Thanks. Rather than pooh-poohing from the peanut gallery how other people critiqued komponisto, I wanted to show what I think should have been done instead. I wanted to show that I understand at least some of their concerns.
Nancy actually raised some similar questions here, though I wish they had been raised in an initial response to komponisto before jumping on him, rather than to me when I started defending him.
In case anyone wonders why I didn’t make that sort of response to komponisto in the first place, it’s because by the time I saw his comment, the thread had already started blowing up. It triggered the pattern-match of “guy getting unfairly made into the bad guy,” which resulted in all sorts of negative emotional reactions of my own that made my first priority attempting to mitigate the perceived unfairness.
Thanks. Rather than pooh-poohing from the peanut gallery how other people critiqued komponisto, I wanted to show what I think should have been done instead. I wanted to show that I understand at least some of their concerns.
Nancy actually raised some similar questions here, though I wish they had been raised in an initial response to komponisto before jumping on him, rather than to me when I started defending him.
In case anyone wonders why I didn’t make that sort of response to komponisto in the first place, it’s because by the time I saw his comment, the thread had already started blowing up. It triggered the pattern-match of “guy getting unfairly made into the bad guy,” which resulted in all sorts of negative emotional reactions of my own that made my first priority attempting to mitigate the perceived unfairness.
It took me some time to think of them—they weren’t available as an initial response. And I might not have thought of them if I hadn’t been angry.
Also, I got nastier (perhaps unfairly so) when they weren’t addressed.