User talk:Interpreter

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Contents 1 Capoeira Culture 2 Tara Smith 3 State of Fear 4 Unacceptable edit 5 Civility and personal attacks

[edit] Capoeira Culture

Translating material for the Brazilian government I was thrilled to discover a capoeira section packed with accurate information on martial moves. I would like to add cultural aspects woven into capoeira as it is taught today, including translations where possible and otherwise descriptions of the musical and folkloric, any help is appreciated and we can discuss elsewhere. translator (talk) 03:42, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tara Smith

I just looked at the listing for Lenin, author of "On Religion" which he describes as "opium for the masses." There is no grafitti there identifying him as an atheist despite syllogistic verities to the effect that all communists/Marxists are atheists. Are you fellows falling down on the job here?

Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia" mentions a character who went through an entire Spanish graveyard chiseling off the crosses. I swear it reminds me of you fellows... except that he was impartial. translator 22:06, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

I have watched the defense against the flaming vandal and thought you did well. Equivocation in order to play the victim adds nothing to the discussion. I maintain--after long experience filled with hard knocks--that adopting language coined by your opponents is counterproductive. I never call looters liberals or mystical bigots conservatives. I received a joke today that is most apropos: A father asks his son, aged 10, if he knows about the birds and the bees. "I don't want to know!" the child said, bursting into tears. Confused, the father asked his son what was wrong.

"Oh dad," he sobbed, "at age six I got the 'there's no Santa' speech. At age seven I got the 'there's no Easter bunny' speech. Then at age 8 you hit me with the 'there's no tooth fairy' speech!

"If you're going to tell me now that grown-ups don't really have sex, I've got nothing left to live for!"

[edit] State of Fear

Let the record show that someone claiming to be Mark Pellegrini, an engineering student, asserts the the Petition Project with its 18,000 signatories with science degrees has "been thoroughly discredited", and presumed to revert the opening to cast as scientific truth the allegations of a political entity. The student then reverted the correct term, allegation, and recast is as scientific opinion complete with link to the page so skillfully eliding mention of the Petition Project. This sort of gratuitous lying, hidden from examination here on the discussion page, but sent instead as a personal attack, undermines the credibility of "the" Wikipedia. Google "Petition Project" and judge for yourself. translator 01:19, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

I changed "scientific opinion" to allegation removing a link to another page which suppresses the petition Project. This was reverted by a claimed engineering student asserting it "unacceptable" and claiming the 18,000 signature petition is "debunked." I then received intimidating messages in my own page, not here, claiming I'd hurt their feelings, violated policies and so forth. Everything I wrote here was deleted and, having seen these tactics before, can stay that way because I am gainfully employed elsewhere. The video remains unsuppressed, and anyone who cares to see scientists begging leave to doubt the politicians can google Petition Project. translator 02:33, 6 October 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Interpreter (talk • contribs) 02:25, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unacceptable edit

This edit is not acceptable. I have reverted it. The Oregon Petition, which your edit summary implies is what you are talking about, has been throughly debunked. Raul654 18:51, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

A facile misstatement. The Petition Project includes the name of its signers, who in the primary counted category have degrees in Science. If it were debunked, the thing to do would be include links and mention so anyone can see that to doubt is some sort of denial conspiracy. That would shore up support for the political hypothesis that most scientists are lying. Ask yourself if truthful people resort to censorship. translator 02:04, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Civility and personal attacks

Attacks on other editors such as this violate Wikipedia's policies on civility and personal attacks. This is unacceptable. Comment on the material, not on the person who wrote it. Raymond Arritt 01:36, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Ah. I was expecting Tweedlededee to complete the squeeze-play. Honest people place things out in the open. You lot suppress dissent, lie, then act all hurt, calling the kettle black, when your attacks are exposed for what they are. I'll take this to my own site. Good luck deleting it there. translator 02:10, 6 October 2007 (UTC)