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Subject: Discussions of ethics and locked threads

atthisstage opened this issue on Jan 08, 2003 ยท 151 posts


xoconostle posted Thu, 09 January 2003 at 3:08 PM

I didn't demand an apology, but I will suggest that it would be the correct, honest, and adult thing to do in light of ScottA's offensive false accusation. Even if "personal attack" means "harrassment" to him, it's still a 100% false claim in my case, and in the case of at least a few others whom he smeared by including "everyone in this thread." I don't appreciate harassment of this site's administrators. I have been "cyber-stalked" as the result of political disagreemetns on Usenet in the past, which included anonymous death threats left on my home answering machine. It was a frightening, infurtiating, terrible experience. It was serious harrassment. I wouldn't wish it or a milder version of the same on anyone. I'm a respectful person who has never harrassed anyone. In fact, it frustrates me that Renderosity members can be so unappreciative and negative at times. At present, I and others have been smeared by a disgusting false accusation made by someone who is literally being hypocritical regarding site negativity. I am not so pretentious or offended as to "demand" an apology over a stupid incident like this, but it is my very strong opinion that ScottA owes one to everyone whom he has insulted with his unqualified blanket assertion. It was dishonest and incorrect in its scope. That is a fact, not an insult, not harassment. His "playground" remark only extends the insult. Hopefully, he'll be able to consider this calmly without resorting to yet more condescending insults. This is an obvious example of the pot calling the kettle black. Besides, JeffH appears to be perfectly capable of handling his defenses on his own. If someone wants to pretend that I've harassed or attacked ANY Renderosity staffperson, they're simply being dishonest. It has never happened, not even, in spite of possible appearances, in this post.