RationalWiki:What is going on at ASK?/March 2010

March 2010
"Choosing to reject evidence simply because you don't agree with the people highlighting the evidence is not a rational argument." Whereas believing the words of a primitive society's priesthood is? ASK takes on a decidedly more commercial tone. Phillip lays it all on the table: I'll deal with reality when I have some reality to deal with. aSK has made a further departure from the reality-based community.  Revert and Infinite ban # (Block log); 16:59. . OscarJ (Talk | contribs) blocked Someone (Talk | contribs) with an expiry time of infinite (account creation disabled) (Abusing multiple accounts) PJR: I never said that evilutionists shouldn't give creationists short shrift. PJR has rather a short memory. PJR does some stand-up comedy: "Science should explain what happened without ruling out a particular agency a priori." Following blocks of Teh Terrible Asp, Jeeves, and Editor at CP, PJR announces a new policy at aSK: Insults with "no merit" are to be burned on sight. PJR: Bigoted comments disputing that CMI personnel are scientists are disallowed. Remember, Philip is an honest man. Therefore, this is not lying by omission. March 7: Teh Terrible Asp posts a warning to fellow editors. Two days later, PJR notices it: Revert and one-week block. UPDATE: Jeeves puts up the same text, but only gets three days. PJR: Conclusions that are based on the evolutionary worldview are disallowed in articles. Or, in English, science is verboten. Old-earth creationist view of origins: Trolling. UPDATE: Comment restored by, of all people, OscarJ. PJR: The be-all-end-all of communism was to spread atheism. Oh,look. Daniel1212's given us a lovely new essay semi-coherent blather  self-plagiarized dump from Conservapedia Valuable Mainspace Article! The Dream Thought Police, they're coming to arrest me, oh no!