Gruff, ALL of the moderators are currently discussing the issue. I don't think there was any ill intent, but there may have been a miscommunication on deletion policies. It is the practice of the Minds Eye moderators to not delete content that doesn't violate Google terms of service, without a discussion as to the reasoning behind it.
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 5:44 PM, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > This morning I posted a short piece using economics to show why (IMHO) > religion and philosophy, the subjects of this thread, are irrelevant. > > Molly, in a fit of irrational pique, unilaterally deleted the post and > sent me the following message by private email: > > "Gruff, I deleted your last post from the Understanding: Mind, > Consciousness, Thought thread because it had nothing to do with the > thread and is an article on a different topic. If you wish to post as > a new thread, I suggest you do this. Or you may have meant to post > this article in Slip's Isn't religion wonderful thread. At any rate, I > wanted to let you know. / Molly" > > I have this day complained about her irrational and prejudicial > actions based in her dislike of me and anything I say. > > I have also posted the following email to OrnamentalMind whom I > understand to be the head honcho moderator here on ME. > > ==== > Orn, in a fit of ornery pique because she looks for any reason to slam > me, Molly deleted a post I put up this morning about which she says in > a private email to me: > > "Gruff, I deleted your last post from the Understanding: Mind, > Consciousness, Thought thread because it had nothing to do with the > thread and is an article on a different topic. If you wish to post as > a new thread, I suggest you do this. Or you may have meant to post > this article in Slip's Isn't religion wonderful thread. At any rate, I > wanted to let you know." > > I did not post my piece to the wrong group. My piece is directly > related to that thread since it points out .... well, here, read it > for yourself. The relevant part is in blue. > > Spend Spend Spend: A short opinion piece on getting the wheels > turning. > > When the wheels of consumer spending start whirling around, > everything else jumps on the bandwagon. We need another call to arms > similar to that Kennedy made: Don't ask what the country can spend for > you, ask what you can spend for your country. > > It's true. Corporations and businesses are sitting on > trillions of dollars. Markets are flourishing but only on the basis > of mergers and acquisitions. Financial institutions are achieving > ever higher profits based solely on pared down balance sheets. > Individuals are reducing credit card debt and saving again. All are > waiting with baited breath to see which way the wind will blow. > > Problem is the wind. That's us. We, the consumers of the > world -- which include everyone from the homeless wench pushing her > grocery cart of worldly possessions down a forlorn street to Warren > Buffet, Carlos Slim, the Walton gang and Bill Gates -- are all the > wind behind the sails of the economy. We are its engine. Think about > it. Unless there is demand productiion will languish. No one is > going to produce a product or service if there is no demand for it. > Demand determines quantity, direction and growth. > > We had it right last time but we got greedy and over-extended > on every level. We did it to ourselves again. Well, we always do, > don't we? It's a moot point but if we could learn to behave we'd do > alright. Big huge gigantic if. > > This is why religion and philosophy are irrelevant. Both have > been charged with teaching people to behave well. But the simple fact > is the human race behaves rather poorly most of the time and neither > discipline has produced much good and a lot of blather. So we rely on > law and regulation. > > Religion and philosophy at best are bright shiny objects to > wonder at. But we are coming into adulthood and it's time to put the > toys away and do what we seem to do best: When we back our collective > asses into a tight corner we finally get up off them and get back in > the game, each time it is hoped with a bit more wisdom and will to > discipline. > > Especially now when so much is depending on us. So lets start > spending some of that money and credit. It's our responsibility to > give back by buying new cars, appliances, clothing, electronics and > new houses in order to get things moving so we may once again reap the > profits and benefits of a vital and growing capitalist economy. > > And for the nouveaux pauvres let us be generous of heart and > allow and encourage our government to grant humane access to food, > clothing, education and shelter to all in need. Money spent in this > manner will come back to us twofold or more and is no less an > investment in our heritage than butter for guns. > > This is not to say we will have achieved the Xanadu of our > desires, but it is hoped that we will have learned enough from this > past fiasco to avoid the next one for a much longer time before we > screw ourselves up again. We know it's coming so the best we can do > each time is put a larger distance and time between the occurrances. > > Est sicut est: We have met the enemy once again and once > again, it is us. > > ==== > > I strongly object to her prejudicial behavior just because she doesn't > like me or what I have to say. I am making this a formal protest > against her behavior. > > Thank you, > > Gruff aka Edward A. Tomchin > >
