Ah, I see now. I did wonder what you were talking about with that. Now we know. Maybe next time you should beat me over the head with it! I got mixed up because it said it was posted to SAFE’s Facebook.

The poll is flawed. It is not worded so as to gain information or synthesize opinions so much as it is to support a proposition. I have always thought loaded polls are unethical.

Kimberly

I don’t think SAFE is so much a “private club” as a group of people who have similar views on certain topics and desire to raise awareness and provoke discussion on them, despite the obstacles thrown in the way of such discussion by those interested in maintaining the damaging status quo. That includes attacking SAFE etc. at every opportunity.

I personally regard the phrase “a question of ethics in polling” as snarky, so (I am sorry to say), as far as I am concerned, this blog was not snark-free concerning SAFE.

I see that you have since read my post on point with your question, so I’ll assume your questions have been answered. If they have not, I’d be opening to answering any you’d care to articulate.

I apologize I did not notice that you said anything about the mistake in the original post. I still don’t see that you said anything about that. Perhaps there was a miscommunication along the way. In any event, it has been corrected.

I didn’t realize that SAFE was the sort of private club that would resort to snarky blog comments in response to honest opinions. I won’t make the same mistake again, I can assure you.

Kimberly

You ignored me when I said above that the post itself has a mistake in it, and then get touchy when Cindy Ho does.

I do not see anything “unkind” in her concluding remarks about your subsequent expansion of the points made here taken in the context of the second point she made. In any case, let us note that you started off by naming your post “….a Question of Ethics in Polling”. That type of phrasing could, you must admit, be construed as a direct attack on SAFE.

Paul Barford

My apologies for the error. It has been corrected.

You say –

In your post, you indicate that you “took a little time to think about it and did find some clarity in [your] position.” This is welcome news to us.

I believe that you are saying you believe my position to be unclear. It would have been admirable had you been kinder about saying so, but if you have any questions you can manage to articulate, I’d be happy to try and answer them.

Thank you for your continued interest in my blog.

Kimberly