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[Michel Bauwens]

dear Quiliro,

let me repeat that Willi is entirely welcome to bring those views to our
community , and at the same time refrain from slanderous and defamatory
statements,

of course, Willi has valuable points of view, like every other human being,
but he also has duties to the communities he wants to participate in, and
one of those is basic respect for the intregrity of his comrades,

it's totally okay to critique someone, and to point to facts of corruption
and power abuse,

what is not okay is to attack david bollier for being in the activist for
personal gain, without bringing any reasoned argument or fact to the table,
to say the Allianza Solidaria is corrupt without backup, or to say that I'm
an austrian economist, CIA agent or now killing fascist, without any proof.

I have no personal animosity against Willi, I am divided between sympathy,
as he does this again and again in nearly all the forums he participates
in, and the feeling that this is exactly what it is looking for. How else
to interpret the statement against Bollier, it was crafted in my opinion to
precisely ellicit this reaction. So there is an engineering of victimhood
in this case which is quite systematic and therefore must be an important
subjective and pleasing function.

The P2P Foundation, and the commons / p2p movement generally needs to move
from open access platforms where anything goes, and which self-destruct
precisely because they accept those that want to destroy them in their
midst, as happened with Indymedia and many other great platforms, who
listened to the kind of absolute arguments you bring forward, or the
managed commons that build community through integrity.

It's also a question of scale and time, our time is not infinite, and
people who live from negative attention take a lot of valuable time from
communities; in a real f2f community of course you need to deal with this
differently, but online, you have to give the people the freedom to do
their thing elsewhere, and bid them goodbye, respectfully,

remember the only thing necessary is to apologize for insults and slander,
and indicate that you will change your behaviour, it is not complicated to
be or stay in this forum; opinions are not at state;

nothing forbids you to learn from willi in private conversations, as does
anyone in this community, that is the right place to put time in the
complicated communication strategy, and if you privately accept slander and
defamation, again, that is your good right; so I wish you the best of luck
with it,

I have now to stop this dialogue, we both said our piece,

Michel


On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Quiliro Ordóñez Baca <
quiliro at congresolibre.org> wrote:

>
> El 22/08/14 a las 01:04, Michel Bauwens escibió:
> > this is not about opinions Quirilo,
> >
> > it's about a systematic policy of defamation and disinformation,
> >
> > in my case, I was accused of being an austrian economist, while i am
> > in opposition to it, david is accused of doing his commons work for
> > political gain, allianzia solidaria in quito, the best coop we've seen
> > in 6 months of study, was accused etc .. etc ... it is the standard
> > operating procedure of willi and it degrades the culture of discourse
> >
> > stick to arguments, don't use freedom of speech to systematically
> > attack the personal integrity of your brothers and comrades,
> >
> > you are free to do this, but not here,
> >
> > refrain from personal attacks, and there is absolute no issue of
> > staying on the list
>
> Thank you for your response Michel. It is an honor for me that you have
> taken the time to explain. Mi opinions about the issue below.
>
> This is a matter that comes up in dictatorial governments too. So, they
> way we behave proves or disproves our other points. If they (dictators)
> do it and they are wrong, then when we do it is wrong also. It is not
> correct just because we defend P2P and the commons. This has to be
> proved by our actions when it is our turn.
>
> I have been irritated by some of Willi's comments about Hellekin or
> about you or about me or even against Daniel Vazquez. But I have taken a
> deep breath and have re-read the base statements instead of focusing on
> the perceived offense. His statements have very deep concerns if you
> analyze them. They are not diplomatic. They are irritating. But they
> bring very important aspects to the court. We might not agree. We might
> feel offended to be compared in similarity with the defenders of the
> opposite movement or even to be called tyrants. But that can give us a
> great opportunity to prove them wrong by the results of what we say
> instead of by simple verbal defenses or attacks. If you exclude some
> kind of dissent based on your dissatisfaction, then you will prove
> exclusion in other camps and by your opponents as justified and correct.
>
> Please go beyond the feelings and concentrate on the science. Your own
> actions will prove that you are on your own arguments side or on your
> opposers side.
>
> --
> Saludos libres,
> Quiliro Ordóñez
> 600 8579
>
>
>


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