On Thu, 2019-01-10 at 11:37 -0500, Rob McEwen wrote: > On 1/10/2019 10:44 AM, Jim Popovitch via mailop wrote: > > you are de-valuing mine, > > Actually, your opinion about these organizations was important and > noteworthy. if someone has a conflict of interest, it *is* helpful to > get feedback indicating that such an entity is reported to be > operating ethically, even if the conflict of interest remains. That > is noteworthy and valued. So I actually *do* value your opinion on > this matter. I just think you have a poor understanding of how/why > some entity's ethics doesn't and shouldn't necessarily be enough to > counter the problems caused by them having a "conflict of interest" > (even if your opinions are still very helpful) > > > strictly because I have a biz agreement with some entity you > > dislike. > > You're attributing beliefs/opinions/feels/assumptions to me that I > haven't expressed.
Yet 2 days ago (Tue, 8 Jan 2019 16:36:28 -0500) you said: > At the very least, it is a suspicious practice. And certain people > high up in the industry have strongly warned me against ever doing > ANYTHING like that Clearly that is a stated "dislike" of an entity's practice. > The PRINCIPLES I expressed stand alone and stand on their own apart > from my feelings or motivations or likes or dislikes. I'm morbidly > fascinated that you can't see that. (but as an INTP personality type > - I'm wired to have an objectivity that often transcends and > overcomes my own personal feelings - one that is often brutally > honest, even to a point that I am my worst critic!) > > > I gave you, and this list, my fair assessment of the entity based > > on years of doing business with them > > And as I said, that was valuable (even if PARTLY "besides the point") At least once, if not multiple times you have expressed to me the following: > (there is just so much going on here that you're missing...) So, admittedly, I'm confused about your responses. Clearly, to me, it seems that you feel I have no idea about what I am saying, therefore my experienced opinion (which btw was also stated by others) is lacking. I'm done wagging this dog, have your last words and revel in them. -Jim P. _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://chilli.nosignal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mailop
