Tony,
"Ethics" is nothing more than making the personal choice of doing what your gut tells you is right, even when the law says other options are legal, or when you have an opportunity to score personal gain, even if no one else but you knew about it. It usually means bending over backwards to ensure you don't inadvertantly hurt others through your actions for your own personal gain.
The reason most other gca's don't critique others work is because we have "walked in that man's shoes" and don't know what client decisions, budgets, and all the other things that affected the final project. And, ASGCA also covers lies and speaking honestly, in briefer form than AIA.
The rationale behind NOT saying anything about others works is that in not knowing all of that, you run the real risk of speaking a lie, even if inadvertantly.
And, knowing all of the above, we do call for each of us to "respect other's work".
Once again, you haven't answered my question as to whether you think you have a "right" to be a member of EIGCA or if any association has the right to set standards for membership, etc., but here are yet more, even knowing you will purposely NOT answer:
Do you define ethics differently than above?
Do you think free speech rights trump the human rights of being treated by others the way you would want to be treated, hands down?
Once again, you claim the industry and the investor is "hurt" but offer no real proof of that claim.
And, once again, ASGCA does not use the phrase Self Laudatory Advertising in its code of ethics. You could look it up, but you don't. I won't answer your repeatedly false premise questions, as there is nothing in the ASGCA code prevents an honest statement.
Once again, you ignore my explanation of how we are trying in ASGCA membership process to eliminate both actual and percieved instances of improper rejection of members. I acknowledge that when one has difficulty getting in, it can be quite painful and cause a different perception, but perception isn't always reality either - on the part of the society or on any one rejected member.
As to your "when have you crossed the line" questions, I have answered repeatedly - like many other judgements, its a consensus of opinion among your peers. If 90% of architects think a particular statement is outside the bounds of professional behavior, then it probably is, whether you want to believe it or not. How else would you judge, other than by consensus?
As to critiquing contemporary projects in a book, I believe that the consensus among ASGCA would be very narrow or split. However, I couldn't tell without taking a vote.
And lastly, you once again repeat your mantra, ad nauseum, without adding anything new to the discussion.
If to you, all of the above qualifies as "checking your rights at the door" then I can only suggest as others have, that you remain a lone wolf. Out of a world of 6 Billion people, it doesn't surprise me at all that there are some that just can't get along.
God, I need an Advil.......
