On 01/02/2008, John Lee johnleemk@gmail.com wrote:
On Jan 31, 2008 7:48 AM, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
I know you keep mentioning that it shouldn't be a problem because no one here pointed it out - I noticed it, didn't think it was appropriate, and didn't comment because it seemed better just to ignore it completely. That said, I don't know that it is really a subject for AN/I to discuss.
Completely seconded. My first thought when I read Peter's comment was, "Hey, that sounds ridiculous. No point blowing up about it, though - it's not exactly earthshaking that someone else has a completely different opinion from my own." The ANI clusterfuck was completely pointless.
I would have retracted the comment straight away if I thought it would offend a specific person, but everyone thought the same thing I guess and didn't want to provoke further discussion about it. Oh well.
In other news, if we're going to continue on this subject on the mailing list, some restraint with regard to personal attacks/assumptions of bad faith would be nice. Explicit accusations of character assassination, if continued without more than vague evidence will probably be grounds for moderation.
Sorry, I am prone to rash statements such as that and the original statement that caused this fiasco. The character assasination reference basically comes from their lack of restraint in not asking me first (and waiting for a response) before telling the community what a bad person I have been.
Won't happen again.
Peter