Moved from [url=http://www.legallyindia.com/201303153519/Law-firms/jsa-founder-jyoti-sagar-exit-interview]this article[/url], as off-topic:
Quoting spectator:[quote]
Hope power crazy folks like [...] take note. You cant have everything - power and professionalism. Make your choice now before the floodgates open and you're all consigned to the dustbin of legal history.
What are you censoring now Kian? Was it the mention of amarchand or Luthra ? I keep seeing how LI takes sycophancy to the established firm in Lower Parel to new levels. And the same LI keeps publishing derogatory comments about young lawyers, young firms, law schools and other stuff. So its ok to get eyeballs when someone posts a comment that accuses NALSAR faculty of being unprofessional but its not ok when a statement like the above (which seems quite a genuine reflection of most lawyers today) is submitted.
What is disheartening is how LI started off as an apparently "independent" website for the voiceless associate but has now joined hands with the law firms who are stifling legal growth the most. Why not you put up a banner saying you are affiliated to AMSS or AZB or JSA ?? Since obviously you tolerate no criticism of them.
Shame![/quote]
[quote]kianganz 2013-03-20 11:46
Thanks for your (somewhat feeble) attempt at trolling.
Reasonable critisism of and fair comment are fine, whether big law firm lawyer or small, but calling any individual "power crazy" is not in line with our moderation policies concerning attacks on individuals.[/quote]
[quote]LI Fan 2013-03-20 12:36
I do tend to agree on this point. Also protect younger lawyers and young lawschools. We have read the LI policy and I agree some comments tend to get allowed due to their generality, but some comments, which are obviously in poor taste, do get posted without censoring.[/quote]
[quote]Spectator 2013-03-21 06:03
Quoting kianganz:
Thanks for your (somewhat feeble) attempt at trolling.
Reasonable critisism of and fair comment are fine, whether big law firm lawyer or small, but calling any individual "power crazy" is not in line with our moderation policies concerning attacks on individuals.
Trolling??? Get real Kian. Go through the LI comment archives. Its nauseating the kind of rubbish you publish when it comes to most law firms, moot courts, their associates and most law schools. But somehow when it comes to the Amarchand or the Luthra the censorship puts China to shame. We saw that when you moderated comments on the Amarchand Delhi misconduct incident last year. That moderation was lost when it came to comments on the NLSIU rape story, many of which were sickening and persisted for a long time before being removed.
So by your yardstick calling Trilegal a B class law firm and printing sarcastic jabs at Vineetha's exit from AZB are "reasonable" and "fair" but calling the S---- brothers power crazy is not!?? Who are you trying to fool?
There are several trolls on LI but the biggest troll is you Kian for publishing often insensitive stuff and misleading headlines (like this story that says "Chips are Down" when an eminent lawyer is retiring gracefully) and turning a blind eye to tasteless comments that beget others. I hope other readers on this site believe the same way and if yes I request them to add a line in support.[/quote]
Looks like potentially another endless debate so I have moved this thread to this forum post so it doesn't derail discussions on the article itself. We will do that in future with comment discussions too.
Basically, if I understand you correctly, being sarcastic is never ok about someone you sympathise with, but personal character attacks against someone you don't feel affinity for should be encouraged, yes?
Our moderation rules are the same for pretty much every human. If you want to be defamatory about people you don't like, please do that elsewhere because we do and have blocked those irrespective of the subject.
If you want to be sarcastic, I can't really stop you, and there are countless examples of sarcastic comments against big law firms too.
And if there were any sarcastic comments in the stories you list, I'm pretty sure they were more than balanced out by other positive or constructive comments. That is known as healthy debate. I don't think there were any insensitive comments published on the NLSIU rape story (unless you mean insensitive towards the institution itself, which again, we can't stop: as the [url=http://www.legallyindia.com/News/fox-star-s-jolly-llb-joins-cadre-of-bollywood-hits-after-pil-notices-pr]Jolly LLB Meerut lawyer found[/url], claiming someone is defaming your institution is a little silly in most cases). And I don't think there was anything out of line on the [url=http://www.legallyindia.com/201210153190/Law-firms/azb-partner-vineetha-mg-resigns-no-plans-yet]Vineetha MG story[/url] - the vast majority looks very positive, so please cite examples if you disagree.
Finally, if you have a problem with "chips are down", maybe you are unfamiliar with the phrase and what it means, or you'd prefer to read an article that didn't look at the topic of founder-retirement in a balanced manner? Or maybe you didn't read the article at all?
Anyway, I welcome your responses in this thread (you can respond without an account).
Best wishes,
Kian