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From: kelcrocker_at_mchsi.com <kelcrocker>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 20:52:29 +0000
I'm away from home and just learned of this situation when I opened my email, and wanted to respond. I appreciate the thoughts people have posted, including the belief that PABBIS has a right to its opinion and the fact that at an organizational level, CCBC people are investigating whether action should be taken in terms of copyright violation.
I was surprised to find two of my posts from the YA discussion on PABBIS' website. Although most people were not identified, I was referred to as "a YA reviewer from Iowa." I don't appreciate having an anonymous group hijack my postings to this message board and then come close to essentially identifying me. I have to be honest here: I'm scared. To the best of my knowledge, no one in PABBIS has mentioned violence, but in today's society, in which some extremists believe that violence is the answer to disagreements, you never know. What makes this particularly scary is that I don't know who these people are. I have no problem with someone contacting me on or off-list to have a discussion about my views, but I wouldn't want to have that discussion with some anonymous group.
I appreciate that people on this list use their full names. But when I signed up last month, specifically for the YA discussion, I received a welcome email that encouraged me to introduce myself to the group
(which I did) and to include my address and phone number in my posts so that members could contact me. I have not done that, but I have been open about where I live and some of the work that I do, and I've used my full name. As someone mentioned earlier, it's easy to feel "secure" in an online environment, when, in fact, anybody could be reading the messages. This has been a harsh reminder for me, and I have to say that it makes me wary about participating. And that makes me angry. I hate that I'm feeling afraid (and probably for no reason) and I hate the chilling effect emails such as those we've received can have on people.
I don't have the answers. Perhaps, as many people have said, it's best to just ignore them. On the other hand, I appreciate the people who have stood up to say that this isn't right (not PABBIS' concerns, but its approach to those concerns).
Kellye Carter Crocker freelance writer, MFA candidate in writing for young people and YA reviewer for The Des Moines Register
Received on Tue 19 Jul 2005 03:52:29 PM CDT
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 20:52:29 +0000
I'm away from home and just learned of this situation when I opened my email, and wanted to respond. I appreciate the thoughts people have posted, including the belief that PABBIS has a right to its opinion and the fact that at an organizational level, CCBC people are investigating whether action should be taken in terms of copyright violation.
I was surprised to find two of my posts from the YA discussion on PABBIS' website. Although most people were not identified, I was referred to as "a YA reviewer from Iowa." I don't appreciate having an anonymous group hijack my postings to this message board and then come close to essentially identifying me. I have to be honest here: I'm scared. To the best of my knowledge, no one in PABBIS has mentioned violence, but in today's society, in which some extremists believe that violence is the answer to disagreements, you never know. What makes this particularly scary is that I don't know who these people are. I have no problem with someone contacting me on or off-list to have a discussion about my views, but I wouldn't want to have that discussion with some anonymous group.
I appreciate that people on this list use their full names. But when I signed up last month, specifically for the YA discussion, I received a welcome email that encouraged me to introduce myself to the group
(which I did) and to include my address and phone number in my posts so that members could contact me. I have not done that, but I have been open about where I live and some of the work that I do, and I've used my full name. As someone mentioned earlier, it's easy to feel "secure" in an online environment, when, in fact, anybody could be reading the messages. This has been a harsh reminder for me, and I have to say that it makes me wary about participating. And that makes me angry. I hate that I'm feeling afraid (and probably for no reason) and I hate the chilling effect emails such as those we've received can have on people.
I don't have the answers. Perhaps, as many people have said, it's best to just ignore them. On the other hand, I appreciate the people who have stood up to say that this isn't right (not PABBIS' concerns, but its approach to those concerns).
Kellye Carter Crocker freelance writer, MFA candidate in writing for young people and YA reviewer for The Des Moines Register
Received on Tue 19 Jul 2005 03:52:29 PM CDT
