Re: Reflections from Coe: Looking In The Mirror Again...

(Brian Tung) wrote:

I think you're being a bit hard on Greg. He does sell a product, but as
far as I can tell, he doesn't come here to sell it. And I certainly do
not think he's harvesting names! He's been here for several years, and
if he were harvesting names, I think we'd all have heard about it by
now.

Yes, I was a bit hard on Greg. I have serious doubts that Greg or
anyone else on saa harvests names with evil intent.

Greg chose to put into doubt the credibility of those who use aliases;
and he chose to single such individuals out as being responsible for
(some of) saa's problems. The objective in my posting was to turn the
table around 180 degrees. I wanted to demonstrate to Greg what it's
like to be on the receiving end of an unfair and inaccurate
generalization. You will notice that nowhere did I come out and state
that Greg actually made nefarious use of real names. I simply planted
a seed of doubt -- in much the same way that Greg did against those
who use aliases. This was done in the hope that Greg (and anyone who
agrees with him) will realize the unfairness and harm inherent in
negative generalizations.

Willie R. Meghar
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