As someone who has visited this site alot ove rthe last many months I've grown accustomed to seeing posts by increasingly familiar names. I've posted a few times under random nicks but usually stay in the background.

Lately I've been wondering what happened to the person named "Diogenes". He was here several times a day it seemed and had a very distinct writing style. I'v enot seen his name or his style of posts at all. He seems to have vanished.

I realize that people do stop posting all the time but I've read alot of posts alluding to his disappearence and was wondering if there was something else to the story.

Any info?

No one knows?

He was defeated on the field of battle and driven into exile by Fresca with some help from Josef, Simple Simon, B.A., etc.

Last seen slinking off with tail between legs.

Diogenese decided to not become a martyr.

What is so strange about that?

It is something beyond the understanding of fascists...

But do not doubt that whereever Diogenes is,

that he is still an activist

working in his way

to protect the genuineness

of freedom,

and the true aspects

of liberty.

The scum that would silence him

has no strength except that

which one might give them.

But you know that,

if you are a student of history.

Police scum, nazis, cointelpro

all band together to silence one voice--evenso

how clueless of real power they are.

Peace to Diogenes

Last week, 20 heavily armed FBI agents raided his house and took him via military transport to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to face a military tribunal on terrorism charges.

U.S. Attorney General John Aschroft issued an order declaring him to be an "enemy combatant" for the messages he was posting on the la.indymedia.org site that were critical of the Bush administration.

If Diogenes is lucky, he'll be out of Federal Prison in about 20 years.

To Diogenes
We are all dead
Some die laying down
Some die standing up.
Offer to Oden the
Gift of your blade.
Wet with your
Enemy's Blood.
.

Diogenes

In all the time you were here

No one brought forward truth as you

Go forward warrior

Onward to you destiny.

Times like these we need our heros

Holding on to what is true

Ever striving for peace.

Distant though these goals may seem

Until we succeed we will not stop

May we all find love along the way

Before we die in hopelessness

Another soul may we inspire

Seeing a world that is truly free

Seeing a world of love and peace.

...Puddin'Headed wit.....

unlike monkeyboy who only cuts and pastes Ann the C, or produce brainfarts.

where's my meal?
Beefy Constitutional law..
The trough, so plentiful is now meager so lets hunt t
who ever did this down and give them the dip.
Avenge Diogenes.

I guess ol' dio turned out to be a phony after all.

After al his talk of paid shills and trolls, turns out he was the mole all along.

Oh well, just another jackass weeded out of the herd.

After a while, they start batch deleting posts by certain people, regardless if their posts have any political relevance pertinent to the threads. How juvenile! What's left are responses to posts which have disappeared, ruining the continuity of the given thread.

Now I am routinely deleted just because of my name. So, I will simply post here under a different name each time, and I will have a trademark to identify me.

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Thank you, Diogenes for all the time you gave us.

It was educational and entertaining.

I miss ya. Be good, take care.

I think I saw him unpacking boxes at the 'Gary Coleman for Governor' campaign headquarters.

And THUS to tyrants.

stay down. You know when to move and when to wait.

Semper Fidelis

"stay down. You know when to move and when to wait."

So do we.

He's busy working on Larry Flynt's campaign.

"Thank you, Diogenes for all the time you gave us.

It was educational and entertaining.

I miss ya. Be good, take care."

How ironic. Myself and others, point out the fact that dio is obviously some paid asshole, sent to paint the left as even more ludicrous then they already are, and when he bails out, because his cover is blown, the very assholes who he was here to undermine, post eulogies and tear filled farewells.

Unbelievable.

sheepdog et.al. have been thouroughly duped.

The censors delete a thread which is conservative, like yours or mine, then they leave the myriad responses in place, ignoring the fact that the thread no longer has continuity. Open publishing? AHAHAHAHAH.

Attention unwashed masses we will protect you from all unauthorized thoughts.

We know what is best for you.

Let us do your thinking for you.

We respect the basic human right of freedom of expression.

Until you disagree with us. Then your posts are history.

However, we will still insist you are not being repressed; the claim of repression is reserved solely for leftists posting on conservative sites.

We barely skirt the "deleted posts" issue by moving said posts to a special hidden file...which happens to have only one small, obscure link to it from the main page, which nobody ever sees anyway. Never mind the fact that the threads with deleted posts now no longer have any continuity, and, in many cases, have regular posters appearing to argue with themselves.

But never mind all that. We are the Kollektive. Resistance is futile; you will be assimilated.

Hooray! I am now officially an "enemy of the people". 4 legs good, 2 legs bad.