9/11 "Debunkers" be warned--They're laying the Smack Down at JREF!

From Jenny's diary~

Some might see this as a"back-peddle two-step" on JREF part, but still, who'd have thought the admin at JREF would be as annoyed with their members as WE are?

"April 10th 2007 - Important Announcement regarding future of the Conspiracy Theories Section


Following the ever increasing willful and blatant breaches of not just the Membership Agreement but the spirit of the JREF Forum I am issuing this announcement to inform and remind Members about acceptable and appropriate behavior on the JREF Forum and the consequences for not behaving in such a way. "

Oh dear, dear, dear! Not quite the debunk Shangri La that some have promoted JREF as, now is it? For instance, for those debunks who've told us that JREF is 100% behind the official version of 9/11, perhaps they should read THIS bit:

"Secondly there is not a JREF Forum "position" or "policy" on the events of “9/11” or any other conspiracy theories – no Member posting here speaks for the JREF organization or for Randi and the only people who speak for the JREF Forum are the Moderating Team and that is only when acting in their official capacity."

That should take the mickey out of Mr. Roberts and Mr. Weick, and others who want to use JREF as a credibility boost. It gets better:

"Because we (the JREF and the JREF Forum Moderating Team) believe that in the Conspiracy Theory section the “heated” exchanges and personal insults have become the norm rather than the exception we are going to be much more active in Moderating this section. What this means is that more posts will be edited, moved to Abandon All Hope and even deleted and that more Members will be issued with infractions and regrettably there will probably be more suspensions. We will do this until once again we can say “civility is the norm”."

And:

"From today until further notice the Moderating Team will not be giving Members the “benefit of the doubt" in this section – if we judge you are breaching the Membership Agreement or trying to get around the wording of the Membership Agreement by some clever phrasing or linking or other action that will be treated as a willful and intentional breach.

This may sound draconian and off putting but it is in the end nothing more than a long winded way of saying – attack the argument not the arguer.

Now some debunks are going to weasel and say, "Yeah, but it's all those "twoofers" who cause the problems." And while yes, our side has it's problem children like any group, so does the debunk side-- remember the JREF banning of Troy from WV? That was discussed far and wide --now it seems like there's a few more "Troy"s at JREF--and JREF doesn't want them. The future of JREF "Conspiracy Theory" thread looks dim, chums...

Now didn't Aunt Jenny tell you debunks to BEHAVE?

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