(2017-10-19, 11:40 PM)Steve001 Wrote: Me:
Karmarling:
It's necessary to remind you when the present skeptiko forum was set up shortly there after 7 members were banned from posting on all forums save two. That law did relax somewhat a few years later though. However, overtime the voices of skepticism were slowly extinguished and some of the reason can be attributed to the blatant hostile reactions by skeptiko's members.
I was not implying any sort of solidarity when I used "we". Do we have more latitude here or not to express? But first consider two skeptiko sub-forums were shut down.
We have two different interpretations of what David wrote. To me it appeared as if he was wagging his finger at Chris. Something that was sort of a habit as a mod. I agree David has as much right to participate as anyone else, but what I was saying is why is he here when he has skeptiko? Also, I was implying it's none of David's business to ask why Chris chooses to post. I even wrote as much:
Nor was I implying David thought Chris should be excluded do to forum policy
Alex's unilateral and your acknowledgement of his authoritarian tactics (see below) is not [strike]gestapo[/strike] autocratic?
Maybe you've forgotten why this forum was started? Maybe you don't remember what your feelings were when Alex effectively turned his site into an echo chamber? I believe these two quotes fairly summarize the unspoken sentiments of many members.
A quote from you:
Alex's reply to you:
manjit wrote:
None of what you have quoted serves as justification for you assuming that you can speak for others. I had my reasons and I still think they were valid - but they were expressed as my own feelings. I have equally strong feelings about your behaviour on this forum and on Skeptiko - being unrelentingly negative - so I could ask you the same question: why are you here? You seem to find faults in others but are blind to your own.
And no, authoritarian does not equate to gestapo tactics. That was an analogy too far.
I do not make any clear distinction between mind and God. God is what mind becomes when it has passed beyond the scale of our comprehension.
Freeman Dyson
(This post was last modified: 2017-10-20, 12:40 AM by Kamarling.)
Freeman Dyson