Sure and I don't dispute that, but I saw the video where Mr. Young said basically "Ignore Mike Wong being mean, listen to his arguments." If Mr. Young was fair, he'd have given Mike DiCenso a chance there. But I think Mr. Young will not apply that to Mike DiCenso. Its a double-standard no matter how you look at it. If he blocks Mike DiCenso for mean words, then needs to openly condemn Mike Wong at some point along with his past associates. That's the only way I see things moving forward from here.359 wrote:I don't disagree that Mike's post's technical comments are accurate. I simply understand Brian's blocking of him based on the way they were presented. But I can see your point how it seems like censorship. The best way to write that would have been to separate the technical and personal aspects at least into two separate posts, but with them interwoven it just allows for, in my opinion, valid blocking for containing insults.
And I do agree Brian does not always cover all of the relevant evidence, and does not use evidence entirely in context. I am just saying, given the method through which the complaint was presented made that an understandable decision to block him. Not that I would choose to myself, but understandable.
I see where you're coming from, and maybe you should've said something at the time. BTW, which insults are you talking about? I know Mr. Oragahn said things like "perhaps he's just been pulled out of the cryotube. Someone tell him we're in 2013 for crying out loud, not '93!." in regards to how out of date Mr. Young's Death Star Semantics argument was. But is that a real insult? I don't think anyone has called Mr. Young "stupid" or "unintelligent" outright that I can find. I do recall Lucky saying Mr. Young's voice reminded him of a used car salesman. Is that what you meant?359 wrote:I'm not talking about the cherry picker calling, that is a valid method of criticism as you said. What I am talking about are instances where people have referred to him as stupid, unintelligent, and criticizing his voice. These do exist at an unfortunate concentration. And even the first time I read them made me slightly uncomfortable given the normal insult-less environment normally found here in other threads and on other topics. And again, I cited an instance just above in my previous post.
I should say so, since Mr. Young has actively silenced his opposition (by blocking them from responding in any way that he can see) it is directed at. In other words, he can claim "I won!" by not having anyone critique that video response it's commentary section. There is no open dialog here, just a guy sitting in his proverbial self-built castle claiming victory.359 wrote:Also I would like to add that as of this post Brian has posted a Q&A response video to Mike's assertions here. So far I can tell this is not going to get a good response from here, including myself. And I've only watched the first three minutes, and don't really want to spent the time on it right now.
Hell, 359, I don't even know if I've been blocked by Mr. Young. Or even if you have for that matter. How will we know for sure?