>The only part that is silly is that you assume you know everything about
>the conflict. What you saw on this list was a fraction of what took place.
>This is typical of people who watch a "documentary" on television (or
>worse, a 30-second segment) and then consider themselves "experts" in a
>position to make a judgment.
This confirms what I have said and have been challenged on in the past;
this whole affair is a *private* squabble and mostly has nothing to do with
the list. It is therefore uncalled for to ban Terry from the list for
*private* indiscretions. If there is any *hidden* meaning to all of this,
it really doesn't concern the list. Any personal differences outside of our
community should not have a bearing on Terry's participation here!
Luis has admitted -- at least that is my interpretation -- that this affair
is based on events offlist. I think in fairness we need to assess whether
or not offlist, manners, personal squabbles, professional jealousies, or
just plain loutishness is a criteria for banning someone from the list.
I have to admit I don't have a clue as to what all the hullabaloo is all
about. As I have said before, it *mostly* has to do with something out
there that most of us are not aware of -- and Luis now tells us that such
is the case.
The rest of us should not allow a precious *few* in the know to make these
judgements, especially while chiding the rest of us that the real reasons
are unkown to the general members of the list. Boy does that stink!
I don't know whether Terry walks around with his fly open or belongs to a
fringe radical group of some kind. Quite frankly I don't see its relevance
here. Maybe he and Luis or Judy have had some kind of hellatious e-mail
battle and he has called them dirty names. Still that is a private matter
between them.
I think Luis's recent admission casts new light on the recent conflict and
calls for a reassessment of it.
And BTW, I've gone out with my fly unzipped on occassion -- quite by
accident of course.
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