[hackerspaces] Leadership abusing powers. Bullying. Extraordinary General Meetings.

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Conversely, Peter, you could recognise that your arguments are going
nowhere and move on - you know, as you have been repeatedly advised to do.

And speaking as someone who has had zero involvement with LHS, I'm
beginning to suspect that their reasons for not wanting you there were
entirely reasonable and justified if your behaviour on this list is
anything to go by.

- skroo.
On Feb 25, 2015 4:15 PM, "peter" <phm at riseup.net> wrote:

>
> On 26/02/15 00:01, Jessica Ross wrote:
>
> Is this list becoming the new noisebridge-discuss? This has all been very
> droll and everything, but I think it's time for a moderator to step in.
>
>
> Or you could just choose not to read this thread. *shrug*
>
> Why do you think we need a moderator to come along and decide what
> everyone should read or post about?
>
> Has there been anything abusive in this thread?
>
>
>  On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 5:59 PM, peter <phm at riseup.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 25/02/15 23:54, Derek H wrote:
>>
>> "If you read the thread closely, and you're smart, you might guess where
>> I'm going (there are clues)."
>>
>> Yeah. We get it. You're insufferable and lack any degree of properly
>> formed human empathy. You're incredibly emotionally unaware and insist on
>> inflicting yourself upon situations where your presence is unwelcome.
>> NOTHING bad that happens to you is your fault, and everyone is just out to
>> get you because they're so unenlightened. You're so advanced that you don't
>> even understand the concept of gender. Ooh. Ahh. Now please leave us be.
>>
>>
>>  'We'. 'us'. Who are you talking about?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 5:48 PM, peter <phm at riseup.net> wrote:
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>>>
>>> On 25/02/15 23:34, Don Ankney wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 25, 2015, at 9:51 AM, peter <phm at riseup.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 23/02/15 05:08, Sparr wrote:
>>>
>>>  On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 2:56 PM, peter <phm at riseup.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does anyone have advice/experience with the leadership abusing their
>>>> powers, doing unconstitutional/unethical things?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Short answer: unless the group's bylaws give you some recourse, then you
>>> have none. The leadership gets to make up the rules, and if you don't like
>>> them then you can go start your own club. The actual points of your
>>> arguments don't matter. They could be telling you to stop wearing yellow
>>> shirts, and your justification for wearing yellow shirts WOULDNT MATTER.
>>>
>>>
>>> I beg to differ. I don't care what the 'law' says. I care about what is
>>> the right/moral thing to do.
>>>
>>> (there is no appeal process, but I can try to call an EGM, which is what
>>> I'm doing)
>>>
>>> If your government starts committing genocide, would you say 'oh well,
>>> they passed a law to make it legal, so there is nothing I can do?'.
>>>
>>>
>>> Off you should choose that example.The prelude to genocide is almost
>>> always dehumanizing the targets.
>>>
>>>
>>>  I was actually transhumanising, but I don't have time to explain this
>>> right now.
>>> If you read the thread closely, and you're smart, you might guess where
>>> I'm going (there are clues).
>>>
>>> I'm writing a reply for the LHS cleaner thread, cos I think it's very
>>> interesting.
>>>
>>>
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