Comments on: Jackass of the Year http://www.captainsjournal.com/2006/12/16/jackass-of-the-year/ News & Commentary on Warfare, Policy and Counterterrorism Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:09:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Herschel Smith http://www.captainsjournal.com/2006/12/16/jackass-of-the-year/#comment-4580 Herschel Smith Sun, 17 Dec 2006 04:41:42 +0000 http://www.captainsjournal.com/2006/12/16/jackass-of-the-year/#comment-4580 dw, "It was with some pain that I came to realize that all of his postings had been deleted." First of all, this is hard to imagine. He comments were biting, unconstructive ad hominem personal attacks, and as such, added nothing to the discussion. Second, like Dave, I tried to let him have maximum lattitude, but he abused it. Third, you did not get a chance to see what he sent that never made it to the level of comments (was caught by the software). Finally, Dave runs a professional outfit over at the SWJ. This is a small-time operation, and there just aren't enough hours in the day to work through these issues with Kevin. So, no one has asked why I posted his e-mail. Here is the answer. I got spammed a lot from Kevin. Now Kevin can suffer the spam that he gets from having an active e-mail on a blog subject to automatic searches by software intended to do nothing but find e-mail addresses. I get it all the time. Now Kevin can devote a portion of his time over the next few days deleting junk e-mail like I did from him. dw,

“It was with some pain that I came to realize that all of his postings had been deleted.”

First of all, this is hard to imagine. He comments were biting, unconstructive ad hominem personal attacks, and as such, added nothing to the discussion. Second, like Dave, I tried to let him have maximum lattitude, but he abused it. Third, you did not get a chance to see what he sent that never made it to the level of comments (was caught by the software).

Finally, Dave runs a professional outfit over at the SWJ. This is a small-time operation, and there just aren’t enough hours in the day to work through these issues with Kevin.

So, no one has asked why I posted his e-mail. Here is the answer. I got spammed a lot from Kevin. Now Kevin can suffer the spam that he gets from having an active e-mail on a blog subject to automatic searches by software intended to do nothing but find e-mail addresses. I get it all the time. Now Kevin can devote a portion of his time over the next few days deleting junk e-mail like I did from him.

]]> By: SWJED http://www.captainsjournal.com/2006/12/16/jackass-of-the-year/#comment-4570 SWJED Sat, 16 Dec 2006 20:50:55 +0000 http://www.captainsjournal.com/2006/12/16/jackass-of-the-year/#comment-4570 dw - You have a point, I believe Herschel does too. In my case (SWC) - I gave "kevin" the benefit of the doubt - attempted to mentor him on how to debate without personal attacks - he would agree and then go back to his abusive MO - which were no more than one-line drive-bys without substance or reason. There are times when you just have to cut the cord and move on so the serious minded can have an "adult" conversation of the issues. Gorman was like that bratty child who won't shut up in public. dw - You have a point, I believe Herschel does too. In my case (SWC) - I gave “kevin” the benefit of the doubt - attempted to mentor him on how to debate without personal attacks - he would agree and then go back to his abusive MO - which were no more than one-line drive-bys without substance or reason. There are times when you just have to cut the cord and move on so the serious minded can have an “adult” conversation of the issues. Gorman was like that bratty child who won’t shut up in public.

]]> By: dw http://www.captainsjournal.com/2006/12/16/jackass-of-the-year/#comment-4561 dw Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:39:33 +0000 http://www.captainsjournal.com/2006/12/16/jackass-of-the-year/#comment-4561 I understand fully why "kevin" was "spammed", but as disconnected from reality as he sounded, I think the debate was progressing nicely. Bad ideas were encountering good ideas. It was with some pain that I came to realize that all of his postings had been deleted. A lot of the ideas he expressed were ideas we hear from other people as well, people with real power. It is valuable for those ideas to be shown defective. So one might hope for a form of moderation which deletes offensive postings but leaves simply controversial ones, while leaving the future open. I understand fully why “kevin” was “spammed”, but as disconnected from reality as he sounded, I think the debate was progressing nicely. Bad ideas were encountering good ideas. It was with some pain that I came to realize that all of his postings had been deleted.

A lot of the ideas he expressed were ideas we hear from other people as well, people with real power. It is valuable for those ideas to be shown defective.

So one might hope for a form of moderation which deletes offensive postings but leaves simply controversial ones, while leaving the future open.

]]> By: SWJED http://www.captainsjournal.com/2006/12/16/jackass-of-the-year/#comment-4540 SWJED Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:51:24 +0000 http://www.captainsjournal.com/2006/12/16/jackass-of-the-year/#comment-4540 Herschel, Gorman (GorTex6) has been banned from the Small Wars Council since June. He was extremely disruptive and just wouldn't play by the rules - even after multiple warnings. Talk about petty - he sent us a donation - 1 cent - said we weren't worth 2;-) Dave Herschel,

Gorman (GorTex6) has been banned from the Small Wars Council since June. He was extremely disruptive and just wouldn’t play by the rules - even after multiple warnings. Talk about petty - he sent us a donation - 1 cent - said we weren’t worth 2;-)

Dave

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