I considered just posting an update and removing the picture, since he had not responded when I posted the article. I really didn't think I would be offending him at all, but I agree that I should have asked him about the picture first.
I have a lot of respect for Craig, his work, and participation in the community. Since the offense was unintended and he requested it to be deleted, an apology and removal of the article was called for in my opinion. I sent him, and copied you, a separate apology.
Like I said it was a bad attempt a humor and I'll be more careful in the future. I'm sorry if I hurt the team too. We all make mistakes sometimes. It's what I get for doing so many articles so quickly, I got sloppy and insensitive.
Ron
-----Original Message----- From: Michael Haupt [mailto:mhaupt@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 9:21 AM To: Ron@usmedrec.com; The mailing list for the Squeak News Team Subject: Re: RE: [News] Squeak News Retraction
Hi,
On 10/30/06, Ron Teitelbaum Ron@usmedrec.com wrote:
That sounds good. For this article though someone was offended, so I
felt
it was necessary to delete it entirely and to post an apology in order
to
prevent any further bad feelings.
perhaps it's a good idea to avoid publishing photos of persons without having asked for their explicit consent beforehand.
As for the article removal, I believe that, in this case, an update stating that there was a comment by Craig would have done. But that's a different story altogether.
Best,
Michael