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Originally Posted by Crothian

Honestly, I wouldn't read to much into it. With a group of people sometimes it is good to suggest ideas that are not going to be liked to get people to talk about them and see if that discussion comes up with a good idea from a bad one. That a bad idea was shot down I would think would be a positive thing.

You're right, that is absolutely a positive thing. It also shows that there are some very good people involved with the ENnies. I would assume that since ENWorld is Moruss's baby, that he's involved in at least some capacity, and I've never seen or read anything that would imply that he was anything less than an honorable man, or not deserving of respect for what he has accomplished here (at ENWorld). And although I haven't been around ENWorld for any substantial time, every post I've ever read by you (Crothian) has always been fair, informative, and even sometimes witty. As long as there are people such as you guys involved, it can't be all bad.

Healthy debate is always good. Playing devils advocate within a group, in order to bring out good ideas from that group, can also be good (not that I've ever done this myself). But bad ideas presented because of questionable motivation, is not good. While the fact that bad ideas are shot down is positive, the fact that bad proposals, possibly based on questionable motivations, are even proposed in the first place, is not positive (I'm not saying that is the case, but Zachs statement seems to imply this). The idea that this might be happening may be seen by some (apparently including Zach) as a cancer within the group. He apparently feels strongly that this is happening. Of course, as you said before, these last thoughts would be things that he would have to answer, or comment on himself.



By the way, what about those other questions? Never Mind, I see you answered in another post while I was typing.