[Foundation-l] [Wikichix-l] Moderating an open list

[Andre Engels]

2006/12/6, Puppy <puppy at killerchihuahua.com>:
>
>
>
> Andre Engels wrote:
> > 2006/12/5, Puppy <puppy at killerchihuahua.com>:
> >
> >
> >>>>>> From what I read below, we are in agreement - yet many women feel
> it
> >>>>>> would be beneficial to have somewhere to discuss bias where they do
> >>>>>>
> >> not
> >>
> >>>>>> have to worry about immediately being attacked for even bringing up
> >>>>>>
> >> the
> >>
> >>>>>> bias issue. That is not, as yet, here.
> >>>>>>
> >> Please point to where I am being too thin skinned. Where I am, in fact,
> >> even stating I am hurt or unhappy in any way, valid or not.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Well, simply speaking, the way *I* read this, is that you feel that
> either
> > you or someone else has been attacked because they brought up the issue.
> Of
> > course, I cannot judge whether you are being hurt by it, but if you do
> not
> > feel that there have been attacks, I don't see why you would consider
> such a
> > worry.
> >
> Because that is a very odd way to read my post. Boiled down, I said
> /Many women feel intimidated and would like a safe place to post./


No, you said 'Women want a place where they are not attacked for bringing up
this subject.' Since you say that should be another place than here, this
means 'People who bring up the subject here are attacked'. And since the
issue was brought up here in the preceding discussion, this means 'People
who brought up the issue in this thread have been attacked for it.'


> A
> sizable number of men have said that, too - yet you choose to lump me in
> with those women, and say *I* am too sensitive (not once did you say
> *they* are too sensitive, although the other posts were often far more
> supportive than mine) and you haven't told any of the men who support
> those who wanted a separate list that *they* were being "too sensitive".


None of those claimed that there had been "attacks" in this thread.


> In other words, you're selectively applying standards and lumping me in
> with "the women" - who are "too sensitive" - rather than responding to
> my actual post. I find this disappointing, but not surprising.
>

Should I really weigh every word for what it might mean when you read it?
And if so, shouldn't you weigh every word for what it might mean when I read
it as well?

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