Hi folks,
A few of you have written to me privately with your concern and care about
the recent hostilities directed against me and New Energy Times by one
person in particular.
I appreciate your care and thank you for your thoughts.
Bottom line, as far as I see it, I don't think there is any way to report
ugly facts without experiencing some kind of blowback. Inevitably, if I
work precisely and report something important but not pretty, somebody's
going to be upset. I think that's the sad truth. Obviously what I reported
recently was not unimportant and meaningless to people - as evidenced by
the strong responses.
If anybody has any better ideas on how to report ugly facts, I'm very open
to hearing them. I decided that the recent facts were worthy of reporting.
I think I worked very hard to present the facts as objectively as possible.
The only other alternative I can think of would have been to refrain from
reporting some, or all the facts.
But if one is fearful of inevitable outrage, vicious attacks and subsequent
threats such as this:
"Those who support his work should pay close attention, if he can't be
guided through this, it's going down the tubes. The tide is turning, CF is
becoming respectable, and nothing is likely to stop that, but some
organizations will survive and some not."
...and one acquiesces to such threats, or avoids speaking one's mind in the
future, or sharing one's facts for fear of such attacks, what then does
that amount to besides succumbing to blackmail?
Steve
