Hello Bob,

 BF>>> Wazzup? Is Ross censuring this echo too?

 SK>>> I suspect you mean Cassell.

 SK>>> Yeah, he owns FIDO now.

 KW>> Ok, I'll bite. How does one person own Fido? Or at least
 KW>> screw it up?

 BK> By being a key middleman between significant sysops.

 BK> He refuses to recognize moderator decisions arbitrarily, and can
 BK> interfere as he wishes.

A conspiracy, by definition, consists of two or more people.
Except in one instance, which is a technical matter for legal
proceedings.

One could call the present scenario a clique, the players
being a trio of actors of which Ross is one of them.  If you
allow them to ruin your day, they will gladly do so.  But that
does not mean you have to let them ruin your day.  Now, if you
like bad acting, then I say go for it.  Play their game.  On
the other hand, if you do not like bad acting, then maybe it
is best to play your own game rather than theirs.  That way,
if they want to play, they have to play on your terms rather
than theirs.  And they won't like that.  Which is why they
will rant and rave until they run out of breath (or cyberspace).

 BK> Hate is a black hole...the more it consumes the more it can suck in.

A spinning black hole.
Sucking it all in, and spewing it all out.
Kind of like a vacuum cleaner.
Picks up the dirt.
Redeposits it elsewhere.
Only in this case, into an alternate universe.
And that is where the real fun begins...

--Lee

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