--- In [email protected], "seventhray1" <steve.sundur@...> wrote:
>
> Judy, Vaj can read the post himself and come to whatever 
> conclusions he wants.  Why would you suggest that I attempt
> to educate Vaj on what Raunchy said and meant?

Thank you. You just did, by quoting it from my post. Vaj
won't read my post; he seems to read yours. All Vaj needs
to remedy his misunderstanding is to know *what* she said.

See below for another comment.

> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
> >
> > Now let's see, Steve, whether you do the right thing
> > and enlighten Vaj as to what Raunchy actually said,
> > since Vaj has misunderstood your capsule description.
> >
> > --- In [email protected], Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
> > >
> > > On Jan 22, 2012, at 6:56 PM, seventhray1 wrote:
> > >
> > > > But today, you have Raunchy coming in with a blistering
> > > > attack on Vaj's credibility.
> > >
> > > Gee, I guess I should be glad I don't read all the posts
> > > here: there's always the latest bunch of character assassins
> > > you're expected to respond to. Just because I don't waste
> > > my time on this crap doesn't mean it's OK or anything I agree
> > > with.
> > >
> > > Screw her, she wasn't there, I was.
> >
> > Hint: Not a thing about being there or not.
> >
> > Here, I'll make it easy for you. This is what Raunchy wrote:
> >
> > "Vaj, your obsessive interest in Robin's long ago seminars
> > boarders on pathological. Given your animus to Robin, why
> > on earth would anyone trust you with Robin's old video
> > tapes? Private circulation, my ass. Is a video always kept
> > private once it's possible to upload it to youtube? I don't
> > believe for a minute that you care about 'horribly damaging'
> > anyone. Creepy. Creepy. Creepy, SOB."
> >
> > I'm betting you won't.

Which posts Vaj reads aside, however, in my book, integrity
requires that when someone misunderstands something you wrote
about what someone else said, you remedy that misunderstanding,
especially if you know it's unlikely the person will undertake
to confirm for themselves what was said about them, believing
they've understood you correctly. Otherwise you're responsible
for the misunderstanding.

Raunchy attacked Vaj's credibility with regard to what he
might do with the videos of Robin's seminars. Vaj thought
she had attacked it with regard to his descriptions of
what supposedly happened in the seminars.

So I was right: You didn't do the right thing. At least not
deliberately.


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