Re: I'm not going either, D, because splitting this band of squabblers into two that are both too small Archived Message
Posted by Si on May 3, 2019, 11:40 am, in reply to "Re: I'm not going either, D, because splitting this band of squabblers into two that are both too small "
Too harsh there, DJ - and probably a bit distasteful to talk about him in such negative terms when he isn't able to respond. True, some people have struggled with Walter's zeal in what appears to be a born-again-feminist mode. But it ought to be borne in mind that up until the last few years he had for many a long year on the old MLMB and here on TLN proven to be a thoughtful and keen poster. Even one of his fiercest latter-day critics, Keith, will attest to that. Now to be clear - I have tangled with Walter recently - and I know he holds me partly accountable for the wv ban and I think that inculcates an animus towards me - - and I do struggle to reach any kind of accord with him when he's in combative mode - but then to what extent do I fail to spot and curb my own combativeness? It's something that EVERYBODY ought to consider in the wake of the banning rash. I hope Walter will also reflect and return soon to TLN and continue to post as he did in the past. I have no issues wrt Dan's handling of TLN and I will be staying put here. Just a thought: I'm not so naïve as to think that everything is going to be tiddly-po in the future and I fear that the kind of squabbling we have seen latterly will continue on TLN. I wondered; might it be an idea to snaffle 'Lifeboat Too' and retitle it 'Poop Deck' - we could consign squabbling to that place, even allow people to knock the shit out of one and other - - hence, whenever a 'hot button topic' is disrupting the board it could be punted off - - - 'who decides when something should be Poop Decked'? - that would need a little discussion, but maybe the interjection of let's say a minimum of 3 neutral TLNers (that is, people not involved in a thread that is becoming squabbly)…again, just a thought.
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