(October 24, 2016 at 3:27 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(October 24, 2016 at 3:05 pm)Stimbo Wrote: I'll put it this way. As Staff, I frequently find myself having to make judgements on the actions of you lot. On a personal level, I cannot agree with every belief or persuasion that everyone holds, but on a professional level I put all that to one side and remain impartial. If I wasn't, if I allowed my own feelings to bias my objectivity, I would be useless in my job and there would be - justifiably - calls for my resignation. Where is the problem in this approach?
The difference is that you have a choice. AF has discretion to set its own editorial guidelines. Other forums may choose to limit discussions to certain topics and/or deem some topics out-of-bounds.
I am still engaged in a position of some authority in which my personal beliefs and opinions ought to be irrelevant in the execution of my appointed duties. If I thought otherwise, I should not nor would I have accepted the position.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
