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I'll confess that my anger over what you and valerie have done is somewhat mitigated by circumstances. If you stole a loaf of bread to feed your starving son, I'd be sympathetic -- but you'd still be a thief. Insofar as Grex has any policy covering events like this, it's that no permanent action will be taken until public discussion has taken place and either consensus or a member vote occurs. We empower staff and board to act in emergencies and other situations where lengthy public debate would have a detrimental effect, but we expect that they will come up with temporary solutions that can be removed once the lengthy public discussion has taken place. As I understand it (I no longer have access to the mailing lists where I understand the discussions took place, so I may be wrong about sequence of events), Jan proposed a temporary solution, that your items be removed from public view while a discussion was held over whether or not you could delete the whole item. Instead of accepting this proposal, which would have addressed your (understandable) concerns about someone posting an archive of the items, you took matters into your own hands. I can understand and accept that you felt it necessary to take steps to make sure no one could read your own comments in those items. I don't really care why; it's none of my business. It is for your decision that the rest of us had no say in what was to be done with *our* responses taht you have lost my respect, and that I consider you a vandal.
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