Comments on: Mrs Robinson Threatens To Sue http://www.duncanriley.com/2008/01/06/mrs-robinson-threatens-to-sue/ blogging is not a spectator sport Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:06:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Richard http://www.duncanriley.com/2008/01/06/mrs-robinson-threatens-to-sue/comment-page-1/#comment-214635 Richard Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:49:36 +0000 http://www.duncanriley.com/2008/01/06/mrs-robinson-threatens-to-sue/#comment-214635 This is a re-post of a comment I have left on Ms. Robinson's site: Whilst we aren't guaranteed free speech in Australia, many of us take it for granted. Be thankful that you live in a country where debates (on and off line) can take place. People have the ability to make their thoughts visible to others and the people reading them can draw their own conclusions. Just because a blog or web site allows posts does not mean they can't or won't be edited by the people running the site. You are in the position where you have the ability to post documents on the web and have the ability to edit comments made as easily as Duncan does on his site. I'm not one of Duncan's "following", nor am I one of yours. I real a lot of information both on and off line and draw my own conclusions about many matters every day as should anyone who wants to make up their own mind. There are always at least two sides to every story, not always reported by a single source. It's good that the two of you have differing views. Hopefully you will both be able to express them coherently, without resorting to childish name calling in future. This is a re-post of a comment I have left on Ms. Robinson’s site:

Whilst we aren’t guaranteed free speech in Australia, many of us take it for granted.

Be thankful that you live in a country where debates (on and off line) can take place.

People have the ability to make their thoughts visible to others and the people reading them can draw their own conclusions.

Just because a blog or web site allows posts does not mean they can’t or won’t be edited by the people running the site.

You are in the position where you have the ability to post documents on the web and have the ability to edit comments made as easily as Duncan does on his site.

I’m not one of Duncan’s “following”, nor am I one of yours.

I real a lot of information both on and off line and draw my own conclusions about many matters every day as should anyone who wants to make up their own mind. There are always at least two sides to every story, not always reported by a single source.

It’s good that the two of you have differing views. Hopefully you will both be able to express them coherently, without resorting to childish name calling in future.

]]> By: NathanaelB http://www.duncanriley.com/2008/01/06/mrs-robinson-threatens-to-sue/comment-page-1/#comment-213971 NathanaelB Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:35:19 +0000 http://www.duncanriley.com/2008/01/06/mrs-robinson-threatens-to-sue/#comment-213971 Sad - it could have become a healthy discussion to help one or both parties clarify their position for their own benefit, so they could better articulate their point of view in future and to better understand what they actually believe in ... but in the absence of such a discussion probably better that a ceasefire has been called. I wish you well also Deborah. Sad – it could have become a healthy discussion to help one or both parties clarify their position for their own benefit, so they could better articulate their point of view in future and to better understand what they actually believe in … but in the absence of such a discussion probably better that a ceasefire has been called. I wish you well also Deborah.

]]> By: Deborah Robinson http://www.duncanriley.com/2008/01/06/mrs-robinson-threatens-to-sue/comment-page-1/#comment-213966 Deborah Robinson Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:23:43 +0000 http://www.duncanriley.com/2008/01/06/mrs-robinson-threatens-to-sue/#comment-213966 I contacted Duncan by email and we have agreed to disagree on this issue and to stop the feud between us. As two reasonable people, we agreed that life is too short and we will move on from this. I wish you and your readers well Duncan. Deborah Robinson I contacted Duncan by email and we have agreed to disagree on this issue and to stop the feud between us. As two reasonable people, we agreed that life is too short and we will move on from this. I wish you and your readers well Duncan.

Deborah Robinson

]]> By: NathanaelB http://www.duncanriley.com/2008/01/06/mrs-robinson-threatens-to-sue/comment-page-1/#comment-213949 NathanaelB Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:34:11 +0000 http://www.duncanriley.com/2008/01/06/mrs-robinson-threatens-to-sue/#comment-213949 Deborah said: "If you can?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t tell between restricting access to pornography and censorship then you are a bigger idiot than I thought you were. How can you compare protecting kids to censorship?" It seems pretty clear to me that protecting kids (either actually or the pretense of) is just a subset, outcome or "benefit" of censorship. Censoring is clearly the overarching topic here. She had me laughing with the "How dare you ..." line - that's censoring right there! Telling you what you can and can't say. She sounds too confused to be able to put a cohesive case together to sue. Deborah said: “If you can?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t tell between restricting access to pornography and censorship then you are a bigger idiot than I thought you were. How can you compare protecting kids to censorship?”

It seems pretty clear to me that protecting kids (either actually or the pretense of) is just a subset, outcome or “benefit” of censorship. Censoring is clearly the overarching topic here.

She had me laughing with the “How dare you …” line – that’s censoring right there! Telling you what you can and can’t say.

She sounds too confused to be able to put a cohesive case together to sue.

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