GIP! and gripe

[lagilman]

Lookit the icon! Is it not so lovely, so perfect, so very very true?

shadesong made it, and graciously lent it to me, even though I'm not-quite-as-short as she.

As to the gripe -- I have been part of a... discussion of sorts in Another Forum, over the behavior of a third person who decided that "private forum" meant that he could take comments made in same forum and quote them out of context in his own public forum, without permission.

There has been a lot of irritation about this, and calls for various forms of censure and reprimand, some logical, some way out of proportion to the infraction (IMO).

However, Person C claimed that we were wrong to be upset over such behavior by Third Person. When pressed, Person C clarified his position as (paraphrased): "anyone can hack into forums, anyone can screw up security coding, why do you think there's any privacy at all on-line?"

Ah.....

We were discussing bread. Person C was talking about flour. Person C seemed to think that flour=bread, ignoring the intent (and other ingredients) needed to turn flour into bread.

*shakes head*

I'm far more annoyed with Person C, who is letting his dogma rule his thinking, than Third Person, who is merely a selfish little shit and won't ever see the karma until it runs him over.

But I suppose I should thank Person C, as I was in a crappy mood going into this morning, for various unrelated reasons having to do with people not currently within reach, and this gave me the opportunity to get my bitch out in a good cause....

Comments

[barbara-ferrenz.livejournal.com]

I'm not 100% sure of the context but it appears to be a violation of online etiquette. For some, the word "etiquette" evokes images of prissy ladies drinking tea. I have always seen it as the glue that holds civilization together. Laws and policies lay a general groundwork for society but etiquette manages the daily face-to-face interactions and keeps us from tearing each other's throats out.

[lagilman]

well, in this case the Third Person was going directly and knowingly against the stated rules and regs of the forum, and when called on it basically said "sez you." So it was a breah of both policy and> netiquette.