Points made. Points challenged. Points discussed. Perspective gained one way or another. A process putting issues to bed, rather than locking them away to be unseen in a box in the closet.
BP may be a flawed beast, but its one that tries to adjust. We don't have to chase difficult conversations away, we have to turn and face them head on, and deal with them accordingly. Things are posted here sometimes that drive me personally crazy, but I have the option to respond, or not.
If someone is out of line, I can say so. If someone is being unfair or unreasonable, I get to put myself out there and say so.
Some may feel this thread never should have been. I don't know, rather than see bombs dropped all around the different sites, just to have them brushed away, I like that we can get down to the meat here and challenge things point by point. For better or for worse. Sometimes that's going to expose crap for, well, what it is. Sometimes it's going to force us to adjust our perspectives and allow that maybe there's merit to something we don't want to believe. Either way, that's sort of the point of discussing the subject of our obsession, isn't it?
At the end of the day, we choose how much weight to give someone's words. We remember what they've said and how they said it, and balance that against how things play out in the future. Through this, we slowly get our own personal feel for who different people are, and what the value of their perspective is.
We'll never be a platform to bash, damage or destroy. We will be an open platform to discuss. If you think someone is out of line -- tell them, and explain why. Demand they explain themselves, require that they be specific. Challenge them. Make your counter points and explain those. See where it all goes as it plays out.
Or if it's too much, avoid it entirely. Ignore the poster. Ignore the thread.
Define your experience and involvement. Make BP yours.
That's our vision.
