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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Leonard Hoffman wrote:
> Just an open question to Lugnet.
>
> In the recent thread about Richie Dulin's Nazi Spiffcraft, I felt the need to
> speak my mind about the subject matter Richie posted. I made, what I felt, was
> an honest and accurate critique.
Really? Looked to me like little more than 'not funny, this shouldn't even be on
lugnet', which is a fair enough comment I suppose, but to characterise it as
'honest and accurate' is stretching credibility a bit. 'Off the cuff' might be a
better term.
> That critique prompted a host of responces,
> etc which has turned into a fairly ugly flame war that doesn't seem to want to
> die.
Well, out of the 143 responses in that thread, 20 of them are yours. That's a
fair old chunk of not letting it die there dude, and that's not even counting
this thread.
> My question is this: Should I have kept my mouth shut? I felt that I should say
> something, but that might have been the wrong thing to do.
That is not something that anyone but you can answer.
> I wanted to critique
> Richie's MOC, but I was also concerned about what that MOC might say about AFOL
> community at large.
Thankfully, your words have left a far more lasting impression on me, as I'm
sure they have on many others, of what an AFOL is than any space nazi moc has.
> Second question: Should I have said my peace and then left the conversation,
> despite accusations that I wanted to censor Richie, or that I support Stalin's
> mass murders, that I'm a racist or the other misunderstandings that were being
> spread?
Again, entirely up to you. Do you really not know when it is or isn't
appropriate to post that you need to ask us, or is this another wind-up?
Post as much or as little as you want. My question to you is: What is promting
all these questions?
> This seems to happen from time-to-time, where I have an opinion that is
> unpopular and people feel the need to speak out against me. At BrickFest, Jude
> asked me why I was always so negative. I don't want to be negative, but when
> someone says something untrue about me or my motives, I feel the need to correct
> it. It is that, I think, that turns it into a flame war.
I like your old stuff better than your new stuff.
Cheers,
Allister
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