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Re: My Stance
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 23 Oct 2000 19:16:32 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Eric Kingsley writes:
> There was one other thing that bothered me durring the discussion however
> and that is the fact that it seems some people decided to tell Todd
> privately that if Matthew was not banished that they would leave.
One person said that, but I'm not sure how serious they were. A couple of
other people hinted at it. Two or three people (I think two) said that they
would set up a killfile.
> Because this was done
> privately I can't quote word for word but it all sounds like threats to me
> and we don't need that here.
I don't think they meant it as a threat. I certainly didn't see it that way.
It was preceded by "It's your call, but I also want to say that I would be
likely to pack up and leave if he stays and continues to act this way" (this
is from memory -- not a direct quote -- and paraphrased) and I think it was
intended as something to take into consideration -- something to illustrate
the level of frustration.
> I still feel that some people need to learn how to
> disagree (politely of course). We are not all going to agree all the time
> and trying to force a viewpoint with threats of any kind is not the right
> way to go about it. Sometimes you just have to agree to disagree and be
> done with it.
I agree, and I'm no saint on this point, either. I also like what ScottA
wrote earlier about trying not to say things online that you wouldn't say to
someone in person. (That advice assumes a generally polite personality to
start with, and probably won't work so well with rude dispositions, but I
think most people are generally polite in real life, as long as their mad
buttons aren't pushed. :-)
> Finally I would like to say that I am not in any way sad to see Matthew go.
> I just wanted to try and do my part to ensure that he was banished for the
> right reasons.
I am personally sad that someone has been thrown out who put up space models
that I really enjoyed (especially the weaponry sections). I would still feel
that way even if the commotion had been 10x what it was.
--Todd
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| (...) I just wanted to add that I agree with Eric J. once again. I know I and a few others were playing a bit of devils advocate durring this discussion. Thats mostly because I thought several peoples reasoning for banishment were misguided. There (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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