Re: Goodbye TECHWR-L (fwd)

Subject: Re: Goodbye TECHWR-L (fwd)
From: "Michael West" <mbwest -at- bigpond -dot- net -dot- au>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 10:50:41 +1000


Eric wrote:

> For all of you who have seen fit to harass Andrew (publicly
> or privately), I do hope you feel good about your role in
> silencing his voice. Unfortunately, I think that the only
> abiding lesson that the community will learn from this is
> that the community can be sanitized from dissenting opinions
> through sufficient effort, complaining, and offline
> harassment. As a result, the next person who dares to
> challenge the status quo will have a harder time of it,
> and the community and profession will be worse off for it.


I find this remark interesting because the only time
I have been "harassed offline" in association with
this news list was on the first occasion that
I posted a rebuttal to something Andrew Plato
posted. It was not Andrew who tried to silence
me, but (apparently) one of his fan club.

That said, I agree with the general sentiment that
dissent and debate is generally healthy in a forum
such as this. I grew weary of Andrew's general insults
towards people with whom he disagreed, and his
incessant hyperbole followed by back-pedalling, but
I see no reason why a group like techwr_l should not
tolerate lively and even heated discussions.

I've "quit" the group before and then come back;
I suspect he will too.

--
Michael West
Melbourne, Australia




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