On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 07:48:40AM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Of course, I don't think Norbert was literal characterizing the > situation as a gulag. I don't think anybody here thought he was. I > don't think Norbert expected anybody to have an image of him starving > to death or chilled in the steppe...
Even so, the comparison is unrespectful hyperbole. > Norbert rightly mentioned several aspects he considers unfair about > the way this process went. He considered he didn't get a right to > be heard, nor notified about the process as it was progressing towards > a decision, but only notified about a final decision. > > I completely agree with him. You can have that position and still see that the gulag comparison was unnecessary, unrespectful, and unhelpful. -- To the thief who stole my anti-depressants: I hope you're happy -- seen somewhere on the Internet on a photo of a billboard
