Subject: Fwd:  Re: [burningcorn] That was really disappointing

--- In burningcorn@y..., "Gary Xaoui" <gxaoui@c...> wrote:
Paul,
NO offence intended, BUT WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

WHAT Poll??  The only poll mentioned on this Group was started before 
the
event took place.  Unless there was some other poll that I did not 
see,(and
I check this group 3-4 times a day.) I have seen nothing that 
indicates a
final group Rule on this issue other than Permission should be 
obtained for
use of images that are of recognizable persons posted in public 
forms.  No
one has declared the issue closed, only that some of us want to see 
all the
stuff we missed out on because we were actively participating in the 
event
by are own choice and could not experience all that was going on.   
Good
points have been made by both sides, I do not agree with all the 
points made
by my 'friends' or other people who attended.   But a general 
consensus does
seem to be coming out of it.  Some of us are not doing this as a 
flame war,
or gang attack, in fact I have been impressed by the civelness of 
most of
the posts.
In my opinion this is an appropriate form to discuss this.  Not all 
parties
in this group are on line with the regularity of others, so the time 
frame
of the discussion can be longer than you might like.   But since it 
was not
brought up as an issue during the event, or the morning after, we did 
not
have a personal sit down discussion about it.  You are welcome to 
come down
and talk to some of the attendees this Saturday or the following 
Saturday at
my Decompression party and look at some of the evidence in person to 
see how
it is being used and possibly to have any images that you find 
offensive
destroyed or whatever.

Oh and BTY, on the results of that Poll, I am sorry to let whoever 
wanted my
sperm sample down, but I am sterile.  It was a trick question, but if 
you
really want to find out for your self I am willing to provide a 
sample, with
some help of course!! ;^)

Lighten up people in 100 years none of this will matter, or will it?

GXAOUI
----- Original Message -----
From: PAUL
To: <burningcorn@y...>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 3:03 PM
Subject: [burningcorn] That was really disappointing


> Using a poll to shut down a debate before it can move in a direction
> one doesn't like, is just plain cheesy. Is that what somebody here
> just tried to do ? It's hard not to wonder, given the timing.
>
> First, get a group of your friends together. Flame the hell out of
> somebody who dares to argue with your position. Do it fast, before
> he has a chance to find supporters. Then call a vote, before the
> audience has a chance to calm down, and notice how little sense you
> are making. Then declare the issue closed.
>
> Tacky. Really Tacky. List politics at its worst.
>
> You guys spend a few days piling the abuse on a lone visitor. Nobody
objects. Then two of us write in to say, you know what, there's 
another side
to this issue. Would you be open to talking about it, freely and with 
an
open mind ? I guess the answer is no. Really disappointing. I would 
have
hoped for better out of you, but I guess I was wrong.
>
> Paul

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