Hello Alan,

 LL>> Ed Koon, the great Koon-Ass of FidoNet, has a new board on line.
 LL>> He calls it "Politics" - with the following description -

 LL>>        Political discussions of all types.
 LL>>        Anything goes with no censorship.

 LL>> That's right.  Anything, and everything, goes.  With no censorship.
 LL>> That is exactly what happened to Tim Richardson.  Ross Cassell told
 LL>> Ed Koon to pull the plug on Tim Richardson, and so Ed Koon did as
 LL>> he was told.  Just like the Koon-Ass he has always been.

 AI> I don't know that story, but if that was Ross's echo and he asked Ed to
cut
 AI> a feed, or if the moderator of that echo asked the NAB to cut TR that's
 AI> just the way it goes in fidonet.

That's a lot of "ifs" - more like rumors and gossip intended
to discredit.  Let's take a look at each -

"I don't know that story"

You got that right.

"but if that was Ross's echo"

It's not.

"and he asked Ed to cut a feed"

Does not matter.
Ross Cassell is not the moderator of this echo.
Makes no difference what Ross Cassell claims.
Makes no difference what Ed Koon claims.
Bj”rn Felten is the moderator of this echo.
Nobody else.

"or if the moderator of that echo"

Bj”rn Felten is the one and only moderator of this echo.
Bj”rn Felten did not request Tim Richardson's feed to be cut.
In fact, Bj”rn Felten asked Ed Koon why Tim Richardson's feed
was cut.  And Ed Koon told Bj”rn Felten that Ross Cassell
made him do it.  In other words, Ross Cassell owns Ed Koon.
By Ed Koon's own admission.

"asked the NAB to cut TR"

Wow!  You are suggesting a conspiracy!

Ed Koon asks the NAB (Ross Cassell, Bob Seaborn, Janis Kracht)
to put the hit on Tim Richardson!  Would that make Ed Koon the
Godfather?  Ooh!  Shades of Don Corleone!  Nah.  Michael would
never stand for that.  :)

"that's just the way it goes in fidonet."

"Why waste time learning, when ignorance is
instantaneous?" - Calvin & Hobbes

 AI> Why not give the board a chance and see how it goes?

Ed Koon is promoting his new board as "Anything goes
with no censorship" - meaning no outside influences as
well.

Ed Koon's track record is not very good in regards
to fidonet.  As such, why should anybody believe things
would be different with his new board?

 AI> If that is Ed's board he doesn't have to answer to anybody but the users.

That is a big if.  A very big if, given Ed's predilection
for following Ross Cassell's orders.  Or swallowing his cum.
Depending on POV.

It is a matter of integrity.  By having done Ross's bidding,
Ed has made his own bed.  And that is what he has to sleep in.
The only way he can change that is by throwing the rascal out.
Otherwise, his sheets will forever be stained.

--Lee

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