markablue - Administrator (philosophy, science)

[lilithu]

Originally Posted by markablue

Personal remark: Glad to be here.

Hola. Namaste. Welcome. Nice to meet you.

Question: who are you?


Sorry. I don't mean to be rude. I am just confused by there being an RF member with only 104 posts yet is an admin. (Or in Star Trek terms, a red-shirt. )

Anyway, welcome.

[MaddLlama]

Originally Posted by lilithu

Hola. Namaste. Welcome. Nice to meet you.

Question: who are you?


Sorry. I don't mean to be rude. I am just confused by there being an RF member with only 104 posts yet is an admin. (Or in Star Trek terms, a red-shirt. )

Anyway, welcome.

Lilithu, see this thread over here:
http://www.religiousforums.com/forum...ip-change.html

[Jaymes]

Hi Markablue. Glad to have you at RF.

What other forums have you been an admin at?

[markablue]

Originally Posted by Jaymes

Hi Markablue. Glad to have you at RF.

What other forums have you been an admin at?

Hi, glad to be here. I've admined probably about 15 forums so far, some professionally, others as a hobby. Currently I'm still admin on City-Data (though it's called Senior Moderator there) and here.

[Quagmire]

Hi Marka, welcome to RF.

I have to say, when I heard about the sudden change of ownership I braced myself for the worst (was afraid I'd log in here one day and see "Proud member of the 700 Club" in the user title of each of the new admins).

To find, instead, an artistic...

Originally Posted by markablue

Hobbies: photography, writing, science-fiction, Star Trek, music (and a couple more but I don't have enough time)

...Open minded...

Originally Posted by markablue

Philosophy: IDIC (Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations)

...animal lover...

Originally Posted by markablue

Pets: two dogs and a cat (the best proof I can be diplomatic)

...who's rediculously modest...

Originally Posted by markablue

Photo: (from a few years back but it's the most flattering one I got, you don't want to see others, trust me)

...and a Star Trek fan to boot, is, I have to say, a most pleasant surprise.

(I'm a theist but as soon as I looked at the "religion" tag in your user ID and saw "um...no" I said "Oh yeah!"

So again, welcome to RF Marka.
Hope this turns out to be the funnest job you ever had.

[robtex]

Marka can you expound a bit on what you marked under philosophy?

[markablue]

Originally Posted by Quagmire

Hi Marka, welcome to RF.

Thank you very much, Quagmire. While I feel flattered by your summary of my character, I'm not that ridiculously modest to disregard the fact that it's actually pretty accurate.

Originally Posted by robtex

Marka can you expound a bit on what you marked under philosophy?

Uhm... the "a bit" part may be tough. I guess I could go on about it for (p)ages.

I put it there because I thought it was the best summary of Star Trek philosophy but, to be fair, I must admit a lot more goes in there for me. I'll try to list my basic principles then.

Well, first of all it's tolerance: any and all beings have exactly the same right to live as I do. It's also IDIC, as I said: we're all different and that's what makes us unique and the world interesting. Prime Directive: I want to get to know you, understand what makes you tick, not to change you into my own shape. With all this comes respect, of course: I will honor your views and opinions whether or not they agree with mine.

Finally it's also boundaries, the toughest part, I think. Taking all of the above into consideration, I can't help but grant you the right to be as prejudiced, racist and whatnot as you fancy (not you personally, of course). It stops as soon as you start hurting people with your words or actions.

I perceive Star Trek to be far more than a captivating sci-fi (or even fantasy, given its symbolics) adventure story. I see it as a fight against all human faults: our aggression, superstition, xenophobia, and dozens more. Granted, it looks like an into-your-face propaganda at times, which it's didactic mission surfacing far too often but I'm willing to forgive it since I accept this philosophy into my life

I think it's the shortest version I can give you.

[TashaN]

Welcome Marka!

I would like to ask you. What do you think is the most interesting or special thing in RF which you noticed in this short time of you joining us, but didn't find it anywhere else "other forums"?