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Richardthughes



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(Permalink) Posted: June 04 2012,08:58   

Quote (Bob O'H @ June 04 2012,08:19)
Quote (The whole truth @ June 04 2012,05:44)
SD, as you said you brought it up here recently and I don't see anything wrong with that unless I or someone else is prevented from speaking about it. I accept that you're now trying to sooth the hostilities and promote peace, and that you didn't intend to stir up a hornet nest. You brought it up but you're not responsible for what other people say about it.

There are some things that I wonder if anyone else has considered:

WHY would PZ Meyers or anyone else take such a NON-incident and blow it so far out of proportion? Even IF it did occur, what's his agenda in portraying himself like a knight in shining armor who is slaying dragons to keep the women of the world (or just the ones who speak at atheist/skeptic conferences) safe from harm? Did PZ and the others on the 'most-men-are-misogynistic-monsters-and-potential-rapists' bandwagon speak out so strongly (and for so long) against sexism (or alleged sexism), that allegedly happens at atheist/skeptic conferences and/or elsewhere, BEFORE this alleged incident occurred?

In fairness to PZed, the whole thing blew up before he got involved.It looks like one of those spats that could have been avoided if one side or the other took a deep breath and then decided not to escalate. Instead it got its own momentum. PZed was just reflecting what was going on, but once he steps into a debate like this you know what's going to happen

I don't see any reason to doubt that Rebecca Watson felt uncomfortable over Elevator Guy's behaviour, and I think it raises interesting and difficult questions about what sort of behaviour should be acceptable. But dealing with them is less fun than having a big shouting match...

BTW, has Elevator Man been identified?

A conference full of activists were keen to take exception to something????!!!!1111

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