motto: "Fencing, wont find any sicentologists here!!"

(I work within 3 blocks of one of their celeberity centers )

Meh, there just aren't all that many scientologists out there. ~55,000 in the US, 65,000 worldwide according to brief Googling (so I wouldn't rely too heavily on those numbers). Figure that's less than .019% of the US population. With 25,000 USFA members we'd expect ~4.7 of them to be Scientologists if the fencing population reflects the general population (which it clearly does not, likely even in terms of religious make-up). With ~8000 f.net members we're talking ~1.6 scientologists. How many people have seen this thread? 180 views? Assuming that those are all unique visitors (they aren't) we'd expect about a 3.4% chance that one of those viewers was a scientologist. And then you'd need the scientologist to get offended. And to post.

Not much in the thread title to specifically pull Scientologists in (or for that matter make them avoid the thread).

I don't believe that they have special powers that allow them to know when they are called to every internet board within 24 hours. Not sure why anyone WOULD expect such a post here.

-B

[glowstix]

Originally Posted by D+F+P=Hadouken!

I'm going to destroy the church of scientology. Anyone that resists will die.

now what brought this on, D???

btw, i'd destroy pretty much all organized religions, IMO the source of all trouble in the world, directly or indirectly..

[D'Art]

Originally Posted by glowstix

btw, i'd destroy pretty much all organized religions, IMO the source of all trouble in the world, directly or indirectly...

Once upon a time, I'd agree, but now organised religion gets the blame, along with racism and oil, sorry, terrorsim, for pretty much any trouble that people want to cause. Play any of those cards and you can almost guarantee that hundreds, if not thousands will jump on the band-wagon.


On a less serious note, could you please start with Tom Cruise?

[bezoar]

In the late 70's, while still a nerdy high school student, I answered a few survey questions while shopping one day. My mother still occasionally recieves mail addressed to me from the Church of Scientology.

They may be small in number, but they are very persistent.

[Zilverzmurfen]

Originally Posted by bezoar

They may be small in number, but they are very persistent.

Or just plain stupid.

[D+F+P=Hadouken!]

Originally Posted by glowstix

now what brought this on, D???

btw, i'd destroy pretty much all organized religions, IMO the source of all trouble in the world, directly or indirectly..

I dunno, I used to agree. Alot of religious orgs do alot of good charity work. Just use katrina as an example. I don't think scientology is one of those religions though.

[Elemental]

Originally Posted by oiuyt

Meh, there just aren't all that many scientologists out there. ~55,000 in the US, 65,000 worldwide according to brief Googling (so I wouldn't rely too heavily on those numbers). Figure that's less than .019% of the US population. With 25,000 USFA members we'd expect ~4.7 of them to be Scientologists if the fencing population reflects the general population (which it clearly does not, likely even in terms of religious make-up). With ~8000 f.net members we're talking ~1.6 scientologists. How many people have seen this thread? 180 views? Assuming that those are all unique visitors (they aren't) we'd expect about a 3.4% chance that one of those viewers was a scientologist. And then you'd need the scientologist to get offended. And to post.

Not much in the thread title to specifically pull Scientologists in (or for that matter make them avoid the thread).

I don't believe that they have special powers that allow them to know when they are called to every internet board within 24 hours. Not sure why anyone WOULD expect such a post here.

-B

You sure know your statistics. So I have to ask you: Deal... or no deal?

[Maeve_Mari]

Originally Posted by D+F+P=Hadouken!

Blow it up, and hunt down the members. Offer them a chance to join your cause. If they do not, kill them where they stand.

I don't want to be a mom here... but you might want to heed a lesson from that kid at Duke who wrote the offensive and threatening emails. He and his daddy's wallet are sitting at home in Jersey waiting out conspiracy to commit murder charges.

I'd be a little more delicate with my word choice...in public forums as well as in private, as well as way more tolerant and accepting of our neighbors and brothers.

[oiuyt]

Originally Posted by Elemental

You sure know your statistics. So I have to ask you: Deal... or no deal?

That is HARDLY an example of rigorous use of statistics. Lots of barely-founded assumptions that simplify the math thrown together with some basic percentages. Doesn't show ANY knowledge of how statistics (or probability, for that matter) actually work.

-B
*whose second major was Mathematical Sciences, which DID involve a fair amount of statistics, as well as probability, and a bunch of other, more fun, topics (graph theory, combinatorics)*

[D+F+P=Hadouken!]

Originally Posted by Maeve_Mari

I don't want to be a mom here... but you might want to heed a lesson from that kid at Duke who wrote the offensive and threatening emails. He and his daddy's wallet are sitting at home in Jersey waiting out conspiracy to commit murder charges.

I'd be a little more delicate with my word choice...in public forums as well as in private, as well as way more tolerant and accepting of our neighbors and brothers.

Miss Maeve, you forgot to add the part about sarcasm

[Maeve_Mari]

Originally Posted by D+F+P=Hadouken!

Miss Maeve, you forgot to add the part about sarcasm

Hey! The kid from Duke (Ryan McFadyen) was probably being sarcastic too. I surely doubt he actually MEANT what he said in the email. Conspiriacy to commit murder charges are still pending against him.

Funny thing about threats in writing and even in public - ESPECIALLY in this environment of open access to private information (Big Brother is Watching You.) - you can't say things like that without potential consequences. Authorities are taking actions and investigating, even the sarcastic and inane.

[Morion]

She's right you know!

[bigdawg2121]

Ehhhh, off topic but....No comment about the Duke debacle itself, but really the nature of the McFayden comment warrants investigation. I mean had DFP not said what he did, which was flippant, general and clearly labeled as sarcasm, and instead said something about finding a scientologist, skinning them and commiting murder in a specific way while ejaculating in his Fnet issued spandex shorts I'd be equally disturbed and probably want him to be investigated a bit too. Might just be me though....

[epeeisky]

Originally Posted by D+F+P=Hadouken!

I dunno, I used to agree. Alot of religious orgs do alot of good charity work. Just use katrina as an example. I don't think scientology is one of those religions though.

No, they did alot down here after the hurricane. The Scientologist sent down millions in mental health medications, and even set up a mental health clinic.

(Sarcasm off)

I think they were the only "religious organization" that I did not see helping out.