/Thanks for all the comments. You can call me Richard, or Dick, or
Willytex, or anything else you want to call me - I don't care. LoL!/
Quoting "[email protected] [FairfieldLife]"
<[email protected]>:
I think this excess of caution from you and others, frankly, is
just another way to express resistance to the new moderation regime, by
making it seem far more onerous than it has any likelihood of turning
out to be. Doug will get bounced as moderator by Rick if he overdoes
things, and he knows it. What Rick wants is for the horrific personal
abuse to stop. Doug has various tools at his disposal short of
banishment, including warnings and setting an individual's posts to come
to him for approval before posting. Let's all relax and see what happens
rather than expecting the worst and protesting it in advance.
As to Doug's last name in the header of his posts, to see it, do
this: Click Reply to any of his posts, then click the downward arrows to
the left of the Subject line, then click the downward arrow to the right
of the TO: line.
Click any of the email addresses shown to send your message to that
address. E.g., the one that says "dhamilton2K5@..." will put that
address in the TO: field and thus send him a personal email.
---In [email protected], <curtisdeltablues@...> wrote :
I didn't snip it as a statement about your posting it Judy. I am
just exercising and abundance of caution in these changing times where I
don't expect the benefit of any doubt. I looked back at a few of Buck's
posts and didn't see his name so until he directly says it is OK to me I
am trying to avoid it in any thread I am posting on. I agree with your
point but I don't believe you would ever be a target of the new regime
while I might be.
It is a bit sensitive for me because a poster here began a campaign to
post my full name by quoting any post where it occurred. I believe that
you are expressing the spirit of the law, but sometimes it is the spirit
that is weak while the flesh is enthusiastically willing!
---In [email protected], <authfriend@...> wrote :
Regarding your snippage below, Rick's policy has always been
that the use of real names is prohibited only if the person wishes to
remain anonymous. Doug uses his real first name to sign his posts, and
his last name is in the header of his posts, so there was no need to
snip it. Mine isn't in the header (it used to be pre-Neo and was on
alt.m.t), and I don't sign my posts, but I've never objected to my real
name being used; I prefer it to my authfriend handle, in fact.
---In [email protected], <curtisdeltablues@...> wrote :
--In [email protected], <authfriend@...> wrote :
My recollection is that Doug was here, as Doug, for quite
awhile after you joined us before becoming "Buck." Maybe someone else
remembers the chronology more clearly.
---In [email protected],
<curtisdeltablues@...> wrote :
Me: Yes that is true. I believe all through the "I can't get a badge
because I wont follow the rules" period he posted as his own name. I
think you always felt more confident about your ability to distinguish
the personalities and viewpoints than I am. I didn't have too many
discussions with him then so I don't have a clear idea of what his real
viewpoint is. Once he went "Buck" that ended any possibility for me.
After he expressed a desire to only be referred to as his new name I
just accepted that Bruce had become Caitlyn and figured it was none of
my business how the personalities were related.
[email protected], <authfriend@...> wrote :
FWIW, "Buck" hasn't been around for quite some time
now. The person appointed to moderate FFL (i.e., to ensure posts do not
violate the Yahoo Guidelines) is snip <name>
That should answer at least some of your questions.
Thank you Judy. It may not shed light on the previously hidden person is
who is going to be interpreting the vague guidelines in specific cases,
but that helps a bit.
---In [email protected], <curtisdeltablues@...> wrote :
Imagine my surprise...
So my question is, who exactly is the person Rick put in charge of
"protecting and enforcing the civility" here, the faux persona "Buck" or
the actual person behind the schtick?
And whose personal sensibilities are we to avoid (what Rauncy used to
refer to as) the peal clutching reaction to things people write here?
Am I supposed to write as if the strict movement fundamentalist "Buck"
might be offended as part of his act, or am I supposed to imagine what
the real person behind the put-on might think about what I write? And
who is that guy anyway since I have read so much more from the mask
creature.
Can I perhaps use the same artifice to express feelings I have, for
example castigating any person who would suggest that perhaps this
easily offended person should just "grow a pair" and stop trying to
control what other people express here? Would I be protected if I said
that I am vehemently opposed to anyone who might suggest that perhaps
this whole ruse was just an attempt by a person who doesn't have the
ability to generate meaningful content here to exert power over people
with creative ability?
Would a post heading of "Why I believe that Maharishi was wrong about
everything" be grounds for me being expelled for hurting the tender
feelings of people with weak intellectual boundaries? (Would the
suggestion that some posters here HAVE weak intellectual boundaries be
enough to bring the Church Lady down on my ass? Could referring to the
persona "Buck" as the Church Lady be seen as hurting tender feelings or
would it just fit into his Movement schtick and be exempt from his
mighty power?
So many questions...
FFL was one of the most wonderful writing resources in my life. It
encouraged me to write enough to express all the changing perspectives I
had on the movement through a long period of time. And although to some,
my views might be seen as not going through an evolution, I can assure
you they did. Not about fundamentals like whether Maharishi's model of
development of consciousness has merit, but in how I relate to people
who still maintain what I view as a fantasy equivalent to the Christian
concept of being saved, getting "enlightened." There was even a period
after Maharishi died where I experimented with TM again to give it
another consideration from my perspective today, on its own without the
belief hype. And although I concluded that as enjoyable as the
experience is, it does not serve a value for my life today, I loved
taking that trip down Mantra-Memory Lane.
FFL became unsafe for me to post on a while back when people decided
that going after my personal life would be the best way to stop me from
voicing my opinions here. It worked and they won. I accept that. But
before I accept that the whole place has jumped the shark with regard to
freedom of expression for everyone I want to say this:
I am completely against anyone who would flip the bird to this
self-appointed feeling-level policing of FFL. If anyone suggested that
this is an example of a fragile ego gone wild and allowed to fulfill his
fantasy of being in charge of what other people express, as well as
being a complete pain in the ass to even have to think of what this
person's idiotically tiny perspective might be about what I write...
I would report this person to the moderator right away to protect the
tender feelings of what (and again I oppose this view completely so try
to keep up) might be charitably referred to F'n crybabies whose beliefs
are so unsupportable and fanciful that they cannot accept any challenge.
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