07-26-2010, 02:31 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-26-2010, 02:39 PM by Questioner.)
René, I suspect that "hangers10" is a spam account rather than an actual spiritual seeker, or even an actual Australia-bound student. Occasionally someone signs up, spews throwaway lines that are vaguely related to topics, and then a week or two later edits their posts to include utterly inappropriate and irrelevant advertising. This clearly violates the forum rules and intent. They then vanish, never to be heard from again. It's not clear to me if they're paid for a blast of ads up front, or if they get commissions if the irrelevant spam links lead to sales. Either way, it's lousy behavior. As Ali and I both noticed in the Gravity thread in Science, this new account seems to fit the pattern, including some outrageous plagiarism that's not responsive at all to what other people are talking about.
It will be interesting to see if there is any response from this hangers10 account with a sincere comment about either Australia or studies. I doubt we'll see that. As always, whenever I am cynically suspicious, I'd love to be proven wrong. hangers10, if you really are a sincere student, I'll be happy to apologize and eat my words.
Meanwhile, our new member "Black doG" is unmistakeably a real person, with a very powerful history of going through physical and spiritual hell and coming back with deep truths to share. Chuck mentioned that he is from Down Under. I recommend you check out his "Healthy Death" thread in the Life on Earth forum here.
I've known Aussies and Kiwis, wonderful folks, but never visited down there myself. I find it fascinating to learn about those lands. I would love to have some long visits there some time, and maybe even live there a while, or for part of the year.
It will be interesting to see if there is any response from this hangers10 account with a sincere comment about either Australia or studies. I doubt we'll see that. As always, whenever I am cynically suspicious, I'd love to be proven wrong. hangers10, if you really are a sincere student, I'll be happy to apologize and eat my words.
Meanwhile, our new member "Black doG" is unmistakeably a real person, with a very powerful history of going through physical and spiritual hell and coming back with deep truths to share. Chuck mentioned that he is from Down Under. I recommend you check out his "Healthy Death" thread in the Life on Earth forum here.
I've known Aussies and Kiwis, wonderful folks, but never visited down there myself. I find it fascinating to learn about those lands. I would love to have some long visits there some time, and maybe even live there a while, or for part of the year.