Now Kathy and Chris have posted a coordinated statement prior to this morning's airing of a CNN story about the two of them. I'm glad several people detected the fact that it was hard to figure out exactly what had happened in the case and important not to leap to judgements without knowing the situation (kudos to Doc Searls for his commentary. As any serious student of history knows, it is often hard or even impossible to piece together exactly what was done, and by whom, in a particular event, or how one action lead to or influenced another. Blame is less useful than, in this case, coming together and finding space for agreement about what acts are awful and how we really want to live and be and say, including in cyberspace.
And the rage settles down to something more productive (insight?)
Now Kathy and Chris have posted a coordinated statement prior to this morning's airing of a CNN story about the two of them. I'm glad several people detected the fact that it was hard to figure out exactly what had happened in the case and important not to leap to judgements without knowing the situation (kudos to Doc Searls for his commentary. As any serious student of history knows, it is often hard or even impossible to piece together exactly what was done, and by whom, in a particular event, or how one action lead to or influenced another. Blame is less useful than, in this case, coming together and finding space for agreement about what acts are awful and how we really want to live and be and say, including in cyberspace.
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