Posted by AuntieMel on July 15, 2005, at 11:08:51
In reply to Lou's response to aspects of this thread-defam?C, posted by Lou Pilder on July 15, 2005, at 10:02:06
Lou - I'm having a problem with your Vietnamese fisherman analogy.
Ok, more than one problem.
First - the analogy seems to imply that your 'mayor' is posting those signs merely because the fish shop owner is Vietnamese. This is, to me at least, a discrimination against him merely because of *who* he is.
I see the next logical thought coming from that analogy that you believe Dr. Bob is saying 'not read' your posts because you are a Jew - meaning *who* you are.
This would make the suggestion about *you* when it is in fact about how *others* react to you. Not the same.
Second - the mayor in your analogy is telling people not to shop there. Dr. Bob only suggested that if a person reacts so strongly to your posts that he can't control himself that an *option* is to not read them.
And as the links I gave you show - it is advice that he has used on multiple occasions, to multiple people having reactions to multiple posters.
I don't see how it can be extended to be against you personally.
And - I'm not trying to say your feelings aren't valid. I'm just trying to show you things that might help mitigate those feelings so you won't feel so bad.
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