[Vision2020] Civility is a two-way street

[Scott Dredge]

> Ted wrote: 
> Scott et. al.
>
> You must be kidding?
>
Not at all.

> You write as though you think Vision2020 is some sort of ghetto gang
> scene ("street fighter?" "toe to toe?") where making an ass of someone
> dictates dominance and power?  How pathetic!  The more enlightened
> readership on this list does not buy into this crude mentality.

v2020 is an unmoderated list.  The more enlightened readership hits the delete
key on most of the postings including this one without reading any further (I
would hope).

> Let Gary Crabtree "make complete asses out of the both of you on this
> site," as you wrote.  I''ll just sit back and laugh!

At this point, fine by me.

> I am above the sort of irrational nonsense that Gary Crabtree posts to
> this list, or to that community joke, "wrong-mind.us"  I don't care
> what he says, if there is no content worth responding to, I simply
> ignore it as not worth my time.  Ad hominem attacks, be my guest.
> I've faced this many times before, in rather extreme ways, and if Gary
> Crabtree thinks he can rattle my cage, "bring it on (God bless
> conservative hero and professional moron George W. Bush for this now
> immortal phrase signifying the idiocy of cowboy macho
> overconfidence)."

Perfect!  I hope we don't ever again need to read from you or anyone else
about how unethical Gary was for posting a private email considering you
don't care what he posts.  But since this cardinal sin is such a hot button
issue that really gets under your craw, I guess we'll just have to wait and
see who gets blamed for what wrongdoing the next time HeirDoug or
(anyone else for that matter) just 'cuts & pastes" from the v2020 archives.

> I am interested in fact based logical discourse on important issues,
> in the Truth, not personal ego battles, or moral superiority
> competitions between morally faulted human beings (as we all are!).
> Anyone following my responses to ridiculous irrational attacks on
> Vision2020, aimed my way, should realize this.

Great!  Start a new thread with a new subject line on some new topic
more important than this one.

> The Temple of Reason is where I dwell on this list.  And without
> radical means of persuasion, I will not falter from this position.

Good to hear.

> Come on Gary, make an ass of me!  I'll relish ignoring your every
> attempt, as I continue to post on more important issues, like
> anthropogenic climate change.  I know how devoted you are to
> discovering the truth on this issue, being someone focused on the
> objective pursuit of knowledge... Well, we can hope!

Good to hear a couple paragraphs above that you'll be ignoring Gary.

> Ted Moffett

Scott Dredge

On 12/3/07, Scott Dredge <sdredge at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Ted / Joe,
>
> FWIW, I'm speaking for Gary because I truly do not want to see him
 make complete asses out of the both of you on this site on this issue and
 I'm trying to explain this in a way that I *thought* would make sense
 to both of you.  Gary's not going to follow your idea of proper list
 server etiquette.  He doesn't give a good God Damn if anyone thinks his
 posting of a private email was unethical.  He posted a private email to
 let everyone know he received it and my guess is that he would prefer
 to receive no more emails like it (or maybe he would like to receive
 them and so he can post them publicly again).  So don't send any to him.
>
> Gary can waste his time responding on this but he's going to make
 both of you look just plain bad.  If you want to go toe to toe with Gary,
 be my guest.  Just be aware that Gary is a street fighter and he's not
 going to play by whatever rules you think he should play by and
 ultimately he's going to bait both of you into looking very foolish.  He's
 good at it.  Beyond that, he's not emotionally charged by this issue like
 you and Joe are which is what started this whole foolish nonsense to
 begin with.  He's not the one keeping this thing alive, the two of your
 are along with a little help from HeirDoug posing in drag.  If you want
 this issue to go away, then drop it.  I've got nothing more to say on
 it so I'll just stand back, watch the carnage that Gary dishes out, and
 just shake my head.
>
> Take it away Gary, I'm sure this is going to be child's play for you
 but I've done my best to warn both of them...
>
> -Scott
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Ted Moffett <starbliss at gmail.com>
> To: Scott Dredge <sdredge at yahoo.com>; Joe Campbell
 <joekc at adelphia.net>
> Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Sent: Sunday, December 2, 2007 11:34:29 PM
> Subject: [Vision2020] Civility is a two-way street
>
>
> Scott et. al.
>
> You write as though you are Gary Crabtree's conscience in this
 matter,
> when you write that "He's more than happy to move forward."  Let Gary
> speak for himself.  Why are you speaking for him?
>
> Also, Joe's recent response to Gary in this thread was correct in
> pointing out that the assumption that Gary might have posted the
> recent re-posting of Joe's private e-mail, was not based on
> "non-existent evidence," as Gary claimed.  The fact Gary originally
> posted this private message, and has disputed with Joe many times on
> Vision2020, is evidence to suggest Gary might engage in this conduct
> again, to undermine Joe's recent post with this subject heading,
> responding to Atwood's Daily News Op-Ed.
>
> Also, your argument immediately below, attempting to remove any
> responsibility for objectionable list serve conduct on the part of
> Gary for posting of a private e-mail, is questionable.  It is
 accepted
> by almost all on this list serve that private e-mail not be posted to
> the list.  If this was happening with regularity, it would certainly
> undermine the health of this list, based in part on trust between
> people for respect for their privacy.  I do not know all the details
> of the case with Wilson and Morin you refer to, but I doubt the two
> examples are precisely analogous.  I have received insulting private
> e-mails from Vision2020 list members (along with a much larger
> percentage of positive private responses!), but I have never
 responded
> by posting these insulting private messages.
>
> Scott wrote:
>
> Sending Gary an insulting email was your fault.  You apologized.
> Nothing more needs to be said.  Trying to pin any blame on Gary for
> forwarding it v2020 is as weak to me as Doug Wilson's complaint
> against Terry Morin for posting supposedly secret documents for the
> whole world to see Doug as a rotten, lying skunk.
> ------------------
> Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
>
>
> On 12/2/07, Scott Dredge <sdredge at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Joe,
> >
> > When this brouhaha first came to light, I recall you apologizing
 and
>  Gary Crabtree accepting the apology and saying something to effect
 of
>  "let's move on".  Gary isn't the one being petty about this and I'm
 sure
>  he'd like nothing better than to move on to scoring more debate
 points
>  on v2020 which is something he does very well being the master
 debater
>  that he is.
> >
> > Sending Gary an insulting email was your fault.  You apologized.
>  Nothing more needs to be said.  Trying to pin any blame on Gary for
>  forwarding it v2020 is as weak to me as Doug Wilson's complaint
 against Terry
>  Morin for posting supposedly secret documents for the whole world to
>  see Doug as a rotten, lying skunk.
> >
> > There's not much you can do about Dale or HeirDoug reposting it
 again
>  and again.  They don't quite understand the whole "I'm sorry, I made
 a
>  mistake, I'll try not to make the same one again" scenario.  What
 else
>  would you expect from disciples of a rogue pastor who makes all
 sorts
>  of ludicrous statements and never refutes them because in his own
 mind
>  it's a weakness to admit to any mistake (no matter how painfully
>  obvious)?
> >
> > My advice is that when Heirdoug plays this card again - and you
 know
>  he will because he's not very creative - leave Gary out of the mix.
>  He's more than happy to move forward.
> >
> > -Scott
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Joe Campbell <joekc at adelphia.net>
> > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Sent: Sunday, December 2, 2007 8:46:50 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Civility is a 2-way street.
> >
> >
> > Ted writes: "...given Gary Crabtree was the fully
> > disclosed source of the original posting of this private e-mail, in
> > violation of the 'rule' that private messages not be posted to
> > Vision2020, it is reasonable to assume he might engage in the same
> >  conduct again, correct?"
> >
> > Gary writes: "Making assumptions based on nonexistent evidence is
> >  generally
> > ill advised."
> >
> > Your NAME was on the the posted letter. How is that a lack of
>  evidence?
> >
> > For the record, I don't think you posted the recent letter. But you
>  did
> >  post the
> > initial PRIVATE letter -- precisely so your Kirk friends could
>  re-post
> >  it over
> > and over and over again. So it isn't exactly as if you are without
> >  blame!
> >
> > I await your insults, fallacies, and evasions. If nothing else,
 they
> >  provide a
> > source of amusement to the other readers.
> >
> > -- Joe Campbell
> >