mrchad9 wrote:mvs wrote:They are incredible articles. What I don't get is, what happens to all these amazing personalities and stellar contributors when they go away? It seems like they found something they really liked at SP, hence their contributions. But the first strong wind blows and they leave (vast oversimplification, I know). Take Aaron for example. Just read his text...it seems to come from a place of incredible wisdom, and intimate knowledge of all the subtle problems that can plague a site like SP. He seems absolutely committed to it, as well. He speaks with balance and understanding (and pity) for the foibles that knocked one or another great contributor off of their game. And yet he is gone too...even taking these pages with him, which are actually a kind of tribal history that doesn't belong to any one person anymore. How strange!
Why do you think this is strange? You were completely committed to leaving this site at one point, said there was no debating it and no turning back. You mind was completely made up. But still you changed your mind. He did too.
His articles belong to him and no one else. I hate to see them go too, but he put all the work into creating them.
You must have forgotten what I actually said when I left a year ago. I left because the site had allowed an environment of bullying and harrassment to fester. You were a part of that, mrchad9. I came
back, because the Elves resolved to fight back against this. I know that a lot of hay has been made about my decision to return, describing it as a failure to keep my word. But the way I see it, I returned because there was a new willingness to fight back against, I'm sorry if I'm using too strong a word: evil behavior.
Staying away while others fought would have been a betrayal of my own principles. Call this what you like. As far as I'm concerned, those battles are fought and done with. Your presence here again, is actually proof of that, as you well know.
Now back to the discussion. I agree Aaron's articles are his own. But I can't help but see similarities between why he left and why I left. I returned because I was able to see some hope of change. And that hope was realized. I do feel some sadness because he didn't get to see that.