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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 647341" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>When you alter other people's words it is not just a 'practical matter' any more.</p><p></p><p>In my country some official made a practical proposal for collecting highway tolls. It would be so convenient if every car would have a GPS chip and government would then keep track of movements of those cars and then send a bill for the owner according which roads they had driven at what times. Guess what, people were not able to see the proposal simply brilliant practical solution but made all kinds of leaps to all kind of ideological and theoretical things. But people are like that. People do not excuse all kinds of things that are against what people think is right, just because it is practical to some. (Yes, the proposal was shot down quickly.)</p><p></p><p>I totally believe you are in no way malicious and I believe you truly see this as an insignificant practical matter. But you have to understand that for some people it is not just 'practical matter', if they have written something and someone else alters it to say something they didn't write nor meant without their permission and it still have their name under it. I have currently gone through and edited back (I again thank you for permission to do it) maybe few hundred of my messages to this board, so about 1500 to go, it is bit of the task, but it is just that important to me, that in my name there is not published words I can't stand behind for (yes, I do think about the possibility that my older son would some day find and read these.)</p><p></p><p>And as I said I also do believe 100 % you would not make changes that would betray our privacy. But if I were a newcomer and didn't have such a faith on you, I would never dare to write a word to a place that has so questionable policies as altering their members texts without their permission and after they have been published.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 647341, member: 14557"] When you alter other people's words it is not just a 'practical matter' any more. In my country some official made a practical proposal for collecting highway tolls. It would be so convenient if every car would have a GPS chip and government would then keep track of movements of those cars and then send a bill for the owner according which roads they had driven at what times. Guess what, people were not able to see the proposal simply brilliant practical solution but made all kinds of leaps to all kind of ideological and theoretical things. But people are like that. People do not excuse all kinds of things that are against what people think is right, just because it is practical to some. (Yes, the proposal was shot down quickly.) I totally believe you are in no way malicious and I believe you truly see this as an insignificant practical matter. But you have to understand that for some people it is not just 'practical matter', if they have written something and someone else alters it to say something they didn't write nor meant without their permission and it still have their name under it. I have currently gone through and edited back (I again thank you for permission to do it) maybe few hundred of my messages to this board, so about 1500 to go, it is bit of the task, but it is just that important to me, that in my name there is not published words I can't stand behind for (yes, I do think about the possibility that my older son would some day find and read these.) And as I said I also do believe 100 % you would not make changes that would betray our privacy. But if I were a newcomer and didn't have such a faith on you, I would never dare to write a word to a place that has so questionable policies as altering their members texts without their permission and after they have been published. [/QUOTE]
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