01-07-2010, 02:25 PM
Immediately under the DD thread entitled "St. Regis DuckMen-- an occasional report" posted by notorious stalker George Gollin (George D. Gollin, George Dana Gollin), we see another thread by Bill Dayson aka Hungry Ghost posted a mere 59 minutes later entitled "Outing Degree Mill Customers."
Coincidence? I think not.
Has Dayson grown a conscience? Well, in his words, "kind of."
Gollum-style stalking an invasion of privacy? "Not exactly."
Repeating the bogus "fake MDs, structural engineers" argument? Well, nobody said he was capable of independent thought or able to fully grasp the obvious, such as why those trades are already heavily licensed and regulated.
But ever so magnanimously, Dayson is "inclined to be compassionate about other people's human failings if no damage is being done."
Gee, that's mighty generous of you, Dayson. Willing to pass up a chance to publicly humiliate someone, destroy their career and ruin their life, just because no damage is being done? Bear Blasphemy!!
Failing to seize an opportunity for self-aggrandizement at the expense of someone else? Sainz Sacrilege!
Ignoring "harmless vanity degrees" because they are, well, harmless? Dayson Desecration!!!
Keep that up Dayson and you might find yourself being drummed out of Klempner's Klone Kadre.
Coincidence? I think not.
Has Dayson grown a conscience? Well, in his words, "kind of."
Gollum-style stalking an invasion of privacy? "Not exactly."
Repeating the bogus "fake MDs, structural engineers" argument? Well, nobody said he was capable of independent thought or able to fully grasp the obvious, such as why those trades are already heavily licensed and regulated.
But ever so magnanimously, Dayson is "inclined to be compassionate about other people's human failings if no damage is being done."
Gee, that's mighty generous of you, Dayson. Willing to pass up a chance to publicly humiliate someone, destroy their career and ruin their life, just because no damage is being done? Bear Blasphemy!!
Failing to seize an opportunity for self-aggrandizement at the expense of someone else? Sainz Sacrilege!
Ignoring "harmless vanity degrees" because they are, well, harmless? Dayson Desecration!!!
Keep that up Dayson and you might find yourself being drummed out of Klempner's Klone Kadre.
Quote:I'm kind of troubled by posts that ridicule degree-mill customers.
I suppose that on one level, if somebody publicizes their degree-mill degree, then they've make that degree public and fair game for other people's comments. So it's not an invasion of privacy exactly.
And obviously, if somebody is using a degree-mill degree as qualification for a position in which they can do real harm (fake MDs, structural engineers and such), that's a matter for legitimate alarm. Fake degrees as teaching qualifications or service-provider credentials raise consumer protection red-flags. And using fake degrees to get additional pay from clueless or complicit employers is a corrupt and dishonest practice that might be worthy of mention.
But in many of these cases, the degrees look like harmless vanity degrees. They might be evidence of some sort of psychological weakness in the people that proudly pose with them, I suppose. But I'm inclined to be compassionate about other people's human failings if no damage is being done.