[pianotech] Conventions ( was Pianotech? )

[Dean May]

Why can't you guys just leave him alone? This cycle repeats with great
regularity: He makes a post that irritates some people, they respond with
their own sharp sticks to put him in his place, it escalates from there,
eventually all blame is placed on Duaine. 

We give lip service to the "virtue" of tolerance in this country, but when
it comes right down to it, we can't stand it when people are different than
us, or they don't tow the line. Then we work to invoke the central powers to
get the offenders banished. 

If the responders would put away their own sharp sticks it wouldn't be a
federal case. 

Dean
Dean W May                (812) 235-5272 voice and text 
PianoRebuilders.com    (888) DEAN-MAY        
Terre Haute IN 47802
-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of johnparham at piano88.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 12:07 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Conventions ( was Pianotech? )

Mark,

Thank you for creating an option for a difficult situation.

By the way, you did a great job in Washington this year on the Institute
Team.

-John Parham



> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Conventions ( was Pianotech? )
> From: Mark Purney <mark.purney at mesapiano.com>
> Date: Tue, July 24, 2012 11:22 pm
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> 
> 
> John,
> 
> I will also be blocking Duaine's posts. But we SHOULD NOT have to 
> individually block people to make this a friendly, respectful forum for 
> communicating with each other about piano technology.
> 
> I have personally asked various members of leadership why we must 
> continue to put up with people like Duaine who continuously show 
> disrespect for others and offer nothing positive to the rest of the 
> community. The answer is that there is no official position of authority 
> to carry this out. There is no moderator, apparently. Nobody wants the 
> job or the responsibility. There is some notion that if one person is 
> removed for bad behavior, then it opens a can of worms, and then we will 
> have the burden of having to be fair about how such things are handled 
> in the future, so that nobody is discriminated against or treated more 
> harshly than some other troublemaker was treated in the past. So the 
> solution is to do nothing? I'm getting tired of nothing being the 
> solution, and seeing people like Duaine insult people who don't deserve 
> to be insulted. I don't care about Duaine's feelings. I care about the 
> feelings of the hundreds of decent people who want a friendly 
> environment to share ideas with each other; people who know how to 
> behave like mature adults.
> 
> I just don't get it. I've run and moderated a number of forums for 
> various organizations, and it's really easy:  If someone is a 
> disrespectful jerk, they get banned. Everyone is happy, life goes on. 
> The next disrespectful jerk to ruin the party for everyone else gets 
> banned, too. Why are we putting up with this crap? Why can't we, in the 
> name of respect and decency, set some reasonable standards of normal 
> human behavior and draw a line? It's time for us to realize that good 
> will, a collaborative spirit, and mutual respect is far too important to 
> let someone like Duaine Hechler crap all over it day after day after day.
> 
> Nobody wants the job? Give it to me, then. I'll be glad to hit the "Ban" 
> button if nobody else has wants to take the flak for making a decision.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 7/24/2012 7:40 PM, John Formsma wrote:
> >
> >
> > I have been blissfully blocking his posts for at least 2 years now. I 
> > don't really understand why the rest of you haven't done the same. I 
> > bear him no will either, but have better things to do with my time.
> >
> > The only time I see his name is when someone responds to him. If we 
> > all blocked his emails, life would be happier.


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