02-06-2012, 01:54 PM
Don Jeffries Wrote:Seamus,
I continue to be amazed that those of you who don't post at the EF are so concerned with what's going on there, to the extent that you critique the performance of moderators like me. I don't claim to be a "great" moderator, however one would define "great" for such a position. I do the best I can, and my policy is usually to be hands-off, regardless of how I feel about the individual poster.
It is quite sad to see Jim Fetzer's performance on the Cinque thread. I share most of your feelings about this. However, I don't think it's proper for anyone to publicly speculate about his mental state, or to quote the alleged feelings of his brother, as was done in an earlier post. The mods at EF catch flack from all sides, but we do the best we can. There are a lot of posts that offend somebody.
You include Glenn Viklund as a "good researcher." Are you aware that he is a lone nutter? I assure you that I wouldn't want to ban you, or Albert, or Charles, or any other poster here you can think of. I do object when nasty personal attacks that go over the line are posted, but it's difficult to distinguish that from the general unpleasant tone of too many regular posters.
At this point, there isn't very much to like about the research community. Difficult personalities, bombastic egos, intolerance and arrogance seem to be everywhere. I've given up on ever getting any decent number of people to coalesce together behind the general premise that Oswald didn't do it. But despite it all, I remain utterly engrossed in this subject.
Don I appreciate your sentiments about speculating about one's mental state, and in most instances agree with you. But when old friends of a person see their former friend fall into such a state do you think it should not be mentioned? Simply ignored? I am sure Jim was contacted privately by some.
That people CARE about his mental state shows that people who know him care. And feel frustrated and sad to see the decline.
I appreciate the job you do at EF. Moderation is time consuming and lacking in reward.
Perhaps at some point the mods will elect to lock that thread.
Dawn