Re: CONCERT REPORTS: Sligo, Ireland, July 31 & August 1, 201
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 6:56 pm
I'm not entirely sure what's going on here, but it sounds as though sturgess is being accused of "selective quotation."
If you check real-alan's post on the topic, you'll see that he quotes what appears to be basically the same article as sturgess, but he does not give a source or a link. I haven't seen Tony's link or quote. This, by the way, is the same article, quoted in full by Linda, that came up on my google alert, which is an article from the Irish Independent newspaper. "Local" these days doesn't always give the same advantage it used to, unless one has access to the kind of information that is not freely available on the internet.
What Linda did was to basically copy the article and a couple of comments (perhaps the comments that came up on the first page of comments, or perhaps they were the only comments that were there when she posted the article, which was soon after it appeared online). Perhaps Tony picked up the article later, or perhaps he just went further in copying the comments.
Tipperary Ann, forgive me if I'm misreading your comment, but you seem to be implying that Linda has a "position" on who is in the wrong on the Lissadell dispute. Of course, I can't answer for her, but if you look at many of her posts, she often shares relevant articles of interest on the forum, and I'll bet that that is what she did here. Personally, I find her contributions to be helpful, along with those of many other people on the forum.
I understand that the Lissadell situation must be very upsetting to people who are close to it, for a number of reasons... but I don't see that that's a reason to impute animus to a forum member who is simply posting an article. Again, forgive me if I am misreading your post.
I hope that the forum continues to be a place where we all feel we are free to contribute items, articles, thoughts, feelings of interest or importance to us.
If you check real-alan's post on the topic, you'll see that he quotes what appears to be basically the same article as sturgess, but he does not give a source or a link. I haven't seen Tony's link or quote. This, by the way, is the same article, quoted in full by Linda, that came up on my google alert, which is an article from the Irish Independent newspaper. "Local" these days doesn't always give the same advantage it used to, unless one has access to the kind of information that is not freely available on the internet.
What Linda did was to basically copy the article and a couple of comments (perhaps the comments that came up on the first page of comments, or perhaps they were the only comments that were there when she posted the article, which was soon after it appeared online). Perhaps Tony picked up the article later, or perhaps he just went further in copying the comments.
Tipperary Ann, forgive me if I'm misreading your comment, but you seem to be implying that Linda has a "position" on who is in the wrong on the Lissadell dispute. Of course, I can't answer for her, but if you look at many of her posts, she often shares relevant articles of interest on the forum, and I'll bet that that is what she did here. Personally, I find her contributions to be helpful, along with those of many other people on the forum.
I understand that the Lissadell situation must be very upsetting to people who are close to it, for a number of reasons... but I don't see that that's a reason to impute animus to a forum member who is simply posting an article. Again, forgive me if I am misreading your post.
I hope that the forum continues to be a place where we all feel we are free to contribute items, articles, thoughts, feelings of interest or importance to us.