Received an e-mail this morning from Mosin. While it is not my practice to “out” people’s private communications to me, I trust that he won’t see it as an ethical breech to state he’s taken exception to my characterizing him as an “avenger” along with its implied objectivity sacrifice. I tend not to publicly characterize a person’s stumbles unless prepared to acknowledge tendencies to fall short along those same lines myself. When emotional buttons get pushed, objectivity can be separated from my person just as easily as cash from my wallet at a vintage audio swap meet. I certainly bear Winn no ill will. Despite the lengths we go to make our individual human condition appear orderly and rational, in the end, we’re all floundering about in this life. If you have any doubt on this, just cast a brief glance at our world affairs and the people we choose to run it.
But does that mean we should shrug off the task in attempting to maintain or gain orderliness and civility in the conduct of these mini affairs in human events? Wouldn’t that just be some sop toward “keeping up appearances”? Perhaps, but I’m an old dog in terms interpersonal dealings and not prepared to jettison the “old tricks” in trying to get along.
It is very obvious that the “Home Despot II” thread has become a shell of its former existence. As stated earlier, this is due, in large part, to the ascendency of Lenco Lovers with all that sites inherent advantages. But I also believe that a large part of this withering has come about because potential posters have become “gun shy” because of the historical pyro-technics here.
So as I see it, those who would like to “bring down the mighty” (and we all know how tempting an impulse that is for many) for whatever reason, to some extent have succeeded. There have been periodic forays onto this thread by posters whose sole want, seemingly, is to take it and Jean Nantais down. Sometimes this is done crudely and overtly, sometimes it is attempted with sophisticated cloaking.
There’s no real recourse of moderation of this thread, outside of the posters that decide to join in. My attempts at moderation have often left me often in the middle, open to being perceived as a “suck up” by one side or a Judas by the other. I have no problem dealing with that as a residual dessert here.
It does seem on the question of the future direction of this thread, if indeed it is to have one, what you, the current reader, believe should be its future course. We’re all moderators here. And we’re all in this together.
- Mario
But does that mean we should shrug off the task in attempting to maintain or gain orderliness and civility in the conduct of these mini affairs in human events? Wouldn’t that just be some sop toward “keeping up appearances”? Perhaps, but I’m an old dog in terms interpersonal dealings and not prepared to jettison the “old tricks” in trying to get along.
It is very obvious that the “Home Despot II” thread has become a shell of its former existence. As stated earlier, this is due, in large part, to the ascendency of Lenco Lovers with all that sites inherent advantages. But I also believe that a large part of this withering has come about because potential posters have become “gun shy” because of the historical pyro-technics here.
So as I see it, those who would like to “bring down the mighty” (and we all know how tempting an impulse that is for many) for whatever reason, to some extent have succeeded. There have been periodic forays onto this thread by posters whose sole want, seemingly, is to take it and Jean Nantais down. Sometimes this is done crudely and overtly, sometimes it is attempted with sophisticated cloaking.
There’s no real recourse of moderation of this thread, outside of the posters that decide to join in. My attempts at moderation have often left me often in the middle, open to being perceived as a “suck up” by one side or a Judas by the other. I have no problem dealing with that as a residual dessert here.
It does seem on the question of the future direction of this thread, if indeed it is to have one, what you, the current reader, believe should be its future course. We’re all moderators here. And we’re all in this together.
- Mario