[governance] On whistleblowing, mobbing and suppression (was Re: On the seriousness of threats)

[Walid AL-SAQAF]

Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> Anyway, I think that we have now talked enough about talking, and about
> what can go wrong in talking. Let's get back to substantive discussions on
> topics that are more directly and more specifically about taking good care
> of the Internet.

Greetings,

Norbert


I second that. It's about time to move on.

Sincerely,

Walid

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On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:
>
> > But you added a comment that I was in someway extra guilty because
> > Michael was performing the function of whistle-blower, obviously a
> > sacred role.  As with Milton you added your own interpretation, got
> > rather carried away.
>
> In case someone is interested in reading up on why unfriendly remarks
> directed towards someone who has just acted as a whistle-blower (in the
> broad sense of pointing out that something is going wrong) are much
> more problematic than otherwise similar unfriendly remarks in
> different contexts (such as e.g. in a long-standing relationship of
> people who love to hate each other and who therefore insult each other
> occasionally), there is a lot on that in the literature on mobbing.
>
> Here's one quick link:
>
> Brian Martin and Florencia Peña Saint Martin:
>   Mobbing and Suppression: Footprints of Their Relationships
> Social Medicine, Volume 6, Number 4, May 2012
>
> http://www.socialmedicine.info/socialmedicine/index.php/socialmedicine/article/download/602/1255
>
>
> Anyway, I think that we have now talked enough about talking, and about
> what can go wrong in talking.
>
> Let's get back to substantive discussions on topics that are more
> directly and more specifically about taking good care of the Internet.
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
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