[Peace-discuss] Re: Use of peace-discuss list

[Wendy Edwards]

As far as flogging the old article, the most salient point in
my mind is that it's *still* up on the server, publicly
viewable.  Had it not been, it's unlikely that it would
have come to the attention of Paul Kotheimer (and
consequently, the peace-discuss list).  

If anything should have been "private," it should have been
the peace-discuss archives.  Members of AWARE had chosen not
to allow the list to be archived publicly, precisely because
they wanted to be able to speak freely.  If you're going to use
people's posts as ammo against them, I'd say that AWARE indeed
has a right to know this.

--Wendy

On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 10:16:00PM -0500, John Bambenek wrote:
> Wendy, you're one of the few people on this list I could probably have
> an intelligent discussion with.
> 
> Re-read the progression of e-mails.  My first post was that it was
> rally silly to flog a 6 month old OBO article when Leo's not even in
> the country anymore. (Yes, Leo's little photoshop was out of line).
> 
> Brian then decided to lob the left's favorite criticism of
> "hypocrisy", making my private ethics complaint public, and then
> slanderously accused me of a McCarthyite witch-hunt in support of the
> attempt to kill off poor black people.
> 
> Exactly who is ax-grainding here?
> 
> On 10/9/06, Wendy Edwards <wedwards at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> >Actually, I do have further comment.  Since the email that you're
> >apparently referring to went to the peace-discuss list, I saw it
> >too.  It definitely did not look like electioneering or solicitation.
> >It didn't even look like Girardo spent much time composing it,
> >actually.
> >
> >However, I'm really dismayed by the use of the peace-discuss mailing
> >list as a vehicle for frivolous complaints.  As you know, or should
> >know, AWARE is an activist group that's not affiliated with any
> >candidate for political office (partisan or otherwise).  I don't mind
> >you joining the list and baiting people, but I really find the petty
> >ax-grinding distasteful.
> >
> >--Wendy
> >
> >
> >On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 06:42:05PM -0500, John Bambenek wrote:
> >> It's a problem for the University counsel and ethics officer to deal with
> >> now.
> >>
> >> I will not comment further.
> >>
> >
> 
> 
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