Dark Clouds.
It isn't necessary to lash out the way you have. It's obvious that this subject matter has upset you. Maybe the fact that it duped you into buying into the whole experiment is what has you upset. I understand your line of reasoning and your point has been well made. Calling Alan a fat fuck wit is not going to gain respect for your views but only weakens the intellectual level of your argument. I know Alan as a good friend and some of the things he has done in the effort to help hundreds of ex-Jws in the ability to fit into and adjust to life beyond the JW's should be recognized and applauded. He set up the first news group "Philia" for those ex-Jws who participated in the infancy of the present internet. Because of that group I feel that I am even better adjusted to deal with my past in relation to my present and future. He has also been involved in several other large scale efforts that continue to make life a bit easier to cope with after leaving the JW religion. What have you done?
You may think he has a warped sense of humor. I don't disagree with you, so do I. But by just looking on the surface you can not see the depth of the man. You were duped by a bunch of college students. That would piss me off too. Fortunately I have seen things that are a lot worse and more convincing than the kitty in a jar stunt. If it was real, the assholes should be locked up. But it wasn't. I think the warped sense of humor that produced the site might have an hidden agenda in the documentation of the various reactions from those that were easy doped.
The FBI looked at it, so what. They look at a lot of things. Their interest in it probably came from a number of similarly doped individuals and it is their job to investigate. It is interesting to observe your reaction in comparison to others that did see this as it actually was, a joke. You got fooled, except it, deal with it, learn from it. You will be a little wiser the next time something like this comes up.
If cruelty to animals is so abhorrent to you then may I suggest that you become a vegetarian. Stop wearing leather shoes, stop taking over the counter and prescription medication and for god's sakes never ever go to a zoo.
It was a joke, granted, it was a sick joke but if a kid is caught and arrested for trying to put a cat in a jar from seeing this site then consider the fact that the a kid that is going to act on such a thing would probably do something worse to begin with. Sticking a fire cracker up a cats butt and watching it explode is not a sick joke, it is actions by a sick human being. Once you see the difference you might be able to understand a little more about human psychology in relation to humor. The best crazy jokes I have heard, come from my psychologist friends. The best doctor jokes from my doctor friends and so on and so on. Most jokes come from an out of the ordinary event or situation, that is what makes them funny. A sense of humor is vital when trying to deal with life. With out it one becomes mentally overloaded and uses other means to act out frustrations and problems.
Hope I haven't pissed you off with my comments. BTW, Alan is a graduate of MIT and is one of the most intelligent people I have had the pleasure to call a friend. I accept the fact that he is a sick fuck, a lot of my friends are. If we got rid of all the sick fucks then all we would have is the healthy fucks and what fun would that be?
Dave
