But I disagreed with him on the issue of dotLRN governance, and spent a fair amount of time trying to convince him that Al's plan was the better one. And though I disagreed with him, I strongly believe that Ben's rejection of Al's plan was entirely principled, and that he had no ulterior motive for that rejection or for refusing the dotLRN gatekeeper position.
I made no comment about Ben's motives. I simply said it is a stupid decision. Since you disagreed with Ben on the issue, you might be willing to go so far as to agree that it's a suboptimal decision, perhaps?
As for the rest, as I said above I'm going to keep my mouth shut. If that makes me "incredibly sleazy" in your eyes, then so be it. The community's more important than my reputation and a public slugfest will do no good whatsover.
