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Originally Posted by K9-Lovers
Everytime someone posts something that is/could be/might be/may be a little bit negative, there are some people that make insinuations about the person who orginated the post. This happens especially to first-time posters as well as others who have been on this forum for a while, like this occurrence with Shadow.
The people who make the insinuations discourage people from posting. I find that annoying and dismaying.
There were already two very active threads about this topic when this thread was posted. Obviously, it is of interest to Villagers, or there would be no activity. And, Shadow made no comment for or against the content -- he merely provided information. I can understand why he reacted when insinuations were made about him.
If someone wants to comment on the CONTENT of a post, that is appropriate. Commenting on the character of the person who made the post is, at best, rude.
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K9, I so agree with you about this. TOTVers commented about Michael Vick (before trial) and Tiger Woods. We comment about people on reality shows. Why would we have
no interest in what the media is reporting about the developer of TV? I don't understand that.
I understand criticism of the slant of the Orlando Sentinels' article. I don't understand objections to subjecting the article for comment on TOTV. Some said the article did not contain new information, although it actually contained new information about affidavits that were filed in the case.
Shadow was asked why he posted it. He answered that he posted it because he thought TOTVers would be interested. (Apparently he was right.) He was later accused of not answering the question. It might not be the answer people wanted. People might not believe him. People might have already made up their minds why he posted it. OK. But he gave an answered and still stands accused of not doing so.
Are we shooting the messenger because we don't want to know what we don't want to know? If not for this reason, why?