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You yourself observed that DCP was harsh. Irrelevant, especially if it's not wrong to be harsh at times. Irrelevant to what? Whether or not he should apologize, as Harmony did? And come on now: he has screwed up so many separate times that it is pretty hard for any reasonable person (except The Goo...

When has DCP ever apologized for anything---even if only to be on the safe side? Is apologizing for a mistake you didn't make (but others wrongly attribute to you) acting on the "safe side"? I'm not convinced. Over-apologizing cheapens real apologies. You yourself observed that DCP was ha...

When has DCP ever apologized for anything---even if only to be on the safe side? Never, as far as I know. I'm kind of curious as to why this is. You know what, Mr. Scratch? I believe Mr. Peterson believes he's never wrong when engaging in apologetics. That's how people like him work. His ego is so ...

And then, we are treated with a story about an excommunicated bishop. Gee, should GoodK expose this poor fellow and ruin his life? Never mind that this poor correspondent was excoriated by GoodK for sending an email to GoodK's father (turned out, bad email address and I didn't follow up) alerting h...

I was reviewing some of the old posts on this thread, and I felt that it would be useful to summarize some of the unanswered questions: 1) What motivated the Brethren to "invite" FARMS to join fully and officially with BYU? We know that it had something to do with FARMS's "fundraising...

Missing my point. If harshness was the right thing to do (I'm not saying either way), then no apology is necessary. Obviously Daniel Peterson thinks it was the right thing to do. Given his recount of events, I might suppose he's correct. It's not because of harshness that Daniel Peterson should apo...

Why not just apologize for your harshness? What's so difficult about that? Sometimes harshness is the right thing to do. You of all people should believe that. You are very harsh to Daniel Peterson. You just happen to think that Daniel Peterson deserves it while Harmony does not. No, not quite, ABm...

Does that sum it up? Of course not, silly fellow. Well, then, feel free to enlighten me. What I don't understand about you, Dan, is you utter inability to acknowledge your own bad behavior. Why is that so difficult for you? You claim *I* am bizarre, and yet, you are ignoring one of the basic tenets...

Let's see if I can summarize what happened. ---Both DCP and Harmony engaged in some rather unpleasant, distasteful, and mean-spirited dialogue. ---Both had clear, well-articulated reasons for doing so. ---Harmony admitted that she'd engaged in this, and she apologized. ---DCP "cheerfully" ...

I denounce this behavior. I don't think it's right to post blatant falsehoods and then to later retract them as if they were "experiments" meant to reveal some sort of imaginary "double standard." Mister Scratch: You are right. As much as it pains me to concede anything to you, ...