bnashier
August 30th, 2004, 11:35 PM
I would like to make a few points home to all of us. These thoughts are driven by the simple philosophy that if we don’t say anything to correct something that we believe could be much improved, then the impact of silence is more harmful than the risk of letting the thoughts out. Let me start with some philosophical notes here.
Many of us engage in activities/works in life with all good intentions and high hopes to make an impact on our lives and of those who come in contact with us. Along the way, we come across many situations that we may not like. Let me highlight just of two cases.
1. Someone says or writes something about our work or effort that is not correct (I mean the truthfulness of the statement is not correct.) If it is done on a public platform and the statement is not correct, sooner or later public will realize that the statements are false - and we don’t need to waste our energy to defend ourselves. In fact, we often increase risk of more mistakes as a result of some hasty actions. We should keep ourselves busy with our mission that matters. It is a difficult but a very high road IF we can take it.
2. Someone says or writes something about our work or effort that is correct. If it is less than flattery, we have an option to improve ourselves or maintain status quo. Choice is ours.
Let us come to Jatland now, and a specific incident that triggered my post.
Note: I weighed the option to write to administrators as a private note, but, since it involves all members, a public post is the right option.
Very surely enough, writers MUST refrain from any language that is less than appropriate or any thing that could potentially bring bad results. Once that norm is observed, rest is a matter of opinions and free speech. We simply have to respect that on a public platform, otherwise the entire outlook and results of our efforts would change.
In the current incident, some member wrote a post on August 29, 2004 on the thread “www.********.net launched.” That post was not vulgar in any shape or meaning. Its content reflected the author’s belief that the administrators/moderators take anything out if it is not pleasing to them. THAT IS ALL, unless I missed something. Now that post is gone.
Let me give the administrator/moderator the benefit of the doubt in that the statement was false. Then let it stay there and you have nothing to worry. The audience can decide and ignore that post, siding with you that it was just a bark. If an author writes to us a personal note then we have the luxury of using a click of a mouse to remove it. If something is written as a public post, then public should exercise its discernment. If someone becomes unduly abusive of any administrator/moderator, public will certainly note that and will run to defense. By REMOVING that post you have turned his statement into TRUTH. You just removed it as he was saying that you do that!
I will end the current message here simply because hereon we are all free to use our own thought process.
Many of us engage in activities/works in life with all good intentions and high hopes to make an impact on our lives and of those who come in contact with us. Along the way, we come across many situations that we may not like. Let me highlight just of two cases.
1. Someone says or writes something about our work or effort that is not correct (I mean the truthfulness of the statement is not correct.) If it is done on a public platform and the statement is not correct, sooner or later public will realize that the statements are false - and we don’t need to waste our energy to defend ourselves. In fact, we often increase risk of more mistakes as a result of some hasty actions. We should keep ourselves busy with our mission that matters. It is a difficult but a very high road IF we can take it.
2. Someone says or writes something about our work or effort that is correct. If it is less than flattery, we have an option to improve ourselves or maintain status quo. Choice is ours.
Let us come to Jatland now, and a specific incident that triggered my post.
Note: I weighed the option to write to administrators as a private note, but, since it involves all members, a public post is the right option.
Very surely enough, writers MUST refrain from any language that is less than appropriate or any thing that could potentially bring bad results. Once that norm is observed, rest is a matter of opinions and free speech. We simply have to respect that on a public platform, otherwise the entire outlook and results of our efforts would change.
In the current incident, some member wrote a post on August 29, 2004 on the thread “www.********.net launched.” That post was not vulgar in any shape or meaning. Its content reflected the author’s belief that the administrators/moderators take anything out if it is not pleasing to them. THAT IS ALL, unless I missed something. Now that post is gone.
Let me give the administrator/moderator the benefit of the doubt in that the statement was false. Then let it stay there and you have nothing to worry. The audience can decide and ignore that post, siding with you that it was just a bark. If an author writes to us a personal note then we have the luxury of using a click of a mouse to remove it. If something is written as a public post, then public should exercise its discernment. If someone becomes unduly abusive of any administrator/moderator, public will certainly note that and will run to defense. By REMOVING that post you have turned his statement into TRUTH. You just removed it as he was saying that you do that!
I will end the current message here simply because hereon we are all free to use our own thought process.