>>>>>>Without going back over all the messages in the other thread trying to find it, wasn't it you who wanted us all to get together to send a letter to MS trying to get their MVP designations revoked? Was that not to be a petition?
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>>>>>See
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>>>>>You can see there that I was the one who began the thread. The start:
I'm considering to write an email to MS, asking them to think at least twice before they again award the Most Valuable Professional status to AK and MA.>>>>>
>>>>>You can also read there what my motives were. Which of those motives is ethically wrong, is showing a desire for revenge?
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>>>>I never said I thought your motives were unethical. I said I thought it was a bad idea, and that doing it would bring you down to their level. But in this thread, you implied that you never said anybody should start a petition, and I thought that was what your initial representation was about. If I was wrong, well, it's hardly a precedent, but I still stand by my initial comments that it is a bad idea, and whether or not it was your intention, it still smells too much like revenge for me.
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>>>In my reaction to Charles I mentioned 'lynch mob' and vengeance/revenge. I did not mention petition. Actually, it was the combination of 'petition' and 'lynch mob' that alerted me, because it suggested that a petition is an unethical thing. (I, as you, regard a lynch mob as an unethical thing.)
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>>>I can accept that you think a petition is a bad idea, but I cannot accept that you think it smells too much like revenge. How does that match with your remark that you never said my motives were unethical?
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>>Simple. I said that it smells too much like revenge for
me. At no time did I say that revenge was actually your motive.
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>Hopefully I'm the only one who interpreted it that way. But how can you and I be sure about that. I ask others to reflect here on it.
You can if you like. I said what I said. You took it how you took it, and I clarified it for you. Beyond that, I don't much care, but if you think a huge thread about what people think I meant will be productive, then be my guest.
