On Mar 10, 2016 07:19, "Erik Moeller" eloquence@gmail.com wrote:
2016-03-09 16:56 GMT-08:00 Pete Forsyth peteforsyth@gmail.com:
I feel this message can provide important insight into the dynamics surrounding James H.'s dismissal, and various people have expressed interest in seeing it, so I'm forwarding it to the list. (For what it's worth, I did check with James H.; he had no objection to my sharing it.)
Pete, regardless of Jimmy's words in this email, like others, I fail to see how it's okay to share a private email to this list. I can think of a few instances where this might be ethically defensible -- like actual fraud being committed -- but this is not one of them. It's totally fair for people to ask Jimmy to clear the air on stuff himself, but this crosses the line, at least from my point of view.
This comes down to giving a person you're corresponding with an honest, open channel by which they can apologize, clarify, and make things right. By violating that private channel you're making it implicitly impossible to have that kind of conversation.
I share this opinion.
Rupert