Posted by Atticus on October 11, 2004, at 20:45:49
In reply to Re: That seems unfair to me » Atticus, posted by AuntieMel on October 11, 2004, at 17:55:19
Please see my earlier statement to PC before she banned me from posting to her, which I don't recall doing much in the past, if at all. I was just comparing a statement made by Bob about newwife possibly making guests feel unwelcome by suggesting they leave and find another hotel (something she never, ever said or even implied, I might add; this bit of unnecessarily sharp-edged hyperbole was completely Bob's own invention. In addition, the comparison of Bob to the unhinged Captain Queeg in "The Caine Mutiny" was not an idea I introduced either, but it sure ramped up the emotional ante in this "discussion.") I just thought that, having read through the whole thread, that it was surprising that PC would say that those unhappy with PB could always go to another site, when Bob had completely fabricated a similar action on newwife's part (told you he was good at rhetorical misdirection) and rejected it as something that had the potential to make the person to whom it was directed feel "unwelcome." Struck me as inconsistent to suggest something in the same spirit as something that Bob himself had rejected (even if he did make it up whole cloth and tack it onto what newwife had said when he responded to her). I feel angry because I feel I've just seen Bob pull this kind of thing too many times to too many people, and not get called on it. So, Bob, I'm calling you on it. It's about time someone did. To move this discussion in a more proactive direction though, I'd like to suggest this: that you delegate the responsibility and have someone else (or a number of people, perhaps graduate psych doctoral students) handle the task of responding to Babblers. People who are perhaps more flexible, more willing to rethink their decisions, like the apparently arbitrary three-post rule, for example. Perhaps your strengths simply don't lie in the administrative area. If they did, I can't help but imagine that this page would less consistently resemble a Roman gladiatorial arena. At least think about it. Atticus
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