Re: Re: [atlarge-discuss] Provisional Membership Committee

["Ron Sherwood" <sherwood@islands.vi>]

Never quote others, until your intellect fails you.
For you are then their person, not your own.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Micheal Sherrill" <micheal@beethoven.com>
To: "At Large Discuss" <atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de>
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [atlarge-discuss] Provisional Membership Committee


> Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and
ignorance.
> Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book
>
>
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> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Ron Sherwood" <sherwood@islands.vi>
> Date:  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 19:25:42 -0400
>
> Dassa and Micheal:
>
> I wonder how soon you will say the same things about me.
>
> After all, I do not agree with the your belief that a verification panel
> should be making subjective decisions about whether they like a person
> enough to try to verify him or her. That seems to make me your enemy.
>
> Why is it that when people may be verified by sending a secret code by
> Restricted Mail to their mailing address, the verifiers choose not to send
> such mail to someone they don't like?  That is the only question here...
> nothing else. I cannot imagine why people would go to such lengths to try
to
> justify such discriminatory behavior.  Even Sotiris has had the decency to
> get past that hurdle and has promised to send a letter.
>
> Listing historical anecdotes and repeatedly explaining why you don't like
a
> person does not excuse this behavior.  If you are so sure that Jeff
Williams
> cannot pass the verification test that you have devised, then why not send
> him the letter?  Could it be that you are secretly not so sure at all?
> Could it be that you are frightened that he will receive the letter and
> return the code?  Could it be that you are so afraid that Jeff Williams
> might actually be real enough for you to have to verify him, and then deal
> with his behavior in a way that is different from your current attempts at
> ostracism by discrimination?
>
> Just send a letter and keep your fingers crossed.  Who knows, since you
are
> so sure of your facts, you are bound to get the letter returned as
> undeliverable. Then you can breath a sigh of relief and start to be honest
> again.
>
> Ron Sherwood
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