The humor continues. I got a response from the leader of the pack on my Fetlife “wall”. Since I do not repost the words of anyone but myself from private forums, you will have to go there to read it. What I have done below is pull useful chunks of my response to preserve here as is my custom.
In response to being accused of supporting a totalitarian society…
Oh man are you barking up the wrong tree in every way imaginable 🙂
Not only am I the _least_ pro totalitarian guy you will ever meet but I am far from adverse to dirty laundry airing. The thing is, the side of due process and caution before punishment is what stands between a society and totalitarianism. There is no faster way to the rule of mobs and totalitarian dictatorship than the assumption of guilt rather than innocence and the sublimation of process to the howling of any mob that happens to get whipped into a frenzy.
On the assertion that failure to disclose the details of any accusation made against a TES member is unethical…
Bullshit. Maintaining the privacy of the accused until the resolution of process is ethically __required__ in my book. The last thing in the world we need is anyone with an axe to grind or feels slighted to have the power to demand my identity and that TES as an organization provide a soap box or forum for their ranting.
The process your demanding has been tried before in society – and still happens. Everywhere it touches it is a miserable failure and a total destruction of privacy and personal freedoms. There are places in the US where they publish the names, addresses and photographs of men _accused_ of being customers of prostitutes. They do this under the same banner you rally behind – that somehow the very fact of an accusation means that one should be held up to public scrutiny and ridicule.
The result? Abuse. Lost jobs. Violent assaults. Destroyed lives. Long before these men are found innocent or guilty even the innocent ones have been hurt. Its a stupid concept.
Besides… it’s not like your being silenced. You have open forums to rant and rave about it. You have the entire internet to spout off on… and you seem to be doing a fine job of it.
Not only is there no cover up but one would not even be POSSIBLE. Who do you think cares about this accusation that you are not reaching? What sort of soap box are you looking for? Do you really think it makes sense for TES to be forced to post the details and names of every accusation on their website in the name of some Wally World version of transparency?
I can see it now… a whole page of announcements…
- Be it known that on this day of our lord, 00/00/00 TES Member Fred is accused of being a cowardly dog fucker. Investigation is pending.
- Be it known that on this day of our lord, 00/00/00 TES Member Stan is accused of hating puppies, also he totally ate the last of the dumplings and he _knows_ I love dumplings! Investigation is pending.
- Be it known that on this day of our lord, 00/00/00 TES Member Francine Is accused that she, quote, “didn’t pay her half of the cable bill.” Investigation is pending.
- Be it known that on this day of our lord, 00/00/00 TES Member Darren stands accused of being a bad father who ruthlessly beat his children for no reason. Investigation is pending.
- Be it known that on this day of our lord, 00/00/00 TES Member Jerome stands accused by an anonymous source of “being a CIA spy who lives in my back teeth and watches me floss”. Investigation is pending.
- Be it known that on this day of our lord, 00/00/00 TES Member Slinky stands accused of not using all their rollover minutes(tm). Investigation is pending.
Please… what a travesty that would be. Not only would most of the accusations be stupid and trivial but even the serious ones would be nothing but a farce. Accusations would be trumped up every time someone ended a relationship or got pissed at an ex lover. The appearance of someone’s name in such a list would taint their reputation long after any possible resolution of the incident. it’s a dumb idea.
In response to the pithy sign off. Something about omelets and breaking eggs…
Your welcome to continue to rant for the rest of your life for all I care. The reality is that the organization will follow it’s process and come to it’s conclusions and take it’s action. You will then either take the credit or claim to be a wounded downtrodden victim. In the movie in your head it will no doubt revolve all around you like some cut rate version of Le Mis.
Whatever. You have fun with that 🙂
p.s. Do keep overusing the word alleged. it makes you sound much more credible and a lot less crazy. Really.