tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post7828440112561398099..comments2024-03-03T07:03:51.665-06:00Comments on Sherlock Peoria: Barrier societies.Sherlock Peoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09896656391037436805noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-37420089270238884792017-05-12T11:03:57.116-05:002017-05-12T11:03:57.116-05:00Thank you. For what it is worth you are one of th...Thank you. For what it is worth you are one of the good ones in my book. You probably don't remember but a couple of years ago I was trying to track down an old census of Sherlockians that had been published in a defunct journal that you had catalogued and you were very kind and helpful. <br /><br />At the risk of belaboring the point, upon re-reading this I don't think I ever explicitly stated the argument that was in my head. So: To me, the problem with exclusion-oriented barrier societies is that they legitimize unfortunate behavior and attitudes that trickle down through and poison the whole community. So while I have never been personally rejected by the Speckled Band, I do feel I have been negatively impacted by the barrier society mindset and this incident, and the comments that followed, were a microcosm of this experience. Thanks for your time, I will show myself out.Robert Perrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07516445668868855278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-84303489536475824282017-05-12T10:00:14.369-05:002017-05-12T10:00:14.369-05:00Thanks, Robert. Itinerant, nonconformist Sherlocki...Thanks, Robert. Itinerant, nonconformist Sherlockians are the true heart of this hobby -- I mean, look at who our hero is -- so you shouldn't ever feel too alone. Keep exploring, as there is so much Sherlockian fun outside the castle walls these days.Sherlock Peoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896656391037436805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-52353349860907610532017-05-11T23:33:31.239-05:002017-05-11T23:33:31.239-05:00I really appreciate this column. It very clearly ...I really appreciate this column. It very clearly and even handedly gets to the heart of the matter. I was one of the people involved in the Facebook dustup (until I think I got booted from IHOSE's Facebook page?) and I'm sure I got more exercised than I should have but I felt the other side, those patting themselves on the back, were so aggressively tone deaf and the issue was so clear cut. They wouldn't even concede that "non-male" is suboptimal (I would even say ugly) language, never mind the other issues, which I think I addressed clearly in the other venue. I am of course an ally and when reasonable an advocate for disadvantaged parties, and I try to help without overstepping in that role, and that was a big part of it. But also, I am one of those lost Sherlockians who has been knocking at the gilded club doors for years. I really love Sherlock Holmes and I want to have a tribe, but the Sherlockian world has just not been that into me. I can count a handful of kind, even generous, souls, but I can also count a score of haughty, self-important jerks and guess who has a stranglehold on the most prestigious organizations in the Sherlockian faith? And so I have resigned myself to being an itinerant, nonconformist Sherlockian, but it shouldn't be that way, for anyone. Robert Perrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07516445668868855278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-28535446853200593992017-05-11T10:16:45.935-05:002017-05-11T10:16:45.935-05:00Not really denouncing anyone, Bill. Just trying to...Not really denouncing anyone, Bill. Just trying to work through a full awareness of what we're dealing with here. Your race argument seems to belong somewhere else, though, so I'm not going to comment on that.Sherlock Peoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896656391037436805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-82059085334042205002017-05-11T09:52:17.224-05:002017-05-11T09:52:17.224-05:00So I guess you're also denouncing the Baker St...So I guess you're also denouncing the Baker Street Irregulars because of their exclusionary policy?<br /><br />How about black student groups who are demanding housing for people of color only? Should they be putting up barriers as well?Bill Peschelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257587479467531187noreply@blogger.com