The Purpose Of This Forum

[purplemoon]

On another thread, one of the new owners of this site proclaimed
his view of it's purpose. Since the site is currently being reconfigured,
and since, presumably, this will entail the formulation of new
"TERMS OF USE," perhaps this is a good occasion for site members to
offer their views about the purpose of this site.

Sorry, guys but this is a forum which Yusuf uses and having taken over from Christine almost the first thing I read is this old bone being dug up again. This forum exists to support Yusuf CURRENTLY and the work he does. If you wish to drive him away then this is the exact way to do it! Hands up all those who never made a mistake! I have deleted the link because I think it is inappropriate here, the only thing that it may achieve is bad feeling about a man who has done far more than most will ever do to help people in poverty or distress, particularly, children, around this planet of ours. I accept that there may be many who'd love to debate this 'til the cows come home nd there'll never be any resolution which will satisfy everyone. As George says let this go and, Jane, I'll leave it up to you as to when, but I'd like to see this thead deleted please, and soon.

Sorry If our viewpoints disappoint those looking for in depth discussion on this subject.

Chris

[purplemoon]

Chris wrote:

"This forum exists to support Yusuf CURRENTLY and the work he does."

If I were Yusuf, I would be insulted by the implication that he
would be driven away from this site if it contained constructive
criticism of his life and work.

Anyone worth his salt cherishes constructive criticism more than
mindless adorations. Constructive criticism is the sincerest possible
form of "support".

[monabonejakoff]

Jan 11, 2012 7:51:36 GMT -5 purplemoon said:

Chris wrote:

"This forum exists to support Yusuf CURRENTLY and the work he does."

If I were Yusuf, I would be insulted by the implication that he
would be driven away from this site if it contained constructive
criticism of his life and work.

Anyone worth his salt cherishes constructive criticism more than
mindless adorations. Constructive criticism is the sincerest possible
form of "support".

[monabonejakoff]

I'll leave it up to you as to when, but I'd like to see this thead deleted please, and soon.

I am glad Yusuf uses this forum and if he is fortunate enough he will have read the posts but to delete it would be a serious mis-judgement of both the moral and spiritual question we have all engaged in here and wafted up like a bad smell from the past - We are responsible to ourselves as well as to the wider world for our behavior and miscalculations and eating humble pie is part of the road to redemption, spiritual maturity and belonging and in that we must support not aid and abet that evasion. This fan forum has a responsibility to the wider community to leave this up.
Hard love.


Unfortunately my opinion was not considered worthy enough to grace these pages and the thread was deleted.
So will he ever acknowledge his "mistake", will the new site owner acknowledge his censorship of a pivotal moment in the life of his friend and idol? Will we all be treated like the Occupy people on the parks of New York ad reduced to fawning, lick spittles? Grace is lost within days and the long had slog to persuade the truth to visit and stay gone.

[JaneB]

We are not going to go down this road again. Chris and George have both spoken about what this forum is about, and Chris stated it quite clearly above. If someone wants something else, they are free to start their own forum, as Monika did. I am sick to death of people insulting other members of this forum simply because they have a different opinion, and it will not be tolerated. I do not live in a bubble, I am not hypnotized by consumer images and I am certainly not mindless, and I don’t believe other members of this forum are, either.

The purpose of this forum is not up for debate; the purpose is as Chris stated above.