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Mendalla

 

From the flight simulator in Mississauga?

 

My wife has been following that storyline with some interest. Not so much Flight MH370, but the CNN reporter who has spent about a month in Toronto with flight simulator dude, asking him questions like, "What do you make of the fact that the pilot had a flight simulator at home and deleted files?"

 

"I delete files from my computer all the time. I don't think it means anything."

 

Completely undermining the next 24 hours of CNN programming, spent speculating what could have been in those deleted files.

 

Imagine you're that reporter. You live in Atlanta with your wife and kids. You're sent on location, not to Malaysia, not to China, not to Australia, but to Toronto. For this assignment, you're not talking to anybody involved in the search, but some guy who happens to have a Boeing 777 simulator, and who refuses to be impressed by your leading questions and routinely makes you look like an idiot. You miss your family, you missed the Braves home opener, and as you freeze your ass of in April, you miss the Atlanta weather. You've visited all the strip clubs in the vicinity of Pearson Airport, and you just want to go home.

 

At the risk of derailing the thread further, CNN's "coverage" of MH370 has pretty much ended any chance of my taking them seriously (hence my joke). They are still hammering it weeks after it's become just another story to other media.

 

Mendalla

 

They found a pinging noise in the ocean. If it leads to a black box, that's something to report. The search brought attention to the massive garbage patch in the ocean. That's something to report on all on it's own- however, until they have something to report about the plane, they're wasting time. I don't watch CNN. I go to their website to read sometimes. For the sake of the families who lost loved ones, don't lead them on until there's something substantial to tell them.

Oh. I already voted. :)

 

My folks watch MSNBC. That network is Chris Christie, all the time. The bridge fiasco was a blemish on Christie and hurt emergency response times, possibly contributing to one death. MSNBC thinks it was mass murder. CNN hardly mentions it any more. I don't think FOX News ever did.

 

The news networks are actually getting worse.

 

I already voted, but I dislike bumping threads with one word.

 

For those who haven't voted yet. Please do. It's a very simple anonymous vote that requires two clicks. Yes or No. That's it. Takes 15 seconds approx. Link is in Mendallas opening post that has been placed on the opening of this thread.

 

It doesn't matter how frequently or infrequently you use this site, your vote still matters.

 

Thankyou!

Good canvassing, waterfall!

Not voting

Mendalla, kindly inform SnP what we do to Wondercafe members who don't vote.

 

 

Sorry to hear that.

SNP -why not?

While I have come to care very much for the people of this community, I have not ever liked the premise WC was based on.

 

Theology (knowledge of God) is an important (the most important) topic. I feel UCC was very irresponsible in the way WC was launched and handled from day one.

 

Setting up WC, I think they had an obligation to be shepherds to the people invited, but did not do that.

 

So I'm not voting for more of the same.

 

You'll be welcome on WC2, SnP, even if you don't vote. We don't see eye to eye on the spiritual front, but anyone with 5 barbecues and the knowledge to use them well is okay with this ape.

 

And it is hard to be shepherds when you're inviting open discussion. If someone wants to try to play that role, they are welcome to but don't expect sheep who will just go where they are told.

 

Mendalla

 

The UCCan wanted a discussion forum, not a Christian bubble. What you want is a warm cocoon of pro-Christian sentiments and teaching, protected from outside influences and ideas, and that was never their purpose, from what I understood.

 

There are places online where you would be embraced and I'd be banned. If that's the protection your beliefs want and need, you can find that elsewhere. I'm happy Wondercafe was created as it was.

 

Then feel free to vote against the mission statement. That seems to be your position.

 

The UCC wanted to draw a certain demographic into the church.

They had a chance to demonstrate why Christianity is a viable world view. They couldn't pull it off because they have reduced Christianity to an unrecognizable pool of sludge.

I hear that you're discontented SnP...but I knew I could find a metaphor for your metaphor:

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE50T56120090130?irpc=932

If you like the people in the community, consider sticking around anyway. (I voted. I don't know how much I am going to be at WC2 just yet, but I voted anyway)

If you like the people in the community, consider sticking around anyway. (I voted. I don't know how much I am going to be at WC2 just yet, but I voted anyway) I think you have a good sense of humour.

Want to vote and have not? Take advantage of the fact that the stupid ape forgot Survey Monkey runs on Pacific Time. Survey remains open until noon Pacific Time/3pm Easter Daylight Time courtesy of Sir Sandford Fleming (creator of standard time) and a dense monkey brain.

 

Mendalla

We on the Pacific Coast 'know what time it is', man. Thanks for the update.

Well of course snp has a sense of humour. Who else would have used Jesus for a sockpuppet?

Lol! That actually cracks me up to think about now.

Well this site has always allowed you to put in your two cents worth. BTW how well are you doing with demonstrating your Christianity to the world or even WC? You might want to wipe your feet first before you respond.

SnP gets the sock puppet award.

Hey, on a good note guys. In his defense..I'm pretty sure he'd share his BBQ food with us. SnP helped his neighbours after the AB floods last summer. He's alright.

Hey I am not saying he is not a nice guy. What we know of people on WC are limited by what they post. Even then that doesn't tell us much about that person. I could say you seem like a nice person by what I have seen you post on WC but in real life you could be very different from what you post. The same goes for me or anyone else who posts on WC. Maybe if all the people on WC were to meet one another in person we would all get along fine as long as religion and politics were not mentioned. Hell I would be game especially with alcoholic beverages being provided.

Yeah, I'm a total jerk in real life. :) it would be fun if we all got together. It's been talked about but we span quite a distance.

 

Almost "Easter" time!

*smile*

 

Results are now up.

 

http://www.wondercafe.ca/discussion/church-life/wc2-results-are

 

Mendalla

 

SnP... You do realize, brother, you could have voted "no", as some did. I feel that it's important for us all to remember in any future votes to come that we don't have to vote as we think the future admins want us to, nor as general consensus seems to be going.

Most of the UCCan types can defend their faith way better than you can. You paint yourself in a corner at every available opportunity. I think your best contribution is being one more example of the sort of Christian that the UCCan'ers would like to pretend are a small minority of the total population. Thanks for being there for me.