Posted by seahunt on January 11, 2002 at 12:40:55:
In Reply to: Re: Poll: GLinSD on BBS, in or out posted by Kendall Raine on January 11, 2002 at 09:02:42:
>Let's be honest. If you remove the stupid comments and outright prevarication, what's left?
A lot of interesting stuff by a lot of different divers that I would like to
dive with, talking about places I'd like to dive.
>I assume that you also intend to edit in real time so that we'll be rid of him for good.
No, if I do it, I'll just delete anything I see that seems like another of
his typical stupid posts. I'll try to judge if any have any merit and leave
them. My first judgement was just to delete his posts. Immediatly, I didn't
like that, because I just don't like to delete anyting and some people have
gotten all lathered up about what doesn't seem like a very un-reasonable
action.
>My question is, why now? You and Chris allowed this mindlessness to go on for months
>despite overwhelming public opinion. Please explain, as you offered, the rationale
>behind this. I suspect you have a much bigger opportunity to improve the tarnished
>reputation of this board by being forthcoming on your motives than by simply
>removing/censoring one person.
What "overwhelming public opinion"? No one ever wrote me an email
to complain about personal attacks. Looking at my records, I see
that you wrote to Chris about his posts being stupid and useless, but
there is nothing in the FAQ about that. Still as far I know, you were
the only one to even complain about that. Everyone else just called him
a liar and a jerk on the BBS. For me his stupid attacks were overshadowed
by some ongoing personal attacks that were common on the board at the
time.
Whether you believe it or not, the objective of the editors of the
board has been to not edit when at all possible.
I don't suppose MHK ever mentioned the posts from GLinSD I used to
send him as I removed them. There were a lot of other off board
communications as well. GlinSD got removed fairly
regularly.
Another answer to you is that GLinSD, for all his uselessness,
very rarely made personal attacks. Attacks on DIR/GUE for being
marketing arms of halycon, as being unsafe, as being a dieing
movement, or whatever are no more attacks on people than they
are true. It's the same as attacking PADI, except that there
are more enthusiastic DIR proponents than PADI worshippers.
GLinSD did not mention BBS members by name, as did some
others.
What would have given credibility to this board would have been
more members of the BBS community requesting their friend,
Mr. Kane to stop his, unprovoked, personal, by name, attacks
on Chris and I.
I just wish that Chris would drop the Free and Open line, cuz
it is meaningless and it only gives ammunition for people who
want to pester him when he made a reasonable response to constant
personal attacks.
You saw what happened when the personal attacks against this BBS
were posted on the new BBS. No one wanted them and they said
so.
You tell me one thing Mr. Credability. Did you ever speak up against
the unprovoked personal attacks against Chris and I on this board?
seahunt