[Ssf] HARSH READING BUT YOU MUST READ:

[noone noone]

I strongly believe that mozaz should not have sent his last email this 
e-list.

Why?
  Because it has nothing to do with the sheffield social forum and it will 
put people off from participating in the ssf.  I don't see how i can be 
confident in inviting people to join this e-list or go to ssf meetings if I 
cant guarantee that the ssf isnt just a place for mozaz to vent his anger 
and feelings but is an independent political space which isnt dominated by 
one group or individual and is a place for collective action.

  Picture the scene, someone new to politics in sheffield hears about the 
ssf and is interested so joins the e-list, they then read one of mozaz's 
epics and think 'this is too much for me' or 'this isnt the type of thing i 
want to be involved in' and walk away.

  For me it goes down to the fact that if i can't be confident in inviting 
other people to take part in this thing called the ssf then why the hell am 
i involved?

The bottom line is that I dont want to be involved in something that is used 
as a pressure valve for mozaz's temper.

  This thought, by the way, is not something that has turned up overnight by 
the one email but it has actually been brought on by boredom for the 
constant stream of emails sent to this e-list that have basicly been about 
mozaz trying to merge the ssf and his own private life.  Don't get me wrong, 
i like the idea of being nice to people and getting to know people but i 
just dont have the time to spend hours upon hours going to loads of 
political meetings which end up being unproductive precisly because of 
self-centred self-indulgence.


  Anyway, i realise i have drifted off the point, back to the email that has 
precipitated all this.  This life story is shocking and emotional but it has 
nothing to do with the ssf and therefore shouldnt have been sent to this 
e-list.  It seems to me that the only reason it was sent was to gain some 
sort of sympathy.  I wonder what people would think if i boasted about my 
sex life on this email list, then promptly lectured people about my hard 
luck story.  I admit that my story wouldnt be anywhere near as shocking or 
eventfull as what we have already read but, lets face it, i am only young.  
I admit i have been abit flipant about the email in question and have 
probably taken it too lightly but for me if someone writes their life story 
and then sends it to an email list (with open archives!) then what do they 
expect.

I apologise for the lack of feeling but it is late and this isnt the first 
time that mozaz has posted his life story on an e-list and i have had 
enough.

Depending on how i feel tommorrow i might not go to the meeting...

from
cuthbert



>From: worldwarfree at riseup.net
>To: ssf at lists.aktivix.org
>Subject: [Ssf] HARSH READING BUT YOU MUST READ:
>Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:12:08 -0800
>
>I know I know there will be some erm what why etc others will make there
>comments etc: However this a very changed copy and has taken a long time of
>consderation etc: However due to events last weeks i feel the only means to
>defend is to act: Me armchair are writeing more and haveing it checked 
>legall
>wise and no doubt it will be published: Here is the first part of this work
>thanks to people for there help in geting this to this stage:
>

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