[Peace-discuss] Re: [Imc] Intentions

[John W.]

Scintillating as this discussion is, I don't understand why it has to drag
on so long, with such high drama, on two public fora.  This isn't the New
York Times.  Carl is obviously much more wedded to every jot and tittle of
his scholarly masterpieces of journalism than is the average contributor to
the public i, and seemingly much less interested at this point in good-faith
negotiation.  A "business" deal or contractual agreement was apparently
struck between the public i and Carl, although no money changed hands.  So
it remains merely to carry out its terms.

It seems to me that the public i needs to either defecate or get off the
porcelain feces receptacle.  Either print Carl's article with every word
intact, or tell him to go peddle his proverbial papers someplace else.  In
the now non-hierarchical structure of the public i, whose decision is it to
make?  Make it and don't look back.  Or you could, I suppose, delay the
publication of the public i indefinitely while suffering a paralysis of
indecision.

Balefully,

John Wason
founding public i "Editor At Large"


On 4/15/07, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at uiuc.edu> wrote:

I gave permission for a piece to be published with clear conditions.  It
> was suggested to me that the Public i was not following those
> conditions, so I wrote to insist that "the public i does not have
> permission to publish the piece with changes or excisions that I have
> not approved.  I take this matter seriously and will sue for damages an
> editor who violates the clear conditions under which I submitted the
> piece."
>
> You say that you did not know about the condition, but it was contained
> in the very passage you took offense to.  Nor did you say you were
> complying with it.
>
>
> illyes at uiuc.edu wrote:
>
> Carl, I've gone over this already. But for the larger audience that
> > you are pulling in:
> >
> > 1) I was not told about your condition.
> >
> > 2) It didn't matter, because I would assume it were the case anyhow,
> > and not changed your text without your permission.
> >
> > However, the Public i does not guarantee that what we publish will be
> > exactly what you submitted, only that we will do our best to respect
> > your wishes. As I have said already, if we find an error in what you
> > write at the last minute before printing, we will correct it without
> > checking with you. These correction are usually of spelling errors.
> > If this is not acceptable to you, you should not submit your articles
> > to the Public i.
> >
> > Your threat to sue me personally for something I have not done nor
> > even contemplated doing is extremely offensive. It is to me. It would
> > be to anyone.
> >
> > Bob
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