My take on the whole situation has been to wait until cooler heads prevailed, as very few good decisions are made in the heat of emotion (anything from "Get out of my sight!" in the heat of anger to "Marry me!" in the heat of... something else). This is one of the first posts I've seen that didn't have some immediacy of emotion in it, which is a good thing.
Yes, there were problems between filk and sound. Much of that was due to problems within sound - it was not the most organized crew in the world (myself included) and having a major sound system delivered to the crew without having been set up didn't help. But the greater problem was the displays of emotion in the process of dealing with the situation. Do I expect people to always behave dispassionately? No, but being aware of one's mental state and adjusting accordingly helps.
I plan on attending Duckon 20, as I have never missed one. And I think that once people cool down, there will be a number that will ultimately choose to attend. And, unfortunately, some that won't. I agree that, because we are a small community, we cannot afford to splinter.
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Date: 2010-07-12 03:02 am (UTC)Yes, there were problems between filk and sound. Much of that was due to problems within sound - it was not the most organized crew in the world (myself included) and having a major sound system delivered to the crew without having been set up didn't help. But the greater problem was the displays of emotion in the process of dealing with the situation. Do I expect people to always behave dispassionately? No, but being aware of one's mental state and adjusting accordingly helps.
I plan on attending Duckon 20, as I have never missed one. And I think that once people cool down, there will be a number that will ultimately choose to attend. And, unfortunately, some that won't. I agree that, because we are a small community, we cannot afford to splinter.
Raven