markablue - Administrator

[lilithu]

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]

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/forum-news-announcements/55828-rf-ownership-change.html

 

[Jaymes]

Hi Markablue. Glad to have you at RF.

What other forums have you been an admin at?

 

[markablue]

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...

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

...Open minded...

Philosophy: IDIC (Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations)

...animal lover...

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

...who's rediculously modest...

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]

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.

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"?

 

[markablue]

Thanks, Truth. I guess it's the spirit of friendliness and open-mindedness which is rarely found on the Net these days. It's not that different from the "other forums" that we run, though.

 

[CaptainXeroid]

... Coming from the country that has been under socialist oppression for many years, I adore all metaphors about freedom...

:bow: Awesome! A lot of us in the West kinda take personal and economic freedoms for granted.

Have you seen the movie Braveheart? It's Hollywood-ed a bit but contains one of the greatest lines in movie history..."They can take our lives, but they'll never take our FREEDOM!!!" Gives me shivers to this day.

Welcome to RF, and we look forward to all kinds of fun.

 

[kadzbiz]

Hiya. Good to have you here.

 

[Ðanisty]

:bow: Awesome! A lot of us in the West kinda take personal and economic freedoms for granted.

Have you seen the movie Braveheart? It's Hollywood-ed a bit but contains one of the greatest lines in movie history..."They can take our lives, but they'll never take our FREEDOM!!!" Gives me shivers to this day.

Welcome to RF, and we look forward to all kinds of fun.

My favorite quote on freedom comes from Janis Joplin: "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose."

 

[markablue]

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[YmirGF]

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Nice to meet you Markablue. I'll try not to make your blood pressure go through the roof. Well... most of the time, hehe. Me bad. Welcome aboard.

 

[lilithu]

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"Those who would sacrifice essential liberties for a little temporary safety deserve neither."
- Benjamin Franklin

P.S. I love your avatar.

 

[Peace]

Welcome Marka Hope you enjoy it here

Peace

 

[TashaN]

Hi again, Marka, i would like to ask you this time a tough question somehow.

Did you have any experince with meeting Muslims either in their countries or in your country through working with them, or even do any some sort of activities with before you come in RF and find out that two of the Moderators are Muslims, me and FVM?

How different is that when you compare it with what you hear about the Muslims in the news everyday?

I understand that it became so natural in America and Europe that when someone hear the word Islam or Muslims the first thing they will think of is terrorism. :cover:

I'm curious to know whether you ever had a thought that i'm planning to take over the forum and do some weird operations after that through using the forum, lol. You know what i mean.


And by the way, what is the secret behind your chosen username "markablue"?

 

[markablue]

Hm... an interesting question. Nope, I never met a Muslim in RL but, come to think of it, I only met one or two Americans, for example. I guess it's cultural differences but here in Poland, we don't make this equation: Muslim=terrorism. Most of my acquaintances are Catholic or Atheists or rather Agnostics but I also know a few Protestants, Jews and Jehova's Witnesses. I don't judge people by their beliefs just as I don't judge them by their race, skin color or the size of their ears.

And nope, as long as you can remain fair to all members, I don't care what religion you are as a mod. Personally, I may be curious to know your values and customs better but that's all.

As to my username, marka is a combination of the first syllables of my name and surname. In Polish, it also means "good brand" so I kinda liked it. When I was registering to Yahoo for the first time, I was told that "marka" had already been taken and asked to come up with something else. As a suggestion there was a favorite color so I picked blue...

 

[TashaN]

Managers and Admins always ask the right question at the right time, and they always manage to answer any question whatever its.

Thanks for answering my questions and i'm really glad to have you here in RF with us, and i'm getting more interested with days to know your culture which appear to me to be unique. I always tend to discover any culture based on the people i meet, but not only through what i read about them.

 

[Guitar's Cry]

Welcome to the forum! Hope you post more of your photography. It's impressive!