Richardthughes
Posts: 11178 Joined: Jan. 2006
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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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