It's been quite a week in the local blogs and forums. Accusations flying, deleted posts, harsh criticisms, both GAW and the CCC under attack. I think if there is a lesson to be learned here, actually two. One - Politics is a dirty, dirty business, which isn't actually a revelation, but has recently been proven out here locally. Number Two- As much as we would like for our forums and blogs to be uncensored, it is virtually impossible to run a blog or forum with any sense of good taste, decorum or civility without occasional Censorship.
Even though for the most part I have always defended the CCC (Clark County Chatter), recently I have been highly critical of their "Censorship" in a recent matter. Without going into details or naming names I have been privy to details concerning the recent incident. With this new information, I can honestly say "I was wrong" and I publicly apologize to both owners of the CCC, GrumpyGranny and the Prof. There are incidences and this is case is one where "Censorship" is necessary and in this case absolutely essential.
Now I know this will bring slings and arrows from the other side branding me as a hypocrite and the CCC in general for their actions. Believe me, it was hard to admit my mistake in this matter as I am a big believer in free speech.
As far as GAW's Coliseum forum I think Goliath has learned while it's nice to think that most people will police themselves as far as good taste, and civility; that's not always the case. I hope he doesn't take this as being overly critical (as I enjoy both Forums) but recently a lot of things printed in his forum, has made the Coliseum almost a mirror image of the very thing a lot of Coliseum members despise about the CCC.
While it's probably (considering the circumstances) impossible for some that these two forums can coexist in mutual harmony, I do think a common ground is that there are good people in both forums.....
Well that's just my opinion, for what it's worth
