Posted by wendy b. on September 15, 2002, at 22:53:02
In reply to Anonymous feedback on PBC and block decisions, posted by Dr. Bob on September 15, 2002, at 15:37:53
Reasons:
1.) The suggested options that Bob provides are, as Mair has so eloquently put it in the post just above, not sufficient. As we all know, research design affects the outcome of one's research. Bob! Didn't they teach you that in med school?
2.) In his rationalist-uber-alles way of thinking, Bob assumes that if he gives us a poll in which we can register "Yes,' 'No,' 'Maybe,' 'Well, uhhh, gee...,' that we will now be appeased and that we'll think 'Oh, thank goodness, we're finally able to register our (dis)satisfaction, Bob's really a good guy after all!' And then all the problems he's been experiencing will be over, and those troublesome posters will go crawl back under their rocks.
3.) Too little too late... These polls should be viewed as appeasement after the fact; they do nothing to make true amends to people whose feelings have been hurt. Nor do they make up for the months and months of negativity he has engendered due to his silencing of certain individuals through arbitrary PBCs and blocking. Just sweeping things under the carpet before the guests arrive doesn't make the house clean...
Sorry, Bob, but it's not enough,
Wendy
poster:wendy b.
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