--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just for the record, Michael has done his share of > "picking on" in the past--big-time, in fact. I can't > recall whether you were ever on TMNews or TMControversy, > but he used to go ballistic on occasion on those forums > when someone disagreed with him and blast them to > kingdom come.
I've been around at TMNews, thats where we actually met first,Judy. And I had some exchange with Michael there. He wasn't getting ballistic at that point, but was more or less like he is now. (Maybe I was getting a bit ballistic at that time, eg with Joe Kollet) > > But there is no way to enforce honesty in a forum, except if it > > moderated, and that nobody really wants. > > Well, depending on what you mean by "enforce." > General, strongly expressed disapproval from the > participants in a forum can be a powerful incentive > to clean up one's act. It certainly is. <snip> > Actually I'm far more interested in Barry being > represented correctly to others. You know that I > call Barry on his lack of honesty with regard to other > participants (yourself included) and to nonpersonal > topics, not just with regard to what he says about me. And I surely have appreciated. <snip> > It isn't a matter of maturity, it's a matter of keeping > track. In many cases you forget what someone actually > said or did, so when Barry lies about it, you're not > necessarily going to spot the lies. Generally I think it's a matter of relation. What is the relation of the amount of effort and time you put in to point out somebodies shortcomings to the actual gain? In this case I think its okay, to make some self-defense for example, or point out dishonesty, but how far would you go on about it? For me there is simply very often no time to do it. > There's also an underlying sense--which may or may > not be accurate but does have some influence on how > people see things--that if one doesn't rebut something > someone else has said, it's because one doesn't *have* > a rebuttal, that silence constitutes acquiescence, and > that what the person has said must be accurate. I disagree very strongly here. Silence simply means silence, no agreement. How would you ever break the vicious circle of everybody wanting to have the last word? I reserve for myself the right to step out of an argument at any time without further comment, and expect that anbody else may do the same. Simply sometimes I have no time, I am not always online, I can't attend to threats at my working time, or if , only in a very limited way. So I'm not a slave to this. If somebody thinks I have nothing to say on this, its okay. <snip> > The only "reputation" I'm interested in for myself is > that of honesty, Michael. I don't care whether people > here like me or consider me a "good person," as long > as they recognize that I'm an honest person. AFAIU they do. > That's true, but it's not that easy to dig posts out > of the archive on Yahoo. That alternate archive site > is a lot better, but it's a pain to have to switch back > and forth from Yahoo to that site. With Google Groups, > consulting the archives is vastly more efficient than > with Yahoo Groups, and you can see the text of recent > posts in a thread all on one page. The Yahoo interface is simply a pain in the ass. <snip> > I know you do, Michael, and I thank you for your concern. > I just don't happen to agree with many of your points. > > Different strokes for different folks and all that... Sure :-) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
