There is a big difference between people asking questions, making recommendations, providing alternative analysis, challenging decisions, etc and impugning motives, deliberately misrepresenting people/processes, plain insults, etc. The former is perfectly acceptable, the latter is never acceptable. The ancient greeks invented https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem and indeed it should be “unacceptable” in that those arguments should not be accepted. Whether or not the source or target of their claims are working group participants or part of the management. -- LarryMasinter.net |
