-Caveat Lector-
>>Those who post on these
>>boards and claim to be adult enough to discuss various theories in a
>>mature
>>manner should have vocabularies large enough not to need graphic detailed
>>descriptions of all manner of criminal behavior and sexual abberations.
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>
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>Personally, I wasn't offended. Words are only words. They don't bother me.
>But there are a great many people who read this list who are offended by
>this sort of description. Personally, I think they're being silly. But be
>that as it may, what I think is not what matters here.
It's very brave to claim that 'I'm not offended but others are', like when an
interviewer ask 'Some people are saying that...'. If this is what you believe say so.
If it isn't what you beleive why are you saying it?
Neither is what
>they think. What matters is what we think. If we collectively agree to try
>not to offend gratuitously, we'll all get along better. There are some
>things we say, and need to say, here that are going to offend anyway
>because they speak to fundamental philosophical and religious differences.
>These things should not go unsaid simply because saying them would offend
>some people. This would be tyranny. But even they can be stated in ways
>that make it clear that we respect each other's differences and are
>willing overlook them in the context of this list. It behooves us all to
>do so because each of us, even those who are bitter enemies, stand to gain
>and to learn from at least some of what each other post. So let's be
>polite, even if we don't mean it. We'll all profit if we do.
>But this story was not one of those cases. This story was disruptive,
>nothing more, nothing less. Was this intentional? Draw your own
>conclusions.
Uh huh. The personal attacks begin again.
The story was simply uncalled for, particularly in the form
>it was presented. For one thing, it was off topic. The author alluded to a
>cover up. A story about the cover up would have been on topic. But the
>story wasn't about the cover up. It was about the deeds themselves. This
>makes it off topic. This list is not about child abuse. It's about
>conspiracy. The story was not about conspiracy. It was about child abuse.
>Therefore it didn't belong here. It belonged on a list about child abuse.
So all that stuff always being posted about Recovered/False memories is irrelevant to
the list? Please email Kris and Alex Constantine etc. and let them know to stop
sending this irrelevant material.
>
>The wording was flat out guaranteed to offend some people here. It did.
>Inevitably, it then soaked up bandwidth, time and attention that otherwise
>would have been devoted to conspiracy. Was this intentional? Draw your own
>conclusions.
The wording was quoted verbatim from the article. The soaking up of bandwidth has been
caused by you and others like you complaining about it, attacking my motives for
posting it and generally displaying your ignorance.
>
>Whether they are the product of intention or not, disruptive and
>distracting posts are bad for the list, the listers, the discussion, and
>conspiracy research. Many of us who read this list in order to be exposed
>to news and history we might otherwise overlook. This stuff gets in the
>way. Perhaps we should ask ourselves who it is who gains most by getting
>in our way. It would certainly help us draw our conclusions about the
>possible role of intent in such postings.
I'll post more on this later when I get a chance.
Joe
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