On Fri, 19 Dec 2014, John Kelly wrote to Mark Lewis:

-> i got several netmails about both sides of the conversation...

 JK> That's one of the things wrong with Fidonet. It encourages whiny
 JK> backstabbing netmail, from whiny backstabbing sysops.

right... and email from newsgroups is any different? i think not...

 JK> All my remarks are public.

in some areas, that is the way things are done... in others, some want to
keep the laundry in private...

with that all said, i am NOT trying to wanting to control the discussions
in this area... we're all adults here and we should be able to moderate
ourselves... i elisted this area to keep it on the distribution systems
that require such for them to carry areas... i don't care to try to push
some mythical ""weight"" around... i accept public and
private comments about situations related to the echo... in some cases, i
may say something to one or all parties involved and that /may/ be in
private or public... this is why i made the comment previously about having
access to netmail...

and with all of that said, all i ask is that we are considerate of others
and not condescending or down-right ugly or attacking of others... this
area is not a newsgroup and it should not fall into such as seen over
there...

thank you for your understanding... 

)\/(ark
(not wearing a moderator hat)