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Author Topic: XavierSem Can't Be Same Person as Nishant of 7 years Ago  (Read 8783 times)

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Offline Matthew

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Re: XavierSem Can't Be Same Person as Nishant of 7 years Ago
« Reply #15 on: December 12, 2021, 04:51:22 PM »
I'll admit, I have been too busy to read Nishant's old posts up till now. But as I was just saying about it being the worst kind of malice/evil to look at the truth and just "not care"...

1. There is no way a person's speech patterns, writing patterns, will change drastically in just 10 years. Capitalizations, composition style, even spelling is not going to change that much in 10 years. If you look at my old posts, the only difference is that I used to sign my name at the bottom of each post. And MAYBE I had less words in ALL CAPS (for emphasis) in my writing. That would be a minor, organic habit or development. It has been over 15 years. But my posts from 2006 don't appear to be from a different person.

I know I can tell someone's posting style; I can almost identify people by it. I don't think I can quite program a computer to do so -- but I bet I could program a computer to look at different metrics, and form a sort of unique "fingerprint" with a % chance they are the same. That much is possible. Looking at total vocabulary, favorite words, spelling errors per 1000 words, capitalization patterns, etc.

2. Those old Nishant posts (speaking from vague memory here, and that memory was refreshed by the OP) seemed to be from an adult -- a middle-aged adult. And said adult wasn't even part Choleric, as far as I can recall. How could he turn into the young, feisty, sometimes rude, choleric, naive "Nishant Xavier" persona? One's basic Temperament(s) do not change AT ALL over a lifetime. Choleric, Melancholic, Sanguine, Phlegmatic. Most people are a combination of 2 of these temperaments.

3. I never received the slightest proof that they are the same person. I took "XavierSem" at his word, when he claimed to be the same person. I gave him all Nishant's reputation and banned (closed) that account. I haven't heard from Nishant in forever. Maybe he died? Maybe since they're both in India, XavierSem had inside info that Nishant wouldn't be back looking for that account? At any rate, we still have no explanation, not even an official one, as to why XavierSem started that "new" account in the first place if he was Nishant and always was Nishant. It's not like he needed to escape a bad reputation or something! Quite the contrary. In all my years running CathInfo, I've never had someone "start over" with a new account and beg for their reputation from their old account to be brought over. I've had the opposite happen many times (people wanting a clean slate) but never the contrary.

Offline Matthew

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Re: XavierSem Can't Be Same Person as Nishant of 7 years Ago
« Reply #16 on: December 12, 2021, 04:59:47 PM »
Last, but not least (I wanted to make this into a separate post) --

Years ago, there was a big hubbub on CathInfo about identities. People accused both me and my sister (Dulcamara) of having alternate identities. It turned into a three-ring-circus, a real witch-hunt. It was a paranoia fest, with multiple people being accused of having alternate identities on CathInfo. I was one of the last ones "accused". It is almost funny looking back on it, but it was serious at the time. The Salem Witch Trials are not funny. It was rendering the forum useless, and so I had recourse to something that is only moral to use for a grave reason. I believed I had such a grave reason. And that is:

A SOLEMN OATH.

Basically you say something clearly and precisely, leaving no room for mental reservation or loopholes, even explicitly stating such. And you say things like "If I am trying to hide, misdirect or deceive in any way by these my statements, may I be found guilty of the Precious Blood of Christ and may the Just Judge, Jesus Christ, blot out my name from the book of life and consign my soul forever to the eternal fires of hell."

Nishant Xavier may be willing to swear this oath, and that might be enough for some to then trust his story that he is the same person as Nishant.
Or, he might be squeamish or unwilling to swear that oath -- for a number of reasons, including not wanting to perjure himself.

Or, he might not consider his *mere membership* on CathInfo a worthy cause for such an oath. I would respect that. But I will say this: IT MIGHT COME TO THAT.

Again, I made such a public oath on CathInfo about 10 years ago, but it was my forum. My reputation, my forum were on the line. It seemed important enough. But to just be a MEMBER on a given Trad Catholic forum? That might not be a big enough reason to swear an oath. But I suppose that should be left up to the individual. After all, Nishant Xavier seems to think CathInfo is crucial to converting crores and crores of Indians to the Catholic Faith.


Re: XavierSem Can't Be Same Person as Nishant of 7 years Ago
« Reply #17 on: December 12, 2021, 05:03:06 PM »
How many crore times will we have to ask him :sleep:
Sort of sticks in your craw, eh!

Offline Yeti

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Re: XavierSem Can't Be Same Person as Nishant of 7 years Ago
« Reply #18 on: December 12, 2021, 05:07:54 PM »
What??! Come on, you people can't be serious?! :confused:
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You really think some guy in India had an account on here for a while, got trampled to death by an elephant or something, and then his next-door neighbor is now using his log-in credentials to post for him? Or that he conned Matthew into giving him the original guy's credentials? Or something similar?
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Seriously?
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For what possible motive? Why on earth would someone pretend to be some obscure, unknown person on a nearly-unknown web forum (no offense, Matt :cowboy:) to the extent of writing long posts in his name. What is the point of becoming an imposter for someone who barely exists in the first place, as far as the people on this forum are concerned?

Re: XavierSem Can't Be Same Person as Nishant of 7 years Ago
« Reply #19 on: December 12, 2021, 05:15:26 PM »
A SOLEMN OATH.

Basically you say something clearly and precisely, leaving no room for mental reservation or loopholes, even explicitly stating such. And you say things like "If I am trying to hide, misdirect or deceive in any way by these my statements, may I be found guilty of the Precious Blood of Christ and may the Just Judge, Jesus Christ, blot out my name from the book of life and consign my soul forever to the eternal fires of hell."

Nishant Xavier may be willing to swear this oath, and that might be enough for some to then trust his story that he is the same person as Nishant.
Or, he might be squeamish or unwilling to swear that oath -- for a number of reasons, including not wanting to perjure himself.

Or, he might not consider his *mere membership* on CathInfo a worthy cause for such an oath.
I would respect that. But I will say this: IT MIGHT COME TO THAT.

Or he could be a sociopath and lie without scruple.

Never project your values onto people you don't know...