by Chris McKinley on Tue May 01, 2012 9:34 pm
Interloper,
The fact that it was your teacher, and not any of us, who initiated a whole series of insulting and derogatory posts starting at the end of last year against the members of this forum is not in question, and is not only a matter of common knowledge, it's also a matter of public record. The chronology of posts, all searchable, clearly show that in every case, he initiated the ad hominem comments, in several cases against posters participating in this very thread, including me. It was this behavior that also earned him explicit warnings to cease and desist by two of the forum's moderators. As to yourself, I'm not sure what you've been told, but you are one of two people that I have explicitly by name excepted from my criticism of the behavior of the vocal proponents of Mr. Harden on RSF. I have nowhere lodged a personal insult toward you individually on any thread on RSF. I maintain that exception for you currently, as your behavior has been notably more positive and respectful. The only ad hominem insult that has been lodged thus far by anyone has been by you toward certain posters on this thread whose motives you have called "less than benign". I see no one here, including yourself, about whom that accusation is justified.
However, that said, this particular forum is not for the exchange of personal commentary. It is for the sharing of on-topic and specific information, and that is what most of the posters here have already provided in other various threads. You have lodged a criticism of the OP's topic of conversation and his understanding of internal arts on The Combat Sphere principle thread, and were subsequently and rightly asked to provide specific information in reciprocation four times. You have yet to do so. At the same time, in The lightest touch thread, you were informed twice more that you have yet to contribute anything specific for consideration. You have still yet to do so. In the latter thread, you provided the rationale for why you have not provided any such information as being, and I quote you, "I keep waiting for someone to ask an intelligent question about how intent is utilized for creating structure and power, but instead there is a lot of hostility and ridicule." The truth is that you have not received either hostility or ridicule. You gave a pre-condition for your being willing to provide such information, and now Chris(middleway) has taken you up on that offer by starting a thread using your very own words to ask the exact question you gave as that pre-condition. Your condition has been met. It is now to you to provide the specific information you offered for doing so in return.
The Distillery forum is full of posts where various posters, including most of the posters on this very thread, have provided very specific detailed information for sharing with their fellow posters. You are thus far unique in being the only poster who is actively refusing to do likewise when specifically asked to multiple times and after lodging criticism of other posters' understanding. As a matter of courtesy, if you are going to criticize someone else's ideas, it is appropriate to explain specifically how they are incorrect. It is also generally expected that if you are going to criticize, you ought also to provide a constructive solution to the problem you point out in your criticism. As yet, you have not done so. In this thread's OP, you have been requested by name to provide that information, with the stated intent by the OP being to build all further conversation off of the information in your reply.
I have called for nothing but completely fair treatment by my fellow posters of any information you might choose to provide. I have already given my word that I will not respond to such information with either hostility or ridicule, and that I will treat it with objective impartiality. It doesn't get any more fair or any less insulting than that. I would ask, then, that you now provide the information that has already been requested of you multiple times, and that has been specifically requested of you in the creation of this very thread, and that you do so without further delay. You may choose not to, of course, but then it would no longer be appropriate for you to offer criticism of anyone's ideas or understanding on this forum from this point forward. Personally, I would hope that you would choose, like the rest of us already have, to provide specific information freely and openly, and in the spirit of sharing knowledge toward the improvement and growth of the community of practitioners.
Respectfully,
Chris McKinley
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