Reading priveleges
Allan Adler
to them. There are some individuals who sometimes abuse my willingness to
read their postings and, when that is the case, I inform them publicly that
I will stop reading their postings. For example. Ronn Hammonn falls into this
category and his "reading priveleges" have been permanently withdrawn. In
the case of David V., I felt that a more measured response was appropriate,
and I've only withdrawn his priveleges in that particular thread. These
are individuals who, I believe, are capable of doing better. There are others,
whom I won't mention here, who are really incapable of posting competent
articles, being either delusional or weakminded. I don't read their postings
anymore because I know they will be without genuine content.
I don't post regular announcements that I'm no longer reading the postings
of certain individuals, but they know who they are because they have been
publicly informed of it. When individuals who have been publicly informed
that I am not reading their postings any more, or in a particular thread,
continue to reply to my comments, they are doing something which may be
morally questionable, something like picking the pocket of a blind man.
This is the case for the recent postings of Ronn Hammonn and David V. in the
thread "generalizations". I haven't read them and don't intend to.
I have no particular quarrel with David V., even though I might disagree with
him about methodology in social sciences, and I have no problem with the
prospect of reading his postings in the future in other threads. Ronn Hammonn
is simply abusive and I will never read his postings again.
I don't think I ask much beyond politeness, sanity and a genuine interest in
discussion in good faith on the part of people whose postings I consent to
read. Anything beyond that can be debated and discussed. There are enough
people on soc.atheism who meet those conditions to make it worth my while
to continue reading this newsgroup and posting here.
--
Ignorantly,
Allan Adler <a...@zurich.csail.mit.edu>
* Disclaimer: I am a guest and *not* a member of the MIT CSAIL. My actions and
* comments do not reflect in any way on MIT. Also, I am nowhere near Boston.
axlq
Allan Adler <a...@nestle.csail.mit.edu> wrote:
>I put a lot of effort into reading people's postings carefully and replying
>category and his "reading priveleges" have been permanently withdrawn. In
Um, Allan, that comes across as rather arrogant.
Although I appreciate the contributions you make here, as far as I
know you aren't the moderator of this newsgroup, and I suspect most
of us don't post here for the "privilege" of having you read what we
post. Usually when I post here, I don't have you specifically in
mind as my audience, nor would I mind if you ignore what I write.
Nothing personal. This is a group discussion where we all
communicate with one another, not where we all communicate with one
individual.
-A
RonnHammonn
>
> There are some individuals who sometimes abuse my willingness to
> read their postings and, when that is the case, I inform them publicly that
> I will stop reading their postings. For example. Ronn Hammonn falls into this
> category and his "reading priveleges" have been permanently withdrawn.
snip
> Ronn Hammonn is simply abusive and I will never read his postings again.
snip
Lol! If you can't stand the heat.... tuck tail.
RonnHammonn
RonnHammon
I had forgotten about the time, a few years back, when the group was
more active, when Allan went off the deep end with me. His posts are
usually intelligent, informative, and thought provoking. However, as in
the example we saw a few days ago when he went off, in a big way, on a
Goren for format rather than content, he can suddenly become unbearably
arrogant and controlling.
My comment isn't an ad hominem issue since I'm not in an exchange with
him. I'd hate to lose his posts, but I'd hate to lose Goren's posts
just as much.
Adler should not have come down so hard on a simple post by Goren, then
got his panties all in a bunch when Dave and I spotlighted his own
generalization error. What the "devil" is making him so defensive?
RonnHammonn
David V.
> I put a lot of effort into reading people's postings carefully and replying
> to them. There are some individuals who sometimes abuse my willingness to
Plonk.
--
Dave
You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents,
not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
- Abbie Hoffman