Reply #178: the smell test

[m berst]

What you are smelling and describe as "passive aggressive" is the same thing I initially felt.

It seems passive aggressive because in the heated atmosphere of suspicion and innuendo, people are being very careful about what they write - myself included. This is not to be mysterious, nor is it to be making implications or hinting at deep dark things. It is just using extreme caution so that the uproar doesn't escalate again. When people try to dampen the flames of suspicion, it is easy to misread that as people attempting to dampen enthusiasm for an investigation, and people can then think that it must be the "enemy" who is doing that. Logical, but false. I just ask that you take your time before jumping to conclusions.

The only other way I can think of to prevent the escalating suspicions and innuendo is for members to communicate more with each other before they pass judgement.

But, can you see that if people here cared about the investigation, and saw the cycle of suspicion and innuendo as a threat to the community and therefore a threat to the investigations, that they would be trying to caution people and dampen down the passions, as I am trying to do here? I am not asking you to trust me or Bozos or Geo. Rather, I am suggesting that you simply give it some careful consideration. Consider that there could be an alternative explanation for what you are smelling, and take your time before you come to a final determination.