Ed Poor wrote:
You are miscontruing nearly everything I've said.
It has the effect of
putting words in my mouth.
ROTFL...this from a guy who just finished complaining that I "wished
aloud for the ability to murder me by electrocution." I think that
constitutes quite an extreme and unwarranted misconstrual of MY words.
You then use these words in strawman arguments to
disparage my
character.
This discussion has reached a point of diminishing returns. I don't
think anything I've written has been a "straw man argument" or a
misconstrual of your words, and you haven't provided any specific
examples. If, however, you would like to point out specific cases
where you think I've misconstrued your words, I'll take a look at
them. (For the sake of sparing everyone else, perhaps we should do
this off-list.)
The main point, though, is that I'm happy to see Ed state the following:
I will not issue unilateral temporary bans on egregious
NPOV
violators, and you
would be just as wrong to suggest I would do such a thing as I would be
to accuse you of plotting to murder me. (BTW, you're not plotting that,
are you? ;-)
No, of course I'm not plotting to murder you, Ed. But if it's wrong
to suggest that you would issue unilateral temporary bans, you should
realize that your own words were what created that suggestion. This
is what you wrote in your original post:
I'm going to start issuing official warnings to
NPOV violators. If that
doesn't slow them down, I'm going to suspend them -- give them a
temporary ban.
Those were your words, right? How did I "misconstrue" them? Is there
some way to construe those words OTHER than as a declaration of
intent to issue unilateral bans?
In any case, I'm glad to see that Ed has now clearly stated that he
will NOT issue unilateral bans. I'm sure he also understands by now
that he has no authority to issue "official warnings." Whether this
is a retraction or a clarification doesn't matter. I thank him for
making it clear that he will do the right thing.
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| Sheldon Rampton
| Editor, PR Watch (
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| Author of books including:
| Friends In Deed: The Story of US-Nicaragua Sister Cities
| Toxic Sludge Is Good For You
| Mad Cow USA
| Trust Us, We're Experts
| Weapons of Mass Deception
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