I completely disagree. Whatever is said in a public venue is
fair game for discussion. More importantly, I think that the
one hope from it being discussed is that people will choose
their words carefully.
I highly doubt there¹s a single person on this list that
hasn¹t experienced the pain of gossip. To be honest I feel
better knowing so many people have been willing to stand up
and say, ŒThis was wrong.¹ There are far too many who will
turn a blind eye and let others be kicked, say it isn¹t their
problem. Far too many people who don¹t care as long as it
isn¹t them being hurt.
And if anyone thinks it¹s being overdone, they¹re welcome to
nominate themselves to be kicked on a panel in the future.
God forbid that we should actually care about other people
and take offense when they¹re hurt. Ken¹s post here made it
clear that he has been deeply hurt by this. I, for one, will
not dismiss that or discount it. It¹s real, and he sure as
hell didn¹t deserve it. He has done nothing other than be one
of the most supportive, encouraging people in the genre, who
has done more for noir/hardboiled fiction than any other
contemporary author. He is an inspiration, in both his
writing and how he lives. I am so blessed to know him.
I don¹t think the apology should be first and foremost issued
to this list although I do think that the apology should be
posted on DorothyL and 4MA as well in order to reach as many
people who attended the convention as possible. What¹s really
necessary is a direct apology off this list to Ken
Bruen.
Not everyone on this list does know Ken, so they express
their feelings here. For my part, seeing the outpouring of
emotion over this topic has helped reaffirm a bit of my faith
in the community at a time when it¹s been sorely tried.
Sandra Ruttan
On 2/9/07 4:26 PM, "Karen G. Anderson" <
Karenand@mac.com> wrote:
> However, this is the first time I've
> seen panel behavior discussed on a list, and I'm not
sure it's a good
> thing, since so few people on the list have first
hand knowledge of
> who said what...and how.
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