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  • Dec. 5th, 2007 at 9:37 AM
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I don't blame my youngest for being slumped in a chair this morning; we're all tired, I think.  Instead of easily sliding into sleep last night, I was busy trying to work out a story scene in my head; can't sleep when that happens.

I am feeling a little pissed off, though, which helps to wake a person up.  In a local (provincial, really) pagan email list I help mod, an acquaintance of mine has come forward and is complaining about the shit end of the stick he was handed by a provinical group he'd belonged to.  Now, this group was annoying from the getgo, I know the local members and don't like them.  He, on the other hand, saw them as harmless.  Hah, now he's finding out they aren't.  Still, I'm torn.  I want to post on the issue, but as a mod, I shouldn't be stirring the pot.  

Mainly, what's pissing me off, is that the guy who's been... blacklisted and slandered by this group, is trying to bring his situation to the attention of the pagan public, and people are complaining because they don't want to be involved.  WTF?  Why do people join a list and then expect not to be involved? 
 

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[info]windtear wrote:
Dec. 6th, 2007 01:05 am (UTC)
Well, speaking as someone who is not involved at all, how relevant is it to the general group? Because if this is a personal matter between this man and the persons in charge of the group, then his bitching is just that, bitching. "They were so horrible to MEEEEE!" It's only relevant if it affects the group as a whole and is meant as a warning rather than a vent. "I was a member and when I was a member they did this and this to other people. Then they went and did it to ME. So watch out!"

If it's statement one, then, well, no. I DON'T want to be involved. Breakups, romantic or otherwise, do not need audience participation. The second, again, I won't comment, but it would be tucked away in my 'things that are good to know' category.
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[info]perchta wrote:
Dec. 6th, 2007 11:16 pm (UTC)
hmmm. good point.

I think it's a bit of both. However, he's a fairly well known person in the area, so if his reputation has been damaged by this group, he should feel able to defend himself publicly. On the other hand, I'm fairly sure he left himself wide open to be taken advantage of (he's really too trusting of other people's honorability) and walked right into this problem. He's not very practical.

So far, I'm simply saying that H is indeed a good person, and not taking on the debate as a whole. And so is another person who knows him; and who is a member of the group that he claims to have slandered him (a different branch, though).

the elist is a regional thing, to help bring together locals, so it is something that I think the list should allow, but only up to a point.

generally the list only degenerates into a flame war over stupid things, so this should end up as little more than a blip in the grand scheme of things!
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