I suppose I'm an 'esteemed friend' so I'll comment. :P
Actually, I don't think I've quite figured out LJ thoroughly enough to know if it's X made a non-ethical more or not. I think I'd veer towards saying, it's not non-ethical. After all, it is their journal and you did choose to put yourself out there.
That said, I think it's an extremely rude thing to do - to instigate attacks on someone (being offended by a comment and stating so, knowing that your friends will rally around you) w/o giving them the opportunity to defend themselves. It's also pretty passive-aggressive - if X had a problem with Y, and Y was completely open to and actively using back channels to try and fix the address the issue and make things better - well.
I suppose ethical doesn't always mean well-mannered, does it?
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Actually, I don't think I've quite figured out LJ thoroughly enough to know if it's X made a non-ethical more or not. I think I'd veer towards saying, it's not non-ethical. After all, it is their journal and you did choose to put yourself out there.
That said, I think it's an extremely rude thing to do - to instigate attacks on someone (being offended by a comment and stating so, knowing that your friends will rally around you) w/o giving them the opportunity to defend themselves. It's also pretty passive-aggressive - if X had a problem with Y, and Y was completely open to and actively using back channels to try and fix the address the issue and make things better - well.
I suppose ethical doesn't always mean well-mannered, does it?