Posted by jane d on January 9, 2011, at 4:50:29
In reply to Re: Truly disillusioned by this entire thread, posted by violette on January 9, 2011, at 0:06:59
> Well Jane, after all the concerns repeatedly addressed to Phillipa - I have never seen her come here to reassure people that she would take our privacy concerns seriuosly.
Why should she have to? Why should she alone be singled out to explain something that many people have done? What right does anyone have to demand that? Sheer power because no one is stepping in to stop it? How is that, to use an old fashioned concept, remotely decent?
> Overall, the conerns have to be addressed publicly. When gossip is started, inaccurate information is passed around privately - how are you supposed to address these things privately, when you don't know all the members who are involved in the private discussions? What are people supposed to do-babblemail every member here and ask them privately?You can't. It's that simple. You can't control what people say about you privately. You can't fact check it, you can't spin it, you can't even always know about it. And, even after someone has helpfully told you (privately of course) what someone else is saying you can't really ever know whether what you've been told is true. You can ignore it. That's about it.
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