From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Mon Jul 21 2003 - 01:36:37 MDT
On Sunday 20 July 2003 21:32, Dossy wrote:
> On 2003.07.20, Harvey Newstrom <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com> wrote:
> > I am asking that we keep the current rules disallowing ad hominem and
> > personal attacks.
>
> I realize Harvey has already stomped his virtual feet, picked up his
> virtual toys, and virtually gone home ... but, I'd like to throw my two
> cents in while things are still hot enough to incense whatever fools are
> left reading this rubbish:
>
> I thought we were mostly adults, and supposedly intellectually advanced
> ones at that, on this mailing list. If "rules" of civility need to be
> "enforced" here, perhaps people really aren't as smart as they think
> they are. (This is, of course, no big surprise.)
>
They do need to be enforced because we all have things to learn about being
truly civil and productive. I am sorry if that offends you of course.
> The other side of this coin is, of course, we're supposedly all
> intelligent adults here. If we, and our ideas, can't stand up to
> intense critical review ... perhaps its time to get out of the kitchen?
>
Why are you bring up that canard yet again? Criticism is not what was
objected to. Uncivilized bullying, slander, and various flavors of ad
hominem are objectionable. When we do not say so and act to stop them
when/if they crop up then we truly aren't very smart or very adult. We
certainly can make any believable claims on being the vanguard of the futurue
if we can't deal with something so elementary.
- samantha
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