Comments on: …TiE Seattle Does Not, Unfortunately.

By: A N N A

A N N A — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:11:20 +0000

I see Sepia Mutiny's been censoring harmless posts of mine. Oh I see, it's a private blog and so on, and they can do what they want, even defame people, thanks to their million hits.

If I were censoring you, I would have deleted Shalu's response to you, which quotes you. I accidentally hit delete instead of a different button and was in the middle of apologizing to you when I saw this. So much for that.

Thanks for assuming the worst about me and this site. Since you're not going to give me a chance or the benefit of your doubt, I guess I can vent and say that your words were uncalled for. This thread is now worthless and I'm closing it. For the last few days, it's been open season on me, but I guess some of you either missed that or don't care. Well, I don't care to keep explaining what I did, when I didn't really do anything except try and help.

By: A N N A

A N N A — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:07:16 +0000

ANNA, I’m sorry that some of our posts doubting the integrity of the allegations against TiE have upset you…do you really want Sepia Mutiny passing along these serious allegations against a non-profit that (as far as I can see) have no merit?

Shalu, it’s from Vinay’s site. “In the news”. I don’t understand why people don’t interpret that the way I did…if they had no merit or were not worth mentioning, why would such an excellent, thorough site post it?

By: Shalu

Shalu — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:04:30 +0000

ANNA, I’m sorry that some of our posts doubting the integrity of the allegations against TiE have upset you. I completely respect your desire to keep the registration word alive for Vinay and my friend Sameer, but do you really want Sepia Mutiny passing along these serious allegations against a non-profit that (as far as I can see) have no merit?

By: brownian

brownian — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:59:16 +0000

I see Sepia Mutiny's been censoring harmless posts of mine. Oh I see, it's a private blog and so on, and they can do what they want, even defame people, thanks to their million hits.

But Shalu, I would rather pay $20 to a cause that is important than send an email to hundreds of people in these days of spam. I get dozens of emails asking me to forward stuff to other people I know because it is a matter of life and death to some person. I don't forward a single one. So sue me.

By: A N N A

A N N A — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:52:57 +0000

Once again, I innocently did something because I personally don't think there can be enough posts about this cause, if it means it jars one more person to follow through and go to a drive...and it blows up in my face. Awesome.

I've received emails from a few of you, to the effect of, "I've been thinking about it, but your last post finally convinced me to stop putting this off and...". I am no great writer or persuasive voice, okay? These people are stepping up because of repetition. I want to keep the story alive, because I don't want people to let this fall to the wayside, mentally.

Two points, in my defense (and it sickens and annoys me that I have to type that):

I got this story FROM VINAY'S WEBSITE. I thought that meant it was kosher to post, not yellow or shady or anything else I'm getting accused of (which is super fun by the way!).

I DIDN'T SAY HE WAS DYING. Joshi did. People, please read carefully before you accuse me of things. Please?

By: Shalu

Shalu — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:46:05 +0000

And hey, I volunteer for an organization that works very effectively for women's rights in India. If everybody who reads this message doesn't send them $20, I will blast Sepia Mutiny and call them the irresponsible hypocrtites and moral degenerates they are.

Well $20 is an investment whereas an email is free and is often just a click of a button, so I think the analogy may not be the same.

However, I'm on your side on this. Totally irresponsible blogging/journalism on the part of Priyanka Joshi. I've been on the NetIP board before and was constantly inundated with charitable requests...we read through all of them--but it took time to get through the emails because we all had busy day jobs. Chances are they just didn't get to it.

By: brownian

brownian — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:30:34 +0000

Moreover, this seems like an effective and irresponsible way to get back at a person you personally dislike – in this case, someone who shares his name with a film star. This is sneaky yellow journalism.

By: Shalu

Shalu — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:28:19 +0000

Just for clarification purposes…did Tie actually say ‘no’, or did they just not reply to an email? There’s a big difference between saying “No, we will not circulate this email” and simply not responding to that email. First question is, did the email actually go through to them? And second, could they have overlooked it?

By: brownian

brownian — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:24:14 +0000

There is something unsavoury about this. If you really want to get that email across, find a friend in TiE who will send it across, instead of sending it to someone with whom you have quarrelled. This self-righteousness is not good. Have you responded to every single email asking for some kind of help every single time in your life?

By: Karthik

Karthik — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:13:28 +0000

@15:

WTF are you talking about? She has quoted someone else, if you have problems I suggest taking it up with them.

And can all you people please lay off of Anna. She is doing whatever she can to help and when you start picking her words apart, what you end up doing is sidetracking the conversation and kicking someone off the team who could be of some help (even if it is small).

And for everyone who is in two minds to register, The entire process took less than 15 mts. A few forms and 3 swabs. Think of it as helping a close friend or in my case, distant family. Just make sure that you have researched the info before you go, it will save you time when you are filling out the forms.