<p>For a hoot, select a long thread of 5 or more pages. Read the first few entries on page 1 and then read the last few entries on the last page.</p>
<p>Sometimes the direction the thread has taken throught the middle (unread) pages is absolutely amazing!</p>
<p>the long and winding road…</p>
<p>You mean like the famous Lacrosse thread and the Rush to Judgement by some? ;)</p>
<p>I think threads are like conversations…one thing leads to another. </p>
<p>Also with threads, it is a conversation among many people and so sometimes more than one consversation is going on at one time on a thread. </p>
<p>And sokkermom, the Duke Lacrosse thread, the lengthiest one yet, would have a great contrast (if it still existed, LOL) of those who rushed to condemn and then the way it turned out later. Yup. When things eventually turned out to be different than the initial accusations, some of those folks never returned to the thread. Hmm.</p>
<p>^ One can only hope that some of the recent cc “political” threads will also be premature speculation… :o</p>
<p>When the first Duke Lacrosse thread started, I posted early on that things were looking bad, but I was withholding judgment until more information came in. I also said that while I hoped the alleged victim hadn’t been raped, I also somewhat hoped that she wasn’t lying, remembering the last time Al Sharpton (:rolleyes:) had charged in on his horse early in a similar case and wrongly stood by a girl who cried rape—Tawana Brawley. </p>
<p>I then sat back and waited for all the facts to come in, and simply read (for a while) the Duke thread with increasing interest and horror. As soon at the ATM proof of innocence came in for one of the alleged assailants, I knew things did not happen the way Crystal Magnum said they did. When DNA results further exonerated the boys, I knew the charges were bogus, but like watching a train wreck, I continued to be both fascinated and horrified by Mike Nifong’s continuing insistence on prosecuting the case.</p>
<p>I didn’t post on Duke thread no. 1 again, but did post a few times on the second a about a month ago. Unlike many who rushed to judgment in the first thread, I had no reason to sheepishly tuck my tail between my legs;). I think my first post in the second thread was in support of one of boys’ mother, whom another poster had vilified for her statement that “Mike Nifong had messed with the wrong families”.</p>
<p>But yeah, you’re absolutely right, UMDAD, threads can take amazing detours sometimes. Recent case in point: The “John McCain wants a Christian President” thread.</p>
<p>Isn’t the Sinner’s Alley thread the longest?</p>
<p>^ Somehow the “original” Lax thread was deleted. If combined with the “new” Lax thread, it would clearly be the winner…;)</p>
<p>(It certainly was full of twists and turns. It was like a cc soap opera. The story continues as we speak.)</p>
<p>I could never figure out how/why the Michael Vick threads made the sudden jump to abortion rights — each one of them did so. </p>
<p>I’ve also seen threads that seemed like basic questions being asked from the beginning, turn into ugly personal confrontations. That’s when I usually (note: usually) just stop reading them.</p>