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Wow, tough crowd. I think this is the first time I have visited this forum. I didn't realize that if I had a casual UFO-sighting story to share I would have to present it here and defend it like in a court of law.
Originally posted by lovebeck
Wow, tough crowd. I think this is the first time I have visited this forum. I didn't realize that if I had a casual UFO-sighting story to share I would have to present it here and defend it like in a court of law.
THIS is exactly why I rarely post to a forum I have read for years and rarely read on a regular basis any more. It has become a place where, no matter what individuals posts, some other "member" must come along and either call them a complete moron, a drug user, a liar, a hoaxer, or something else along those lines. The "people" who post these types of remarks usually do it to get a rise out of whomever the OP is or just to try and "debunk" what ever they have shared here on ATS. However, this forum has become nothing BUT this type of discussion.
Arguing as if you are in front of a judge and jury is not anything I want to do nor do I wish to read. The mods can only do so much I guess. They have tried with the whole "manners and decorum" posts and by removing offensive posts, however, when the majority of the threads are FULL of argumentative posts and annoying troll responses, it gets old. Real quick, too.
I went through some photos I took a couple of months ago and found something quite interesting on one of them that I didn't notice when I took it. You think I'd EVER post that photo on this forum? Heck no! I'd have the majority of the "people" on here demanding my EXIF data, raw file, etc., and even if I provided ALL I of that that I could, they'd STILL be saying I was a liar and some CGI type of fraud. NO THANKS!
Yeah, I can understand the intimidation, and the emotional feelings like above probably do help suppress a LOT of sightings that may be reported. Who would really want to start a conversation among peers that would end up ridiculing you and who knows what...
I think it's part of the current times we live. People want answers on the spot. If they don't get the solution they want, they instantly google it. Anyways, yeah, in today's world you probably would need entities/corpses with fingerprints and DNA samples to convince people what you observed is true. It seems video/sound/pics are becoming obsolete.
Originally posted by Druscilla
No matter how impressive someone's impression of an overdone racist stereotype of a buck-tooth'd, bottle thick glasses wearing, slant eyed, bad EngRish "oooo-fo" yelling, over excitable claimed Japanese student, don't make it true.
Further, it's entirely possible to be passively under the "influence" when one is not actively under the influence.
One such example of this is called Flashbacks.
The word "hippy" and UFO together in the title don't give this story much credibility, no matter how fun or entertaining the story might be.
edit on 16-2-2013 by Druscilla because: (no reason given)
now now mr. Groin grinder? Druscilla is good people in my book. I'm sure she would be open to understanding such things but I took her reply as little more tongue and cheek here.
Originally posted by groingrinder
Originally posted by Druscilla
No matter how impressive someone's impression of an overdone racist stereotype of a buck-tooth'd, bottle thick glasses wearing, slant eyed, bad EngRish "oooo-fo" yelling, over excitable claimed Japanese student, don't make it true.
Further, it's entirely possible to be passively under the "influence" when one is not actively under the influence.
One such example of this is called Flashbacks.
People have been promising me flashbacks for 45 years now. And every one of them was lieing to me. Much the same way that you are now.
Originally posted by Druscilla
The word "hippy" and UFO together in the title don't give this story much credibility, no matter how fun or entertaining the story might be.
I cannot believe you said that. I suppose you have someone that told you something about the subject of hallucinations. I have 45 years of intensive field research on the subject and I can assure you that I can tell what is real and what is not. Folks really show the ignorance when it comes to the subject of hallucinations and ufo's.