Hello CHARLES!

08 Nov 05 02:11, you wrote to me:

 CA>>> If I began CoBBS in December of x year I might not get to
 CA>>> the message system until x+1 year. So what? Jennings
 CA>>> stated quite clearly his intentions for FIDO were to send
 CA>>> email and files from the start.

 RC>> email, why are you stuck on that term when it encompasses
 RC>> all forms of messaging that can be done on and sent from a
 RC>> computer?

 CA> Because I don't want to discuss fidonets inner workings.

Then when told that Fidonet was older than echomail, why did you argue?

 CA>>> I really have no interest in discussing fidonet.

 RC>> You cant discuss that which you know nothing about..

 CA> OK, and here is the crux of the matter. You want to turn the
 CA> dicussion towards something that you _do_ know something about.
 CA> Right?

The discussion mutated deeper because you decided that reciting cold hard
facts to you was being arrogant.

 CA> I am hearing that being a part of fidonet is very important to
 CA> you

Not very important, its a hobby.

 CA>  and something you enjoy discussing.  That part is not a
 CA> problem but for the fact, as you have pointed out, I have never
 CA> attempted to be a part of fidonet.

When this argument began, I had assumed you had been a listed sysop at some
point in time, even when this assumption was disproven, I told you that had
you been a sysop in Fidonet, you may have been able to have sought a remedy
for that which distressed you via its policy.

Being that not the case, I told you that you already exercised the only
recourse you had and you voted with your feet and you use a different BBS.

I neither defend or condone that which transpired, it probably could have
been handled differently, but one story, two sides.

But what brought me into this thread was you using this GRUDGE you hold
towards the involved sysops as foundation for you to outright insult their
intelligence. That like me claiming you are stupid because you got a
parking ticket because you didnt feed the meter enough dimes.

Smart people do stupid things.

==
Ross
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