Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] adult supervision
From: "Mike Durling" <durling@widomaker.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 22:43:09 -0500
References: <200203062217.g26MHvq45758@riverside.haddockseyes.com>

The style was so similar I am surprised he thought he could get away with it
a second time.

Mike D

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 5:17 PM
Subject: [Leica] adult supervision


> An offensive message sent earlier today, supposedly from Marc James Small,
> was a forgery. I have obtained the cooperation of Yahoo and have
identified
> its sender.
>
> A couple of weeks ago I posted to the LUG a message that included
> these paragraphs. Please read them.
>
>     Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 14:34:18 -0800
>     From: Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>     To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>     Subject: Re: [Leica] Buried Hatchets
>
>     ...
>     In the 10 years the LUG has existed I have only booted
>     people five times; three of the five were the same person,
>     who I let back on and then booted a second time, and then a
>     third time.
>
>     So I've kicked 3 people off the LUG in 10 years. One of the
>     3 is now back on as a posting member and, since he's been
>     behaving himself, I'm willing to have him back. Another one
>     of them is back as a lurker, but hasn't actually posted
>     anything under his new address.
>
> See the part where I said "since he's been behaving himself"?
> Well, as it turns out, he isn't: this latest diatribe sent from
> an assumed name was sent by the same person that I booted for
> doing something similar a few years ago. If I recall correctly he
> was at that time using the name "Arnold Sung". In recent months
> he's been posting under his own name. I will of course remove him
> immediately; I see no point in telling you who it is, because he
> will just claim I'm wrong, and the discussion will waste
> everyone's time. I don't even remember who he slammed last time.
>
> There's nothing I can do to keep him, or anybody, off the list,
> because anyone can get a mailbox and join a mailing list. But I
> can make it harder for him to post.
>
> I often say on this list that insulting others is a waste of time
> because no one changes his opinion of another because of what you
> say about him. This kind of posting is a perfect example of that.
>
> Marc, I'll tell you who the attacker was if you promise to keep
> the knowledge to yourself.
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