Hello Bill,
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 9:24 AM, John Reimer <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hello Christopher,
Anyway, my point is that I had no cause to presume anything about his
name
without content from his site. If he is able to publicly and
actively
promote his desired lifestyle, then I most surely am able to reject
or
refute it, correct? What perhaps you should have suggested is that
he keep
his private lifestyle private if he didn't want to be confronted
about it,
right?
Reject and refute all you want, but these newsgroups are not the forum
for doing it.
A blog post of your own or an offline message to the person in
question would be a more appropriate response, I think.
--bb
Yes, this effectively moderates me, but does not moderate the other individual
for his contribution. This is typical response, Bill.
Walter has set no bounds to this forum. There is no definiton of "appropriate"
here. Walter has long since indicated that fact by inaction. I'm merely
proving this. And the content of past posts and the example here just shows
to what extent these bounds extend ... practically unlimited! Somebody here
once made a death threat without anybody batting an eye! That's pathetic.
I'll admit I'm not always right or even discrete in my approach. But I am
very serious about standing against what I consider very dangerous material.
And from the vantage point of the "rock I'm under" apparently things are
pretty bad now even though I've seen and heard a lot over the years.
Here's another thing:
Remember "SuperDan"? This is a good example of a guy who you all exercised
"pressure" on to conform to your etiquette (I especially remember Jarrett
doing so, interestingly). Why? By what standard? Was he not playing according
to the rules of "niceness"? Apparently even this community has limits.
Walter didn't even step in when it was at its worst. I couldn't stand SuperDan's
language or sick analogies.... but his antics were completely fair game in
a community like this... and those of you who resisted him for it were practically
hypocrites, if you will pardon my directness. I wonder what kind of character
assassinations went on then?
If I publicly denounce something, it may be rejected, refuted, ignored or
even detested. But I believe there is sometimes very good reason to confront
things publicly, just as there is equal right for you to reject what I'm
saying publicly.I
-JJR
