# HG changeset patch # User Henry Thompson # Date 1570361962 -3600 # Node ID 75e20f3d6a7eebbce8d8d4e0a06781c9834acdfe # Parent cd9fc1fbb1abda7c422904a25512d4de15f78522 done diff -r cd9fc1fbb1ab -r 75e20f3d6a7e Sufferings/2019-10-04/notes.txt --- a/Sufferings/2019-10-04/notes.txt Sun Oct 06 10:47:49 2019 +0100 +++ b/Sufferings/2019-10-04/notes.txt Sun Oct 06 12:39:22 2019 +0100 @@ -108,8 +108,28 @@ *Speaking out* We were reminded that there is a policy governing "public statements -and comments" from, among others, Area Meetings. +and comments" from, among others, Area Meetings (typically having been +agreed in an Area Meeting for Business and published over the name of +the Clerk), and individual Friends, particularly in the context of +marches/vigils/protests where any of us may find ourselves confronted +by a microphone and camera [4]. + +That there is a moderated Facebook group was brought up, see topic +*Post-truth world* at MfS 2019-02-02, and in particular my take: + + Finding the courage to challenge lies is hard enough to do in + person, it's even harder to do on social media, where the response + may well be both many-fold and obnoxious, the latter particularly in + response to challenges from women. + + Can we find ways to provide safe online spaces [perhaps taking EAPPI + as a model]? [1] http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/publication/climate-change-and-the-just-transition-a-guide-for-investor-action/ [2] https://quaker.org.uk/our-organisation/support-for-meetings/meeting-centred-support [3] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3505400/ +[4] https://www.quaker.org.uk/documents/speaking-out-briefing + +[blog is indexed but not linked, Quake is linked but not indexed, 'jai +jagat' is not indexed. Is there a place on the Web where all and only +'statements' on behalf of BYM are linked?]