[quote]Bill Roberts wrote:
Actually, I’ve been advised for some time that it is a poor business practice for me to post here. I desisted from posting here – either that or I desisted on the subject – in the months immediately prior to the 2008 election for that reason, that people’s emotions were high. After that I thought what I was doing with regard to posting was likely productive anyway even though some will dislike my views – for any view, there’s always people who will dislike it.
My nature is such that I work well, or I think so anyway, with using my own judgment on matters, but not so well with having a given set of constraints that differ from my judgment.
No such set of constraints has ever been placed on me by Biotest.
My point is that if I had to self-censor to make sure that given posts wouldn’t have anyone unhappy, I wouldn’t work well with that situation. It just wouldn’t work. I’m not suited to it. That isn’t necessarily a good thing, and also not necessarily a bad thing.
However, given what moderators have said combined with past occasions brings me to the conclusion that applying my own judgment with regard to posting on political matters is unwise business. That would not have to be true for all persons in the same situation: for example someone who was naturally a very mellow, middle-of-the-political-road type. But I don’t quite fit that categorization.
It is true that with regard to use of language I could avoid that – though frankly in the same situation, I’d say the same thing again – but really the issue is that quite unfairly Biotest can wind up being painted, even if not consciously but at a subliminal level, by people’s reactions to what I write, regardless that what I have to say on such things is in no way endorsed or necessarily believed by others at Biotest. Still, the coloring can occur. I really should have been more judicious in the past in this regard.
This current matter isn’t the cause, but let’s say it was the straw that revealed the camel shouldn’t have to carry the burden in question.
Thank you for your kind words! I will of course continue posting on the other forums.[/quote]
While I respect your position in this post, I have to disagree with a certain portion of it. You see, I find it both a sign of honor and integrity, when one of the “higher ups” is able to rub elbows with is peasants (this is meant to be taken in the context of a corporate position of authority.) By you coming here and speaking your mind, in a brutally honest manor (meant to be taken as a compliment), both you and this company gain respect in my eyes.
When I heard how Tim called a few members personally following some kind of misunderstanding, to clear the air and bring those members back, I was floored, and in a good way. I have never ever heard the CEO of a company calling anyone to straighten shit out like that, and for that I think Tim is a kick ass guy in a guy kind of way.
When you have people with a lot of knowledge, most of the time a lot of ego comes with it. This is not the case with you, and believe me when I say that many of us would notice that. You have always been humble and informative, and would consider it a great loss if you left, so I ask that you reconsider. We know that tempers can flare up, and we know that we have people here who provoke looking to instigate shit, but those are the ones you challenge most, hopefully to be better after the schooling you and others provide.
To any of the big whigs who might be pressuring Bill to not post in PWI…
Let men be men. We frequent this website BECAUSE it is one of the few places where men can be men. We can yell, ass chew, name call, and downright insult each other, but have an e-beer with each other at the end of the day. I like to think that while chests inflate, and egos swell, at the end of the day we are all a little better and a little smarter by observing views that both agree and disagree with our own.
Is that not the point of this place? On being better while outside the gym as well as in the gym? I never thought having someone like Bill rubbing elbows with us mortals was a bad thing.
Let the man speak.
