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CalledtoServe
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What would you do if you opened the In the News forum & found people discussing your newsworthy behavior & posting a link to your local news website? What would you do?
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WanderAimlessly
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Since noone here (except 2) knows who I am, I would do absolutely nothing. Anonymity is key here.
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Mom_of_one
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That depends. If I was in the news for something good, I’d probably brag
Hopefully, I wouldn’t be in the news for something bad, but if I was in the news for something that the media got their facts wrong on, I’d have to speak up, too.
However, if I was in the news for something bad and the media got it right, I’d keep my mouth shut!!!
Hopefully, I wouldn’t be in the news for something bad, but if I was in the news for something that the media got their facts wrong on, I’d have to speak up, too.However, if I was in the news for something bad and the media got it right, I’d keep my mouth shut!!!
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SHJ-BVM
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Been there…done that…
Most of ya’ll know me, and most of ya’ll know I’ve been featured on a CBS affiliate concerning my fight with the state of Vt. about my license plate.
What would I do if I found a thread devoted to my fight? First I’d thank all who were supporting me…then I’d say a prayer thanking them for their support…then I’d say a prayer for them, thanking God for giving me such wonderful support and such wonderful friends.
Soooo, for all those who have supported me on my fighting mad thread…THANK YOU!!! All your support has been most appreciated, and I am keeping all of you in my prayers.
Most of ya’ll know me, and most of ya’ll know I’ve been featured on a CBS affiliate concerning my fight with the state of Vt. about my license plate.
What would I do if I found a thread devoted to my fight? First I’d thank all who were supporting me…then I’d say a prayer thanking them for their support…then I’d say a prayer for them, thanking God for giving me such wonderful support and such wonderful friends.
Soooo, for all those who have supported me on my fighting mad thread…THANK YOU!!! All your support has been most appreciated, and I am keeping all of you in my prayers.
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chicago
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Bad press is better than no press at all!
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Fashina86
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I don’t say much that I am ashamed of… in fact, I don’t say anything (to think of) that I am ashamed of … at least not on the forums!
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april_hosen
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Gosh that’d be so awkward,
I would only hope they were saying good things, I chose other because I wouldnt know what to do.
I would only hope they were saying good things, I chose other because I wouldnt know what to do.
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mjdonnelly
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Like I tell the kids in religion class, if you are about to do something you don’t want everyone to know about or would be ashamed of, you probably shouldn’t do it.
I would identify myself, offer explanations, thanks, or ask forgiveness and prayers if necessary.
All of us are only human and we screw up. Sometimes really big.
I would identify myself, offer explanations, thanks, or ask forgiveness and prayers if necessary.
All of us are only human and we screw up. Sometimes really big.
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antiaphrodite
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hmm…i don’t think this is going to happen to me anytime soon…but if it does, i probably wouldn’t do anything, unless the news was untrue and harmful to my relationships with others.
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Lonevoice
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Momofone:
Me too!That depends. If I was in the news for something good, I’d probably brag
However, if I was in the news for something bad and the media got it right, I’d keep my mouth shut!!!
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Edwin1961
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:clapping:
If anything I had done appeared on the news AND it helped someone else for the better, I’d remain public. For those who have read posts by me, I have a past that I regret. However, If my mstakes can help others Not to make the same mistake, then my lessons were worth it.
In Scripture, we know about those who rejected Christ and their result. So we learn from that and learn to be faithful to Him.
We learn fromt he mistake from others, that is how we learn and grow as a society.
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AlanFromWichita
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Most of my family loves to get in front of cameras and in newspapers. I’d bask in the notariety and answer all questions until they got too numerous and I’d have to make a blanket statement or something.
I wouldn’t bother hiding my identity because I’ve already revealed it, or at least plenty of information that my second grader could identify somebody given that much. The more coverage I get the better to position I think it gives me to gain an audience to evangelize.
A few weeks ago when there was a double murder next door, my 17-year-old knew almost nothing except he and his girlfriend heard a scream and saw a lady running, but when the police had the place surrounded with about 15 cars and a helicopter, Chris found favor with the news camera people and got his face on at least four evening/nightly news broadcasts that we saw, and probably a few the next morning. The next day when the cameras were coming around knocking on doors, my wife got on one too, as Chris got a few reruns on the next day’s news too, but all my 18-year-old son made it were camera shots with us in the background.
Yesterday my wife was telling me how she found many Google hits on some of our names. She and Chris for their quotes in the murders, I for some letters to the editor, and my oldest computer nerd son has many pages of hits – of course he knows how to get the search engines on his side.
In fact, I’ll show some actual cases. A couple weeks ago I had an editorial letter about the judges who demanded our legislature spend more money on schools and caused them a special session – search here for “Let Judges Finish Job” for my comments on this constitutional crisis. Also I found a google hit on our newpaper’s editorial blog about Roe v Wade – search here for “good deal of the debate.”
Here’s an unfortunate one on the county election commissioner’s page showing election results where we got beat by liberal Republicans Hillmans in the primaries. (search here for “siegman” or go to precinct 320). Hillmans live about three doors down from us.
Here I am in the city council minutes, speaking before the cameras on a city street paving issue.
Here are Julie and Christ giving their two cents about the murders.
Then, when I had nothing better to do than jump into a dispute between the city of Wichita and the NAACP, I registered as a Democrat (for unrelated reasons actually – I was trying to fight gay marriage from the “inside”) and got appointed by our Democratic city council member to a task force investigating a dispute over racist contracting processes. Unfortunately, the report has a few numbers and even conclusions I find meaningless, but was unable to stop them. I actually had to leave a meeting one time because I was so upset at some of their putting an agenda ahead of facts and distorting and misusing the numbers that, by the way, I personally calculated and then said they were meaningless. I protested that this certain number will be all over the even news and mislead people; I was silenced and called paranoid and guess what? As soon as the media got ahold of the URL where I typed and posted our subcommitte report, that very misleading number (0.72%) was on the evening news that night. The number is an accurate calculation of meaningless data; for several reasons it cannot be trusted. Nevertheless, the NAACP did have a valid concern about contracting, but I personally didn’t think the city practices were wrong in any way, once having had conferences with many insiders, including the (black) city EEO rep who only talked to a few of us on the sly because the others were badgering her to the point they wouldn’t allow our subcommittee to talk to her without her boss present. (One lady and I were polite and level headed enough she agreed privately to meet with us and give us the real scoop on racism in the city. Of course those things didn’t make the news, but we helped get a few innocent people out of the media target anyway.
I’m not even going to comment on all the hits I got for my 18 year old “Matthew Siegman” on Google; that kid knows how to get his name all over the net.
So as you can see, we like publicity. (At least my kids and I, my wife seems ambivalent but then again she did talk to those TV cameras!) I figure fame is power and we like power; whether we use it for good or evil is then up to us.
Alan
I wouldn’t bother hiding my identity because I’ve already revealed it, or at least plenty of information that my second grader could identify somebody given that much. The more coverage I get the better to position I think it gives me to gain an audience to evangelize.
A few weeks ago when there was a double murder next door, my 17-year-old knew almost nothing except he and his girlfriend heard a scream and saw a lady running, but when the police had the place surrounded with about 15 cars and a helicopter, Chris found favor with the news camera people and got his face on at least four evening/nightly news broadcasts that we saw, and probably a few the next morning. The next day when the cameras were coming around knocking on doors, my wife got on one too, as Chris got a few reruns on the next day’s news too, but all my 18-year-old son made it were camera shots with us in the background.
Yesterday my wife was telling me how she found many Google hits on some of our names. She and Chris for their quotes in the murders, I for some letters to the editor, and my oldest computer nerd son has many pages of hits – of course he knows how to get the search engines on his side.
In fact, I’ll show some actual cases. A couple weeks ago I had an editorial letter about the judges who demanded our legislature spend more money on schools and caused them a special session – search here for “Let Judges Finish Job” for my comments on this constitutional crisis. Also I found a google hit on our newpaper’s editorial blog about Roe v Wade – search here for “good deal of the debate.”
Here’s an unfortunate one on the county election commissioner’s page showing election results where we got beat by liberal Republicans Hillmans in the primaries. (search here for “siegman” or go to precinct 320). Hillmans live about three doors down from us.
Here I am in the city council minutes, speaking before the cameras on a city street paving issue.
Here are Julie and Christ giving their two cents about the murders.
Then, when I had nothing better to do than jump into a dispute between the city of Wichita and the NAACP, I registered as a Democrat (for unrelated reasons actually – I was trying to fight gay marriage from the “inside”) and got appointed by our Democratic city council member to a task force investigating a dispute over racist contracting processes. Unfortunately, the report has a few numbers and even conclusions I find meaningless, but was unable to stop them. I actually had to leave a meeting one time because I was so upset at some of their putting an agenda ahead of facts and distorting and misusing the numbers that, by the way, I personally calculated and then said they were meaningless. I protested that this certain number will be all over the even news and mislead people; I was silenced and called paranoid and guess what? As soon as the media got ahold of the URL where I typed and posted our subcommitte report, that very misleading number (0.72%) was on the evening news that night. The number is an accurate calculation of meaningless data; for several reasons it cannot be trusted. Nevertheless, the NAACP did have a valid concern about contracting, but I personally didn’t think the city practices were wrong in any way, once having had conferences with many insiders, including the (black) city EEO rep who only talked to a few of us on the sly because the others were badgering her to the point they wouldn’t allow our subcommittee to talk to her without her boss present. (One lady and I were polite and level headed enough she agreed privately to meet with us and give us the real scoop on racism in the city. Of course those things didn’t make the news, but we helped get a few innocent people out of the media target anyway.
I’m not even going to comment on all the hits I got for my 18 year old “Matthew Siegman” on Google; that kid knows how to get his name all over the net.
So as you can see, we like publicity. (At least my kids and I, my wife seems ambivalent but then again she did talk to those TV cameras!) I figure fame is power and we like power; whether we use it for good or evil is then up to us.
Alan
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CalledtoServe
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Wow Alan, it looks like we’ll see you In the News.
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Scott_Lafrance
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You forgot the most obvious option;
Reveal my identity, continue posting on thread, and brag about it to everyone else in the forums.
Reveal my identity, continue posting on thread, and brag about it to everyone else in the forums.
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Marie
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I ignor them and remain blissfully unknown. 
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AlanFromWichita
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Succinct.You forgot the most obvious option;
Reveal my identity, continue posting on thread, and brag about it to everyone else in the forums.
Love it.
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Pug
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If I noticed a way that revealing my identity would help a person, then okay, I might. Otherwise, not.
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