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To: Lane3 who wrote (89632)	10/11/2008 10:42:18 AM
From: Sam	Respond to of 541900

I'd hate to see disregard of a private offering become the standard of conduct. I would too. But that particular PM had nothing personal in it. As far as I was concerned, the guy makes hit and run appearances on this thread to post his POV, I wanted to see what he would do if someone did that on his thread. I said nothing inflammatory or personal. Those guys make snide little comments about how intolerant "lefties" are and what a "lefty" thread this is. LB and his minions are about as intolerant as a group can be on SI. That is the last thing I will say about this.

To: Lane3 who wrote (89632)	10/11/2008 10:44:42 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541900

Why? I see no downside- unless you desire secret confidences which you would be embarrassed to see posted or which others would find embarrassing to see out there, with people you cannot trust. The issue here is the imposition of a "trust" on people who do not desire it. That's ridiculous- and no one should presume that someone they do not like, or who might not like them, will protect them. Of course that should be the standard. Anything else is a ridiculous burden. We accept that burden from our friends, or even from people we are neutral on, but that's the only "standard" I think works. And it's awfully entertaining to see some of the snarky PM's too- so from that perspective I have to say there's a huge bonus in entertainment value to be had posting such PM's. I've seen it all over SI- from all sides, and I support it.